TAYLOR VACUUM ENGINES
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March/April 1980
Dean T. Kedinger
The next and final style was type C. The engine is a 2 HP engine
only with a closed base. Serial numbers went from 10,500 to 18,000
(App.) and then jumped to 50,000. It is hard to say if any engines
were made in between as base casting dates for 18,000 and 50,000
engines were only a year or so apart. The date of manufacture is on
the bottom right hand side of block. Besides the name tag, the
serial number is also stamped on the block (governor side). Many of
the features of the type B engine were kept on the C type. All
C's came with air cooled heads and sheet metal gas tanks, and
one oiler on vacuum cylinder. This engine came with Wico EK magneto
and hit and miss governor only. They came with six-spoke, solid
with round holes and teardrop shaped holes in flywheels.
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Both B's and C's have one ring on vacuum; three on
engine piston.
During the entire production of Taylor engines all engines were
spark plug ignition.
For the first four years of production he sold all of his
engines through other companies. Mr. Taylor produced his engines
for his former employer and co-backer Universal Milking Company,
Albert Lea, Minnesota, and later through other companies like the
Pine Tree Milking Machine Company, which is now Surge. They were
repainted and distributed by the Empire Milking Machine Company;
The Panhandle Milking Machine and Supply Company in Texas; The
Gascotgne Milking Machine Company of Reading, Berkshire, England;
Clarke and Faucet of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; and Agar
Cross and Company, Ltd., Buenos Airs, Argentina-to mention a
few.
It might be noted that Universal Company sold some 8,000 engines
before sales stopped in 1931 due to the depression.
Mr. Taylor stopped building engines in 1937 when, he said,
electricity put him out of business, with the electric motor
gaining popularity.
Mr. Taylor, a very enterprising man, then went on to develop a
way to bottle carbon dioxide gas.
He had designed several steer feeder barns for confined feeding
on his farms. This farming operation was very successful.
Mr. Taylor also owned the Elgin Syringe Company, which made
throwaway plastic medical syringes to be used in hospitals,
etc.
Mr. Jack E. Taylor died in February, 1977.
If readers find mistakes or can add information, I would
appreciate hearing from you. Thank you.
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