2 H.P. Sparta Economy, Model C

2 HP Sparta S.N. 10562 Model C

John Hodgdon
 Gorham, ME 
FANTOMJON@aol.com

6 H.P. Sparta Economy Model CX


1912 model CX 6 HP Sparta Economy

Doug Coughenour
New Salisbury, IN.
cough@aye.net

2 1/2 H.P. Model D Economy

The S.N. on most model D engines is located on the end of the crank shaft.

Owned by John Glassford, Indiana
 

 Sparta built Economy's.
 

All are present except the 10 H.P.
I took these pictures at the 2001 Portland, Indiana show.
Unfortunately I didn't get the H.P. and S.N.'s written down.

Owned by John Glassford, Indiana
 

Economy Model D
  

These three pictures are of a very nice. Model D Economy built in 1914. and

The first picture is very good at showing the seldom seen Elkhart Magneto.
If you look between the flywheels on the far side of the engine in front of the
crankshaft you can see the Elkhart Magneto. These were sold as an option
on the early Hercules and Economy engines and eliminated the need for a battery
to power the igniter. They were replaced with Webster magnetos in 1915 or 16
as standard equipment.

The second picture shows the igniter and trip mechanism.  It also shows the
very early mixer.  Not as much of a "J" shape as the later mixers.

The third picture shows the early governor mechanism with the brass thumb
screw adjustment.

All three pictures show the very early style water hopper with the rounded over
rectangle opening.  The S.N. for model D engines are sometimes stamped on the end
of the crankshaft.

James Patitucci
Warren, Ohio. 
j27p@aol.com

4 H.P. Economy Model D


George A Szymczak wrote:
"This is my model D  Economy that my dad left to me.  I haven't been able to do any
restoration on it yet, but it runs great.  The only markings on the engine
(Dad and I tore it all apart in 1966) is "D3037" and "4HP" stamped on one end of
the crankshaft. We couldn't even find a trace of another color paint, only red, and we
scraped and wire brushed the whole thing."

George A Szymczak
George.A.Szymczak@Cummins.com

2 1/2 H.P. Economy, Model D

Notice the original very early "J" style mixer. It has some original black pin striping on the engine.	The original hook type hand crank is shown here. Notice the rolled edge opening of the water hopper that is typical of the very early engines.	Notice the muffler. It is slightly different than the later model engines.	Elkhart Magneto with bevel gear back by the crank shaft on the pulley side.	SN 3855 2 1/2 D T Stamped on the ignitor end of the crankshaft.

A very nice early Model D Economy engine.

Doug Kimball
Southern Maine, USA
doug11k@adelphia.net

Economy Model D
Not sure of H.P.
34" Flywheels, 5.5" Piston
 

Engine has been sold and I don't know who the current owner is.

 S.N. 27967
Pictures gotten from an E-bay auction.

Hi all;

I just spent the day on a farm here in Sunny Southern Illinois.

This farm has been standing in suspended animation for the past 40 years. The farm has been owned by the same family since 1840. The last adult male died about 40 years ago and one daughter is still living on the place. She is 99 years + and is still able to converse intelligently with folks who will talk slow and clearly. She is somewhat hard of hearing but at that age she should be allowed that.

She has no relatives still living to take care of her so a group has hired a young lady to take care of her. Until three years ago she was still drawing water up from a well with a chain, pulley and a bucket. She had no telephone or electricity.

They have put a phone in and added electricity to the house and a couple of the out buildings. They would like to make a State Historic Site out of the whole farm but Illinois, like a lot of other states are having money problems and that won't happen for a while.

Once a year they have a day for the public to visit the place to see what a unique setting it is and to try to raise awareness of the farm.

I visited there last year and the first thing I saw sitting back in an old barn was this 7 HP Economy engine on an original truck. The first thing I checked out was the engine. The flywheels would turn but it looked like the rocker arm and exhaust valve were stuck. I found a piece of chain and tied the flywheel to the truck so some one wouldn't try to spin the flywheel and maybe break the rocker arm.

I went to the young lady in charge and told her to not let any one turn the engine over until some one who knew how to work on it could check it out. She said: "Do you know how to work on those". I said: "Of course". She said: "Would you please get it running for us". "Why yes I would enjoy getting it running for you", I said.

A little PB blaster and a few taps with a hammer and the valve was operating freely. After removing the fuel lines, check valve, running a wire through the fuel line into the fuel tank and blowing through the lines I had gas running to the mixer.

I wandered if the "mag" would run it but after priming it, a few pulls on the flywheel and the Economy fired and with a few tweeks on the needle valve it was running as it had 40 years earlier.

My brother-in-law Dave and I had it running about 10:00 this morning and it ran perfectly all day. We sat there with it and explained the engine and its uses to a quite a few people who stopped by. Around 4:30 I shut it off so I could go participate with a Blue Grass group. They appeared to be having too much fun by them selves so I joined in with my guitar for four or five tunes.

We left the old farm feeling pretty good about the day spent helping to interpret farming of the era and how the old engine was used.

Sorry for rambling on, but I thought at least one or two of you might be interested in my story. Here's a picture of the engine running today, and no you couldn't buy it even if you wanted to.

I think next year we will belt it to a buzz saw that is sitting in one the sheds and demonstrate cutting fire wood.

"DELCO DON" Southern Illinois

 Jeff Leggett
Shelby,Ohio
leggett@richnet.net
 

9 H.P. Economy, Model E, half-base

Model E Economy, Hit & Miss Kerosene, half base, S.N. 60412.
Mounted on original Hercules/Economy straight frame cart (cart is 5-7 H.P. size).

Keith & Curtis Kinney
Evansville, Indiana  
 

S.N. 60544
Owner: John Freeland
JFree75209@aol.com

1 1/2 HP Economy Model E

1.5 Economy Serial # 75303 late 1914 or early 1915

Charlie Frayer
Taylor, Arizona
jiggs458@yahoo.com

1 1/2 H.P. Economy Model E

Gary's dad owns this 1 1/2 HP Hercules Economy 'E' model serial 75847.

Gary Treible
gtreible@cyberia.com

Economy 5 H.P. Model E
S.N. 85301
Mfg. 1916

Luckly the rod was with the engine.
The piston was inside the cylinder but not connected to the rod.		We need to find the inside cone for the muffler.
	Head has welds where most Hercules built water cooled engines have them.	The cylinder was full of feathers and other nesting stuff.	Take a look at that head gasket...

We have had this engine for several years but are just not getting around to restoring it.
We were able to get the piston out without too much trouble. Should be an easy restore.

Keith and Curtis Kinney
Evansville, Indiana
 

1 1/2 H.P. Economy Model E

Model E, S.N. 145866 built in 1918 on original cart.  

Don Wilson
Bedford, Virginia.
CHATTYWILL@aol.com

5 H.P. Economy Model E

Model E, S.N. 191902 built in 1919 on original drop-frame cart with cut-off saw attachment.

Keith & Curtis Kinney
Evansville, Indiana  

5 H.P. Economy, Model E

Model E, S.N. 221712, Mfg. in 1920.

John Bailey 
bailey@mcneese.edu

7 H.P. Economy, Model E

S/N 244380 on original drop frame cart with saw attachment.

Submitted by Capt. Dan McCarty captdan@inreach.com for Noel Foster.
Noel bought the engine from a man who's father restored
it in 1985, His father bought it from a Doctor in Central California,
who's  father bought it new from Sears in 1921 to cut oak
firewood in the mountains of central California.
It now runs and sounds great.

Economy 1 1/2 H.P. Model F

 

 2 H.P. Economy Model H

S.N. 296406
Modified to run on battery and coil.
It would have originally had a WICO EK magneto.

Gary Morgan
Savannah, Tennessee

Economy 6 H.P. Model S
S.N. 351354  Mfg. 1926

Wow!  Take a look at the original paint job on this engine.
Bob's uncle, Oliver Beaudoin owns this engine. 
Bob and his son Bobby show the engine

Bob Kenney
4625 N. 74th Street
Milwaukee, WI
bkenney@wi.rr.com

Model S , S.N. 358850

Bren Turck
MI
 BKT1956@aol.com

5 H.P. Economy

5 H.P. Economy on original drop frame saw rig cart.

Jeff Holbrook
407 W. 17th Street
 Marshfield, Wisconson  54449
hickory@commplusis.net

 

This 1 3/4 HP Model "S" Economy engine is all original. 
It shows the location of the decal and pinstripes very clearly.

Larry Gray
234 Columbian Ave.
Bluffton, IN  46713-1653

6 H.P. Economy Model S

6 HP Model S Economy S.N. 361024

This engine was given to me (in 1974) by my grandfather who was a stone
mason. The engine does run but I would like to restore it.  If anyone has
suggestions, ideas or help I would appreciate their comments.

JD and Ann Hall
Batesville IN
hallj@hotmail.com   
812-934-1440

Here are some pictures of the 7hp Economy powered car
built by Bill Peterson of Aloha Oregon.

Has 3 speed transmission and can do about 15 mph on pavement in 3rd gear.
First and second gear are most often used when driving around show grounds.
Horses seem to not like the car for some reason ;-)

Pictures sent by George Best gsb@plaza.ds.adp.com,    Thanks George!

 

1 3/4 HP Model XK Economy engine made in 1929,  S.N. 13495.

Keith and Curtis Kinney
Evansville, Indiana. 

1 3/4 H.P. Economy Model XK

 Economy Model XK, 1 3/4 H.P., S.N. 15217.

Jeff Holbrook
407 W. 17th Street
 Marshfield, Wisconsin  54449
hickory@commplusis.net

Donated to the SIAM Club in Evansville, Indiana by Rudy Hufnagel.

Economy 1 1/2 H.P. Model JK

The JK's were built from 1929-1934.  Often confused with the Cushman Cub. 
I believe I got these pictures off of an Ebay auction.