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My newest toy is this U.S. Motors 32 VDC generator set with a water cooled Model N Briggs & Stratton engine. The water cooled Briggs are quite rare and this one is in excellent running condition. It seems strange not to have to do a lot of work on an engine before I show it, but this one needed just a little clean up and I think I'll leave it as-is for now.

I just found this small rotary compressor or vacuum pump at the flea market. I plan to power it with a Briggs Model WM. Somebody has used steel wool to clean off the tag and nothing is readable on it. Notice the drip oiler. I anybody recognizes this compressor/vacuum pump, I would appreciate you letting me know what it is and the approximate age. I am guessing late 20's - early 30's.

This very unusual pump jack is a hit wherever I show it. It was named by one of my friends the "Rockin', Rollin', Reciprocatin' Pump Jack" due to its unusual motion. I was made by the Standard Pump Company LTD. and I have been unable to locate any information on the company. If anyone has more information on this company or pump jack, I would appreciate your letting me know.

This air compressor unit was built by Bendix-Westinghouse and I am told that it was used during WWII to fill aircraft tires. It has a Briggs Model N (built in 1943} and a very high quality two cylinder air compressor. The thinwall tubing of the frame is used as the air receiver. If anyone has any literature or knowledge of this unit, I would appreciate a note.

This lawnmower was built in 1933 by E.C. Stearns & Co., Syracuse, NY. It is powered by a Briggs & Stratton Model H engine, serial no. 621 (built in May of 1933). As usual, if anyone has any literature or knowledge of this unit, I would appreciate a note.

This Briggs engine was found in a yard sale in Morgan Hill, CA. I have never seen anything like it and would appreciate any comments. The engine has the block of an early (5-digit) Model A, The head, gas tank, crankshaft and mag of a Model H, and the Carburetor from a Model T. Originally I thought that it might be a special order from Briggs, but I now think that it was probably a major repair job during WWII when parts were almost impossible to find. I believe the original engine was a Model H that threw a rod and destroyed the crankcase, the repair man did what he had to do to repair the engine. The workmanship is excellent.

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