[SEL] BIG Iron

[John Hall]

Great find!
 Never heard of a Hagan, are there others known to exist?

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judge Tommy Turner" <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 8:51 PM
Subject: [SEL] BIG Iron


>I just got this home this afternoon.  This engine is a 50 HP Hagan and 
> has 2 - 25 HP cylinders placed side by side.  I ran this engine 11 years 
> ago at Portland and it ran well.  It uses the fuel though, going through 
> 5 gallons in probably 30 minutes.  Couldn't run it long at a show ($$$$, 
> you'd go broke fast!).   Its about 72" to the top of the flywheels.  I 
> have a neighbor that has a big roll back.  I couldn't have gotten it 
> home without it.  This engine was found in Florida in the early 80's by 
> the McWhorter brothers and it had been in an orange grove.  They got it 
> going and then one of the brothers died (sadly, I can't remember which 
> one it was).  The engines were sold and this one came to Indiana with 
> Kenny Wolf purchasing it.  I ran it for Kenny at Portland in '94 when 
> Kentucky built engines were featured.  Kenny traded it to Terry Tanner 
> who lives in Union, Kentucky.  Last fall Terry contacted me and asked if 
> I had interest in it.  We worked up a trade and I finally got it home.  
> Terry had a real nice sub base fabricated for it and I'm going to place 
> it under the engine and find a permanent place to set it.  Click on the 
> small photos and they'll enlarge.
> 
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=3009203&a=32236594&f=
> 
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
> 
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