Four days and an empty wallet later, I came home with several new purchases. The first is this Cretors horizontal, all original except for the cross slide oiler. This is a massive engine, as you can see; it spreads across the entire width of our 30" gas range.
Next is a hand-crafted solenoid replica of the 600 HP Snow engine that is housed at the Coolspring Power Museum. I bought this from a gentleman who created all of his engines from charity-store finds, including lamps, trophies, and even a bird made from a brass toilet-bowl float!
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Next is a Phillip DuClos six-cycle horizontal hit and miss engine. This is a project engine, as it lacks compression. I don't think that it was ever run.
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Next is a partially finished one third scale New Holland hit and miss engine. This one has considerable work left to be done, but the price was right, and it included the blueprints and even the loan of an original finished engine to help with the completion of the project.
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Last is an Economy model hit and miss engine. These engines are quite rare and hard to find. I bought this as a non-running engine, and was fortunate to get it running with rather minimal work. It even came with the nice cart and a simulated buzz box and ignition system (which also needed a little work), but it now runs great. However, it does need a good cleaning. It looks as though it has twenty years of accumulated grease, grime, and dust! I'll see how it looks after a clean up. I prefer to leave it original, rather than doing a complete repaint.
All in all, it was a great week at the engine show, one of the biggest I've seen since I started attending. The place was packed, and only one day of rain! I also sold several engines and other items, but not enough to break even!
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