ACKLEY'S ANTIQUE ENGINES
Hey dere!!! WELCOME to our engine site! My name is Randy. My wife, Mary & I, live in the west-central Wisconsin cold country, about 100 miles east of St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN.
Along with collecting & exhibiting gas engines, we are also huge GREEN BAY PACKER fans!
Our collection is small, but we're pretty darn proud of what we have! (This isn't all of our collection...just our favorites!)
We like all engines, but our main interest is in Wisconsin built engines.
We've made some VERY good friends, in this hobby & are happy to show you some of our collection & a few that belong to some of our good friends! Take a look...we hope you enjoy yourself!
1-1/2 hp KELLER - Built about 1920, by the
Eau Claire Mfg. Co., Eau Claire, WI. This
is one of our best running engines!
6 hp LA CROSSE - Built by the LaCrosse Plow Co., LaCrosse, WI. These engines, with this rare hopper style, were built strictly for export to Canada. Built about 1920.
5 hp NORTHWESTERN, owned by John Drumm, Manitowoc, WI. Northwestern also used this same engine design that they sold to other companies, that put their own tag on them. Some of these were DAN PATCH & BISON engines.
1912 3-1/2 hp NORTHWESTERN vertical - Built
by Northwestern Steel & Iron Works, Eau Claire, WI.
(Kinda sorry that we sold this one, but it has a good home.) Owned by our good friend, Scott Vassar.
(Photo,courtesy of Harry Mathews.)
Our latest acquisition!!! This 2-1/2 hp STA-RITE was built, about 1914. It has the Sta-Rite logo, cast into the hopper, which makes it VERY rare & is on an original-style Sta-Rite cart. It was used in a grainery, in southern Ontario, Canada. The grainery burned down, in the early 1930's. After the fire, the engine was moved & left to lay in a marshy area, until it was rescued in the early 1990's.
Be sure to stop back, as we'll be making some changes, from time to time. THANKS!!! See ya at the shows! E-mail us at: ackman@gbpackersfan.com