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Benson Gray
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Registered: 03-2008


Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 06:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The one megabyte image at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-1.jpg shows the front end. The slightly smaller image at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-2.jpg shows the back end. The larger image at at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-3.jpg shows the right side. The even larger image at http://www.canoehullabaloo.com/engine/engine-4.jpg shows the left side.

Any information would be much appreciated. Could it be from T. M. Chapman in Old Town, Maine? The shiny round object is a quarter for scale. Thanks,

Benson
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Benson Gray
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Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 07:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I will guess the Thrall-Fishback Motor Co. from Detroit, Michigan based on the other images here at http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/1/91820.html and ask if anyone has a better idea or more details. Thanks,

Benson
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RichardDurgee
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Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 09:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Thrall-Fishback it is ! By 1910 Thralls had the intake and exhaust together on the side of the cylinder,and had changed name to Thrall Motor Company. With the dual adjustable check valves on the water/pump I would date this eng 1909, cool old eng with the drip oiler on the intake manifold ! Did it have the reverse gear on it that is see in one of the photos ??

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Benson Gray
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Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 10:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes, the reverse gear in the background is original and was another clue since it matched the one in the old advertisement that I found here. Thanks for the confirmation!

Benson
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Ernie
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Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 04:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Take a good look at the grease cups. It may say Thrall Fishback on them. The red engine in the links above is mine and the grease cups are labled

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