By Roger Austin from the May - June 2006 newsletter.

During 2004, Bill Pharoah donated a 3 hp. Fairbanks Morse, Model Z, Type C gas engine to the Museum. The engine was to be offered for sale to raise money for the purchase of a farm site when one was located.

Very early in 2005 member Chuck Lowman of Vergennes, VT was looking for an engine job to wrap up the long winter. After a year and many hours of restoration work, the engine is coming home. The engine will be featured at the June Exhibition. It now sports new oak skids, fresh paint and a new powder-coated cast iron truck under it. What you might not see or notice is the rest of the restoration.

There's a new fuel tank and a repaired exhaust valve. The magneto rotor was unfrozen. Happily, the magneto still worked. Missing teeth on the input gear were replaced. The cylinder was cleaned. And the whole block and fly-wheel were sand blasted and cleaned for painting.

Lowman is donating all his labor and the cost of parts. If you look in the catalogs, that's quite a contribution. And he provided the pick up and return deliveries as well. Unfortunately, he will not be able to attend the Exhibition. Pharoah is anxious to see the rebuilt engine. He still would like to see it sold. But if the members think it should be kept as part of the-collection, then that would be fine with him too. Hats off to both Bill and Chuck!