This old man has gone crazy!! Yes, that's nothing new. HAAA!!!
I'm going to buy a 1-1/2 horse power engine next week. I get mesmerized by the pop, pop, puff, pop, pop, puff, pop, FFFFFF!!! Pop, FFFFF!!!,Pop, Pop, Chug, Chug of those old one lungers that used to be on all the farms years ago. Do you remember them???
With a water pot on top for cooling the engine. There were different sizes in H.P., depending on what it was used for - pumping water, running a coneyer belt, etc. Some were set on skids and others were on rolling wheels for mobility because they were heavy to move by hand.
Has anybody heard of the (about 1914 era) Motor Wheel?? I may be buying a couple of those in the next month or so. I'd appreciate any information I can get on these old antiques. They are just so cool. Forget the calculus, logrithms, and let me play with old time history exponentials of the wheels. That is what I call FUN!!!
Nostalgia Lane
-- by Dallas Adams
Saturday, February 03, 2007
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Good luck if you are going to an auction. The "one lunger" as we call them sell for a premium. I have tried to buy one several different times and they sell for more than I want to pay. The last John Deere I bid on went for $735.
ReplyDeleteCal Freehling
THANX CALVIN FOR THE APPROXIMATE GUIDELINE ON THE VALUE OF THESE OLD ONE LUNGERS. I DONT NEED IT, I JUST WANT IT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE???? THIS ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RUNNING ENGINE. NOSTALGIA LANE DALLAS
ReplyDeleteDid you get it bought? If not, what did it sell for?
ReplyDeleteCalvin
CALVIN, I PAID $350.OO FOR THIS RUNNING MOTOR. THIS MAN HAS ABOUT 40 IN HIS COLLECTION, SO I AM SURE HE KNOWS THE VALVUES. DID YOU GO TO ANTIQUE ENGINE WEB SITE AND LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ENGINES OR COLLECTIONS. DALLAS
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