As best I can tell, it's brand is called Economy. It's completely rusted, as it's probably been there for sixty years or more. Some of the largest engine manufacturers were Stover, Hercules, International Harvester (McCormick Deering), John Deere and Fairbanks.I was walking around through a place that my great-grandfather used to dump old farm equipment at, and found a hit and miss engine. Many engine manufacturers made hit-and-miss engines during their peak use-from approximately 1910 through the early 1930s when more modern designs began to replace them. There doesn't appear to be much as far as. The serial number plate is damaged, so I can't really tell anything about it. I was walking around through a place that my great-grandfather used to dump old farm equipment at, and found a hit and miss engine. Later the bracket was lengthened slightly so it cleared theblock and a regular cap screw could be used in the top hole.

On the backside, the bracket is very close to the engine block and does notsit forward enough, so it required a recessed head screw in the tophole. It was probably a field change kit that wasavailable from Wico.Interestingly, the magneto bracket in Photo 2 is slightlydifferent from the normal one we are used to seeing. A Type2 magneto drive and the Wico PR magneto is shown in Photo 1 on anEconomy Model E engine. Perhaps it was offered as anoption for the not-too-successful 1A Webster magneto system. Several engines, especially theArco, have been observed with the Wico PR magneto and an earlyversion of the Type 2 magneto drive. These Jaeger and Arcoengines had 'FW' after the 2 HP rating on the identification tag.In the same serial number sequence, the Hercules and Economyengines continued to be either 1-1/2 HP E or F models until laterin 1923.From what is known, the use of the Wico PR magneto preceded theWico EK by perhaps a year.On the Hercules-built engines, there was sort of an evolutionafter the Wico PR was introduced. Itshould be noted that all of the comments in this story pertain tothe small block (3-1/4-inch bore) engines. Evidence indicates they were alsoused on the Arco brand engines beginning near that same time. When were Wicomagneto systems first used on Hercules engines? According to Jaegerengine literature, they were first fitted with the Wico EK magnetobeginning on March 1st, 1923.

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