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Offline tom brightbill

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OR 60 Small Port
« on: November 16, 2012, 09:59:01 PM »
I found this on Craigslist recently, it's S/N 5977.  Can anyone tell me what year it might be?
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Re: OR 60 Small Port
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2012, 10:46:50 AM »
The O&R 60 small port engines were produced from 1939 to about 1947 or so.  At that time, the design was changed to large-port and some front rotary valve engines .The factory in Los Angeles built a very limited number of the 23 engines during the war, using parts on hand, but no 60 engines, that I know of.

Your engine has a relatively low serial number, indicating it is pre-war, or 1941.  The Model Engine Collector's Journal for January 2011 lists serial numbers of 55 examples of the 60 "special" (small port) engines.  Serial numbers range from 1125 up to 078023.

I believe MECA has a more complete list somewhere.  You might try contacting MECA for more information.

The four O&R 60 "special" engines I own are 2165, 8949, 17832 and 045351.  I believe all post-war engines had a "0" serial prefix.

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