- Related Articles
- Building a Collection from the Ground Up
- BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS
- IRON AGE ADS
BEFORE & AFTER
RESTORATION OF THE MONTH
For IH Engine Collector ...
The Picture was Worth a Thousand Words
By Leslie C. McDaniel
As a collector of International Harvester engines, Johnnie Hough knew exactly what he wanted: a 4 hp Mogul. So, after years of looking, when he finally got a shot at one, he jumped on it... even if it meant buying the engine sight unseen.
"I got it from a guy from Idaho," he said. "I made a deal on it from a picture I saw at Waukee (Iowa)."
The screen cooled engine falls neatly into the "rare" category.
It wasn't the biggest project he'd ever taken on, but it was time consuming.
"I bought it in 1995, and I just finished it this spring," Johnnie said. Finding parts for the 1914 engine was a challenge.
"I just found the last piece I needed for it at Portland (Ind.) this summer," he said. "It was an inline check valve for the plunger pump. I had just plumbed in two check valves, but now I'll put in this original piece."
The Mogul was missing a piston when Johnnie got it.
"Somebody had bored it for a different piston," he said, "but I found the original piston for it." "The mag was pieced together from a bunch of parts, and the original armature looked like it had been burned," he said. "A friend of mine, Vince Chapman, Tulsa, Okla., cast the water pump bracket and eccentric in cast iron. I made the fuel pump in steel, and I machined all the parts."
The Mogul's bright green color generates a fair amount of comment and question at shows, Johnny said.