[SEL] Walk Behind Garden Tractor/Doug Tallman

[Luke Tonneberger]

Thanks Doug. I would have never thought of 'Busy Bee'. I just hope it is 
still there when I go back. Stuff doesn't lay around too long before they 
bust it up and ship it out.

Luke Tonneberger
Rockford, Michigan
USA

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>From: Doug Tallman <dtallman at accnorwalk.com>
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>Luke, it is probably a "Busy Bee" engine made by Gladden Products. They 
>made them in a vertical cyl and horizontal cyl models. They were a short 
>lived engine manufactured shortly after WWII. They do show up on tractors 
>every now and then. Seems llike I've heard of some of the later Red-Es 
>using the B-B engine. Page may have used them as well since they were 
>related. They are located in Wisconsin. Roth industies used them on 
>tractors also and they were made in Alma MI. I have both models of the B-B 
>but I need a gas tank for my horizontal cyl model if anyone has a spare. I 
>know what you mean about the treasure hunts. I've had to resist the urge to 
>go scrap yard shopping. I'm out of room!
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>                                                  Doug Tallman
>                                           dtallman at accnorwalk.com
>                                      VGTCOA Ohio Regional Director
>                                               Greenwich, OH USA