On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:09:16 -0500, RogerN wrote:
http://www.americanthresherman.com/i...r_aug_2008.pdf

I'm planning on going tomorrow, Saturday, there's always lots of
hit-n-miss engines, steam engines, maytag engines, home machined model
engines, etc. Also the have sorgum and apple butter making and selling.
Lots of old tractors and traction engines from huge to riding mower
size. Always a lot of neat stuff for sale, tools, tractor parts, old
engines...

And, it's less than 15 miles from home :-) If I don't forget the
camera, I'll take some pictures and post them.

Another Illinois show like that was last week in Oblong, about a 3
hour drive northeast of Pinckneyville. A couple decades back when
I lived in Robinson, I drove over to the show a couple of times, and
remember pretty well when they ran this little diesel (2 cyl. 14"
bore, 17" stroke): http://oldtacomamarine.com/fairbanks/oblong.html

IIRC, the hit-n-miss near the front of the trailer is about 5 HP
and runs an air compressor that fills the big tank between it
and the diesel. The air is used to turn over the diesel when
starting it up.

-jiw