Hit and Miss Engines

[Border Rider]

Just wondering, with all of the great knowledge on this site, is there someone who has or plays with hit and miss engines. I just found
a Fuller and Johnson Farm Pump motor, 1915 vintage. I think I'm going to get it running. Looking for a couple of parts.

 

[2dogs]

I have one............

It's a 6 hp. Nelson Bro's. There are a number of sites on the net where you can gain more info and access parts. Once you get the bug you have it for life. They are fun to play with and rebuild.

 

[johnwinslow]

Maine obsolete antique auto. check this out Owls head museum at Bluehill, maine

 

[Chupaca]

Dont have one...

But love to see them at farm festivals and meets. They have some monsters..:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[bcer960]

I have a old fairmont one, it turns over, but I have not tried to start it.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Just wondering, with all of the great knowledge on this site, is there someone who has or plays with hit and miss engines. I just found
a Fuller and Johnson Farm Pump motor, 1915 vintage. I think I'm going to get it running. Looking for a couple of parts.

Try http://www.hitnmiss.com/

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I've got an old John Deere 'E'. Had it in a parade in 2014

The signs are:

The New and the Old

2013 Can Am Spyder

1931 John Deere Hit & Miss gas engine

1950s Ingersoll Rand Compressor

Pull the chain, Hear the sound

Mill Whistle, Old McCall Sawmill

The new and the old is the near new Spyder and the old stuff I was pulling with it. The engine was bought by my father back about 1931 and was used to pump water from the well on the farm where I grew up. The whistle was one of the several mill whistles at the sawmill in McCall, Id. The mill was closed down in 1979. Kids get a blast (pun intended) out of pulling the chain and blowing the whistle. This was one fun use of my Spyder! :clap: Oh, and the trailer is only 2 years old. I made it and pulled it with my 'Wing for two years. It has oak stake sides which I took off for the parade use.

Here's the original thread. http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?68927-Unusual-Spyder-parade-entry&highlight=parade

 

[pegasus1300]

They used to be quite plentiful in the orchards here in Utah as the farmers used them for irrigation pumps,then abandoned them as irrigation improved.My friend Tony Roebuck and I used to look for them as he was good at restoring them. He always called them "Z" motors.

 

[Bob Denman]

I could watch these things run all day long!