Lindsay alamo engine full#
Because of the number of resellers, there is some inconsistency across the various lines, with the same engine possibly having 1/2 to a full 1 hp difference depending on whose tag it carried. The Rock Island/Alamo’s came in a variety of sizes ranging from 1 horse up to 25 horse. I would love to hear from owners with original paint on their engines to try and narrow this down. Perhaps date of manufacture or hp had a bearing on the color? Considering the level of autonomy the major branch houses had, perhaps each branch had its own? I started a thread on smokstak to discuss this. Original engines have now been reported ranging from a pale mustard to a dark brown, leading me to think there were at least 3 or 4 color variants, maybe even more. However, after talking with a few owners of Rock Islands with original paint, it appears Rock Island did NOT have a uniform paint color. This has been a common topic of discussion with the assumption there was only one correct color. There is much debate on the exact color of Rock Island engines, but Dulux 93-24590 brown seems to be a common standard, however, it is extremely common to see them at shows ranging from a pale mustard to a dark brown. By many accounts, Rock Island would become the single largest distributor of Alamo engines, and by agreement was allowed to sell the engines entirely under the Rock Island name and colors.
Lindsay alamo engine plus#
As such, Alamo’s were sold under a dozen plus names according to Denis Rouleau’s Buzzcoil Alamo site, including local rival the Moline Plow Company under the Flying Dutchman name. Either way, by mid 1914 the Alamo’s were front and center to Rock Islands line.Īlamo was a large producer of Hit & Miss engines already, but far preferred to allow other companies to distribute their products in the teens.
Its not entirely certain if Rock Island for a time sold both Alamo and Haish engines, if there was a gap or the transition was fairly clean. In late 1913 or very early 1914 Rock Island started acting as a distributor for Alamo gas engines built by the Alamo Engine Co.
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