THEY STILL WORK
ENGINES REFUSE TO WEAR OUT Long after the bodies of the cars in which they were first mounted have been scrapped, some motors are still working at jobs for which their original builders made no provision. On many outback properties one finds an old-time car engine pumping water; driving the lighting system, providing the power for sawing, or performing any one of a dozen tasks. None reflects British engineering stamina more' strikingly than that of a motor-car engine which, for the past live years, has run a heavy generator furnishing light to the entire town of Ismay, U.S.A. The veteran engine is connected directly to the generator with one fabric universal joint, and run at 1,225 and 1,250 r.p.m. A special governor is used, as well as running water for cooling. Another example of special service concerns a 1923 Light Six Studebaker engine removed from a touring car after it had run 45,000 miles. The engine is now being employed to operate an 8,000-watt generating plant. There are many other colourful records of old engines which are giving useful service long after their bodies have been scrapped.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 6
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190THEY STILL WORK Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 6
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