[SEL] Brooks pictures

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

I was on Stover overload George.  Michael Christie asked about the 3hp. 
Great show.


Ron Haskell
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Riverside, California USA
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On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:27:16 -0500 "Best, George" <George.Best at adp.com>
writes:
> The 3hp Gade in the photos is mine and was my 9v battery experiment 
> during the show.
> I ran the Gade non-stop for 8 hours on Saturday and non-stop for 9 
> hours on Sunday running on a disposable 9 volt battery.
> I had previously run the engine 1.5 hours on the same battery and at 
> the end of the show it still had 8 volts!
> 
> I'm sure that a little 9v battery is sufficient to run a hit&miss 
> ignitor fired engine that is not working for several engine shows.
> Especially if you don't run your engine non-stop like I was doing.
> 
> The red 4hp tank cooled Stover with the embossed cylinder is also my 
> engine.  It is a 1903 engine, while the two square push rod engines 
> at the show are probably 1902.
> The square pushrod engines do not have serial numbers or Stover tags 
> and are most likely prototype engines that Stover tested at a ranch 
> in Oregon.  Both engines were found on the same ranch.
> So I didn't have the oldest Stover at the show, but I did have the 
> oldest one with a serial number (1887) and brass tag at the show.
> 
> Ron didn't include a photo of it, but I also had my 3hp tank cooled 
> Stover W at the show.  The tank cooled W engines where custom made 
> by Stover and were all shipped to Australia.  There are only about a 
> dozen of these tank cooled engines in the Cooper registry.  I had 
> the engine shipped from Australia, so most likely it is the only one 
> in North America.
> 
> George
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