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I didn't see posts about anybody else working on old motors, so I put this one here. If its in the wrong spot, I apologize, and please move or delete if necessary.
This is a look at one of my old motor projects. The subject motor is a 1914 Hiawatha Rowboat Motor, which is actually a relabeled "Spinaway" (built by the Spinaway Motor Co) and sold by Montgomery Ward under the "Hiawatha" name.
To give you some idea of the rarity of this motor, Spinaway built these motors from around 1913 to 1917, during which time they were sold under no less than four different names. Some were sold as Spinaways, others were labeled as a "Wilcox-McKim" or "Northwestern". Monkey Ward's version was the Hiawatha. Of the four brand names, my 1914 Hiawatha is the only example of that brand and model year known to exist.
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19995792
The link goes to my Picturetrail page, I thought it would be easier to link to the photo album rather than using up a lot of your space with motor pixels. Since Picturetrail is not free (I pay a modest annual fee for photo storage) there are no advertisements on their pages like on Photobucket or other free photo hosting pages.
Best,
Chris S
This is a look at one of my old motor projects. The subject motor is a 1914 Hiawatha Rowboat Motor, which is actually a relabeled "Spinaway" (built by the Spinaway Motor Co) and sold by Montgomery Ward under the "Hiawatha" name.
To give you some idea of the rarity of this motor, Spinaway built these motors from around 1913 to 1917, during which time they were sold under no less than four different names. Some were sold as Spinaways, others were labeled as a "Wilcox-McKim" or "Northwestern". Monkey Ward's version was the Hiawatha. Of the four brand names, my 1914 Hiawatha is the only example of that brand and model year known to exist.
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19995792
The link goes to my Picturetrail page, I thought it would be easier to link to the photo album rather than using up a lot of your space with motor pixels. Since Picturetrail is not free (I pay a modest annual fee for photo storage) there are no advertisements on their pages like on Photobucket or other free photo hosting pages.
Best,
Chris S
