I recently noticed an engine in a shed in Bombala, NSW, where it had sat for a couple of years after being recovered from a local rubbish tip. It looked reasonably complete and, as far as I could tell, only the fuel mixer, ignition timing cam, some governor parts, and a couple of small bits were missing. The chap who had rescued it had no intentions of restoring it, so I thought that I would give it a go.

The reason that it had instantly attracted my attention was because it had a number of unusual features. The first task was to identify it. Thanks to Mick Christie of Trafalgar, the engine was identified as a water cooled Brownwall that was built in Michigan, USA.

The Brownwall production period ran from about 1910 to 1920; my engine did