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Re: Empire B-38 Hot Air Engine
« on: May 30, 2023, 01:50:52 pm »
Here is the video of the Empire B40 Store Display (hopefully, some day I will get it fully restored).

This was the only known example until eBay seller slowjoey acquired Carl Pilleteri's collection.  I understand that Carl had a second example in his collection (more complete), but that slowjoey does not want to ship it.  The store display is ~4 foot long and probably weighs 30+ pounds.

I purchased mine with a large collection from Bruce Egbert in Ohio in 2018.  My younger brother who lives in Dayton, Ohio picked up the engines that I purchased and drove them to me in a rental car that I rented with Hertz points.  I flew him home first class with airline miles.

Below are two short videos I made of mine: