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    Daniel Best 3hp, Fairbanks-Morse 5hp nZ restoration, unidentified air-cooled engine

    Mar 15, 2019 2 minutes

    54/3/1: Daniel Best engine?

    ttached is a photo of my mother taken in July 1927, during her vacation at a Chico, California, dude ranch. Notice the engine in the background behind the pump. The second photo shows a 1891 Daniel Best engine, one of three images received from Greg Johnson and taken by Ransome Mathews of a 3hp Best engine that

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