This is a re-post from 2001, due to 'house-cleaning'

JW - Admin
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Subject: Piston valve Project
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 07:01:48 -0800
From: "Robert Pat Farrell"
To: "David K. Nergaard"

Dear David,
I will pass the news of your cylinder blocks on. I have one of the piston valve cylinder blocks here that some year I hope to put together with a 20 HP Stanley engine. I picked it up about 20 years ago and I would guess that it was made in the last 35 years.
The piston valve engine has many advantages over the slide valve engine. White knew what was best and they were very successful with the piston valve. If F.E. had been 10 years younger in 1918, you would have seen the Stanleys proceed in full production with piston valves.
Merry Christmas!
SSsssteamer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David K. Nergaard [mailto:nergaard@ma.ultranet.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:26 AM
> To: Robert Pat Farrell
> Subject: Project

> > > Please pass the following to anyone you feel may be interested.
> I am considering casting a series of inside admission piston valve
> cylinder blocks, designed to replace 20 hp. (4 by 5 inch) Stanley cylinder
> blocks. They will be a slightly improved version of the block
> shown in SACA
> drawing set #205, which I have used for the last six years for more than
> 12,000 miles, with which my 1922 type 735 went more than twelve miles to a
> gallon (US) of kerosene and a hundred miles to a tank of water. The
> expected cost of the castings is about $US700 in small quantities. If ten
> people are willing to put up $200 in advance towards purchasing a block, I
> will proceed with the project. Any takers? David K. Nergaard, 367 King
> Street, Littleton, Mass., 01460-1248, USA. 'Phone: 978-486-9695,
> let it ring!

More details have been posted on the SACA Discussion page under the
heading "Blocks".
> Feel free to add my E-mail address. 73 DK
> >

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JW