the engine. David, the owner of the engine, was very pleasant, and he talked about his interest in engines. We both had a good laugh at the near miss with my truck. David showed me a few of his engines, but all the large engines were taken apart. He told me that was done to lighten the load when moving them.

Time went by. We kept in touch, became friends, and in late-2011 David called to ask if I would like to take a few engines off his hands. So an 8 HP Novo, a throttle-governed 6 HP Titan, a 5 HP Collis and a dishpan Fairbanks-Morse came home with me. In 2012, I restored the Novo. At my crank-up in March 2013, the Titan came back to life.open-air hay barn. There was 45 years worth of crud on it. I spent some time at the carwash on the way home, and backed the trailer with the engines in the building right before dark. The next day I went to the shop to see if this was all real, not just a dream. I oiled all the moving parts, took a few photos and checked out the original cooling tank. Nothing on this engine was broken, so I made sure all the parts moved before trying to turn it over. Since the flywheels were off the engine, I put a pipe wrench on the crankshaft to see how tight it felt. Lo and behold, the engine easily turned over. The next day I put the flywheels