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A Wauk XAHUIU power unit has turned up in Knappa, OR (I believe--repeat, believe, the last "IU" stands for "Industrial Unit"). X's, XA's and XAH's were used in various late 20's to 37 or so trucks, combines and other Ag eqpmt, Fairmont Railcars, and Lord knows what-all. I DO NOT know what the...

Laura Paynter posted a serious fire in one of the above on the ytmag Tractor Talk forum on 9-26-08, asking if others had experienced such fires, and got replies from others that they, too, had had fires. It seems these, or some of these, have a fan that picks up chaff etc from the ground and...

No one seems to know anything about this ... A 1930 McCord gasket catalog lists two MH tractors, the 10/20 with Case motor and the 12/22 with Buda HTU...then, as the next separate listing, shows: "Massey Harris, 4(cyl) Truck...Cont S4 motor...(The S4 was an engine used in a good number of...

Anyone out there ever heard of, or know anything about these? Per tag on unit built by Lamson Mobilift Corporation, Portland, OR (Not to be confused with Lampson from Canada). I live in Portland but no one seems to know anything about these; the only listing I find in my scattered parts catalogs...

Two Chrysler-badged tractors have turned up, both apparently descendents of the farm coopt'vs Chrysler Cptn running-gear CO-OPs #2 and #3, their modifications B-2Sr, B-3, D-3, or of the Custom Tractor M'f'g Co/Harry A Lowther Co etc models that continued the design (Custom, Lehr, Jumbo...

In reviewing P&H (Harnischfeger Corp) crane and dragline listings in a 62 clutch catalog, there are two "P&H" listings in the "engine" column (most are Wauks, with one Chrysler Ind; I understand more complete listings also show Budas and Cont's). Does anyone here know if P&H actually built...

A museum in Calif recently received a 1932 Available with a moving van body, and they have two problems: (1) they can find no model ID tag/stamp on the truck; and (2) the Calif title sez the engine is a "1940" Wauk (apparently put in in 1940) So far they've uncovered "60 BM 30 F-680258-464-5-"...

For any JD enthusiasts in Portland, OR, the library outlet (Title Wave) has a copy of the above JD pictorial book for $8. It's ex-lib with usual library wear and apparently some pages with minor stains, but mostly nice with beautiful pix. Don't know if a good buy, but cheapest I see on...