Welcome to John Bailey's Webpage of antique engines and other old iron. ...Home... I began collecting single cylinder flywheel engines in about 1994. My first engine was a 6 horsepower Fairbanks-Morse Z manufactured in 1917. It had originally been used to power a water pump in the Johnson Bayou area of Southwest Louisiana. In the winter of 1925 a freeze caused the water jacket around the cylinder to break apart and the head to crack, basically making the engine of no use. It was replaced by an identical 1925 model and was retired to a corner of the pump shed where it sat for about 65 years. It was rescued by Robert Mayeux about ten years ago. It changed hands and criss-crossed the state several times before I finally bought it from Nicholas Bettevy, who at the time also owned the 1925 model. Though it was in terrible shape, I was able to restore it to the condition shown in the picture below. This engine was featured in the November 1995 issue of Gas Engine Magazine, page 22. It's one of the best running engines I have. It usually starts on the first flip of the flywheel every time. Click here for more details. This was all it took. Old iron was in my blood and the purchase of this engine led to the inevitable, more engines. I've bought and sold a number of engines since then. I have bought and sold numerous engines over the years. Click below to see the ones I still own. 2 HP Witte Maytag 72 7 HP Fairbanks-Morse ZC118 Briggs and Stratton 5S John Deere LUC Wisconsin VH4 3 HP Holland (Buzz's engine) Before... After... Magnet Charger Other Links of Interest Williams 12" stone burr grist mill restoration. Louisiana Two Cylinder Club Power of the Past Visit with Sam Carruth. Sam Carruth Revisited. Remembering Nicholas Bettevy.