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I picked up this cool unit yesterday. The guy I bought it from said he made a weed eater with it back in the 1970s. He said the handle was a simple 1/2” conduit that threads onto the base. After looking it over more the engine has some features that I don’t think I’ve seen before. The carburetor is kind of unusual and doesn’t have the little hole where the usual threaded hook screw attaches for the air cleaner. I’m not actually sure how an air cleaner would connect. It also has different style “fins” on the bottom. It’s marked Type 110. Let me know if anyone has more info that can help date the engine.

David, It’s a little hard to make out because the heat shield is painted but it looks like it’s stamped: 13B - 406 ; 8030206. The original owners manual that came with it has a printed date of 1978. Clint

Nice job on the cover, that’s some nice craftsmanship - impressive!

would look good on a 1960s Schwann or Raleigh...

Seems strange to paint everything, it must have cut down on manufacturing costs or something.

I didn’t realize the Pony Express was so hard to come by, I feel even better about it now. I like the donut award I saw another one earlier this summer while at a tractor show Andrew it was mounted on a bicycle. The guy wanted Way too much money. I of course had to pass at his price and I’m glad I did as the one I just got is in much better condition.

Nice solution David, I like it!

Yes, I noticed the little Nelson muffler right off the bat as well - it’s deffinitely a higher quality. It indeed has the original paint. I’ve seen a couple of these Pony Express variants and they’re all a deep brown mahogany color with the tan. It’s also interesting that they painted everything. I always thought that was a little odd but all the ones I’ve seen all have everything painted. I was also pretty jazzed that it had the original manual.

That’s a great emoji! The day turned out ok after all since I was able to pick up the Pony Express engine.

Here is my latest addition, a Pony Express bicycle engine with original manual. The exhaust pipe and muffler don’t really have any carbon residue. The tank is also clean inside. Some paint chips and general wear from age but overall a nice unit.

I’ve been hoping to find one of the outboards for awhile.

Yeah, the sticker showed $20 - who knows they may have even bargained it lower....

I’m sure this has happened to all of us but I thought I’d share my most recent O&R miss. I was poking around on Craigslist this morning and saw a yard sale add that had some old looking fishing gear and stuff so I decided to click on it just for grins. Low and behold there was an O&R Ice Auger (Herter’s Model) tucked away in a pile of stuff and it looked in really good shape. Of course the yard sale was on its last day but I pinged the listing anyway and sure enough it had already sold. At $20 someone should be very happy while I’m bummed... all part of the hunt I guess.

Here’s the closest screw I have. It’s NOS part number 100116. The thread is 1/4-20 though...

I looked through my misc hardware and I don’t have one of these screw either. I had one that was close but wasn’t a 10-32 (slightly larger).

Thanks, it was a fun little project.

And now with the engine back on the stand...

https://www.mcmaster.com/rubber-feet Should be listed under Vibration-damping Leveling Mounts with threaded holes. https://www.mcmaster.com/60855k71. This is the super soft version. I go at some of the 35 and the 65 and they’re both nice.

I got these particular rubber feet from McMaster Carr. They have a couple different durometer choices as well. They definitely do the trick. It is amazing to see just how quickly the younger generation is becoming unaware of simple things like engines, and it’s very sad....

Here’s the finished stand. Ended up going with a hammered metal paint finish, kind of like the paint finish on the C-Saw.

Nice job on the coil fix! I wonder how well that one model survived having the grip handle mounted to the gas tank. Those gas tanks are pretty thin and flimsy, seems they would have been crushed with the weight of the saw being jerked around by that handle/knob. It’s super cool looking though!

That’s very interesting David, thank you for the detailed photos. I’ve never seen one of these really early carbs before.

As soon as I get back from this business trip I’ll try to get the engine mounted back on the freshly painted stand.

Finally put the final coat of paint on the little stand today. I ended up countersinking the bolt holes for the rubber feet. I think it will have a cleaner look. Once it’s cured in a couple days I’ll add a couple photos.

Cheers to that! Thanks Webhead- I’m thoroughly enjoying this forum and interacting with you all in this hobby. I’m learning a ton and having fun!