The Engine Patch

This page is devoted to the stationary engine collection that we have.

I will be adding more pictures and links as soon as I can.


This is the one that started it all. This Gilson 1 3/4 hp was our first restoration over fifteen years ago. We got it from a friend of my fathers' who found it in his barn. It is a nice running engine unless it gets caught in the rain.



This was our second engine. Another "straight off the farm" engine which was located just over a mile from here. Of course, it is an International LB engine, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hp. It was a nice, straight forward restoration and runs very well.



This is an Ontario Wind Engine and Pump Company that I bought from another collector and finished in the fall of 1997. At this time I still have to put a gas tank on it and it is ready to run. The former owner sold it to me because he thought it had no compression. All I had to do was tighten the mag bracket. The rest of the restoration was spent fixing parts that were simply worn out from a lot of use.



This is my favorite. It is a 1917 Fairbanks Morse Z 1 1/2 hp and is probably the best running engine that we have. I bought it from another collector in 1995 who had restored it twenty years ago and then got out of engines. I restored it again and hope to purchase more of his collection as he is going to be selling the rest of it very soon.



This is a 1 1/2 hp London engine that I aquired recently. I traded another engine that I had for it. This engine was built by the London Gas & Power Ltd. Co. of London Ont.



This engine was a bit of a sleeper. I was told it did not run and needed work so I got a good deal on it. Once I got it home and got curious, I threw some gas in the carb and it fired right up. All I had to do was clean out the fuel lines and it runs great once you get past the color scheme of black and yellow. It is a 1917 Fairbanks Morse Z 3 hp and I am going to show it this way for a while as it is certainly a conversation piece.




This was the other half of the above deal. It is a 1917 Fairbanks Morse Z 6 hp. It does not run but is complete and came with a clutch pully. It will need a little bit of work but should make a great engine when it is done.




This engine is a real prize to me. It is a Type 1 Massey Harris 2 hp. It was made in approximately 1918 and was found in the bush by the previous owner while hunting several years ago. He is getting out of gas engines and gave me a great deal on this engine because he wants it to stay in the country. He never ran it much so I practicaly had to restore it all over again. When I pulled out of his shed, it was covered in junk and ladders. I built the set of trucks for it and finished the restoration in June of 1999.

I will also put up a picture of our 1911 Canadian Beaver Marine engine one of these days when I get a picture taken of it.