My Hot Rod Has A Granny Gear
Went to the Ashtabula County Antique Engine Club 'Spring Gas Up' on Sunday. If you've never been to a tractor show, imagine a hippie festival except instead of stoner kids gettin' rowdy and cops bustin' heads, it's a bunch of old-timers in overalls trading obscure parts for way old machines. Also, there's always lots of cool junk for sale or trade.
This PeeWee bike is the shit. Lots of this kind of good old crap for sale.
That's a sickle bar for all you horror movie freaks. Ya cut yer hay down with that.
Ya cut whatever you want with that!!
An Oliver 70 row-crop tractor late '30's. Sharp mod design and American-made.
Crank-start is nifty but can break your arm if you aren't careful. Go ahead, give it a try.
Some dude went hog wild trying to build this crazy moto-scooter-bike thing. You can see the big empty spot where the V-Twin slides in. Owner said the builder died before he got around to finishing it. Thing is, whoever takes this on its first ride will probably get killed when she breaks apart or throws you off...
One of the coolest things at these shows are the engines these guys keep running. This here's a John Deere one cylinder, one valve, water-jacket-cooled belt drive engine. You pour water in the hole on top to keep the cylinder cool. Then you attach a leather belt to the pulley and the engine drives the belt to run a device attached to the belt. They used this engine last summer to stir a big bucket of home-made ice cream.
For those of you into theory, this is the basic idea upon which all engines work. Piston power is converted into rotary power which is then transferred to a driven device. Basic engine physics.
1950 Minneapolis-Moline combine. Makes a great kids' playset.
You put your finger in right here...
This PeeWee bike is the shit. Lots of this kind of good old crap for sale.
That's a sickle bar for all you horror movie freaks. Ya cut yer hay down with that.
Ya cut whatever you want with that!!
An Oliver 70 row-crop tractor late '30's. Sharp mod design and American-made.
Crank-start is nifty but can break your arm if you aren't careful. Go ahead, give it a try.
Some dude went hog wild trying to build this crazy moto-scooter-bike thing. You can see the big empty spot where the V-Twin slides in. Owner said the builder died before he got around to finishing it. Thing is, whoever takes this on its first ride will probably get killed when she breaks apart or throws you off...
One of the coolest things at these shows are the engines these guys keep running. This here's a John Deere one cylinder, one valve, water-jacket-cooled belt drive engine. You pour water in the hole on top to keep the cylinder cool. Then you attach a leather belt to the pulley and the engine drives the belt to run a device attached to the belt. They used this engine last summer to stir a big bucket of home-made ice cream.
For those of you into theory, this is the basic idea upon which all engines work. Piston power is converted into rotary power which is then transferred to a driven device. Basic engine physics.
1950 Minneapolis-Moline combine. Makes a great kids' playset.
You put your finger in right here...
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