60 engines that can be purchased today? Any help that you can provide would be appreciated. Can anyone direct me to a web address where they walk you through the process of operating and maintaining these types of antique engines? What type of fuel does this engine use? Is it a gasoline engine, or a glow fuel engine? If it uses gasoline, what octane should be used, and what is the correct mixture of oil to gas? Should castor oil be used in place of automotive oil? Is there anything that I should be wary of in starting or running this engine? Were these reliable engines, and was the power output comparable to the. I would like to get this engine up and running. Based on some preliminary research, the serial numbers on the back indicate that it was probably manufactured at some time in the 1950s. The glow or spark plug on the top says "CHAMPION VG 2". I can't tell if anything is missing from it, but I am guessing that it is all there. The engine has good compression, and turns smoothly. I have absolutely no experience with vintage engines, and was wondering if anyone could confirm if this is in fact a. I discovered that this stands for Ohlsson and Rice. Burnis's info is in the attachment.I just purchased a box of 11 airplane engines at a garage sale recently, and found this one in the box. I recently found an excerpt in a news letter that Burnis Ray took over Vic's service but I don't know how current the info is. This was my favorite fuel for SAM competition so I outfitted all my best engines with them. Vic also used to make Aluminum fuel bowls and precision fine thread needle valves so you could easily run Methanol. Its perfect to run these old timers with. He was one of the only places that would sell Pennzoil 70wt ashless aircraft oil by the quart. I talked with him several times before he passed. I'm really looking forward to it, but it ain't 8am yet, and I have to wait for a reasonable hour when I can make a bit of noise. PS: I've just overhauled the timer assembly on one of the first Ohlsson Miniatures. The Art Gross gentleman mentioned may have been well-known in the area where he lived/operated, and anyone who does good things to old engines has my greatest respect but, internationally, I've only ever heard of Vic and George as Ohlsson references.
I'm a long-time Ohlsson collector and, before George, the late Vic Didelot was the acknowledged source for all things Ohlsson, including rebuilds, but that's going back 30 or 40 years.
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