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ernie
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Username: ernie

Post Number: 449
Registered: 01-2002


Posted on Saturday, December 18, 2004 - 06:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

(I moved this post from Ernie into the "Lathrop" section and for some reason it is saying closed in the text above... it is not closed and addtional messages can be posted below. Andrew)

Here are some pics of a Big Lathrop Standard. This engine was origianally used to run a fire pump in a Thermos factory in Taftville, CT. It is the only Lathrop that I have seen with the MFR date on the tag. 1924 It apears to be almost new inside. Especially since the building didn't burn down. It was most likely was only run for tests.





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robert
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Username: robert

Post Number: 144
Registered: 07-2003
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 12:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What a find, congrats! Right down the nameplate...Do you have a marine bed with gear you could swap it into, or would that be heresy?! Say, is that a Landrover in the far distance?
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solarrog
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Post Number: 139
Registered: 03-2002
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That motor really looks heavy. I believe there is a forklift in your future.
Great find
Rog
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ernie
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Post Number: 450
Registered: 01-2002


Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 03:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here are some more pics. The heat indicator was attached to the front head with 2 screws. It is a "bimetal" temp gausge. I think the vehicle in the background is a Ford pickup.
It's heavy enough without a reverse gear. I will leave it as is. As to the forklift I have one at work. The Lathrop is only about 800 lb.
I took the heads off and cleaned the junk out of the valves. Took off the side covers and lubed everything real good. It now turns easily except when the priming cups are closed. Gonna be fun to start. It is now covered up waiting for spring.
Richard,
By the way for your SN info the rear cylinder has a number 2 digits higher than the front. By the looks of things I am quite sure it has never been apart until today. For size reference the flywheel is 22 In dia.










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solarrog
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Post Number: 140
Registered: 03-2002
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 04:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Did you get the magneto with it?
It looks complete otherwise
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ernie
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Post Number: 451
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Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 06:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No, I don't think it ever had one. The ends of the wires from the buzz coils were still in the timer clips. The mag drive was only partially there and real rusty, like it was never used. Since it drove a water pump it didn't have a pump of it's own. I may put a jabsco style or gear pump where the mag could have been.
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Roy Lathrop
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Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 01:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi! I love to see old engines and hear about the people that love them. My last name is Lathrop and I am interested in the history of the company.
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Richard A. Day Jr.
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Post Number: 517
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 05:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ernie, I knew Lathrop like Palmer used Manufacturers Foundry Company but I never noticed the logo in the triangle While its pretty beat up I don't think it could be any other but an MF Co logo. Palmer didn't start using them until 1937. MF Co was located in Waterbury, Ct. Not New Britan as is reported in an early publication.

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