Root and Van Dervoort "R" Line "Triumph" 4hp.

Built by Root and Vandervoort Engineering Co. East Moline, Illinois in 1916.

Engine No. CR61923

This engine joined the collection in September 2006. It came from Marian in Queensland.

13th September. Picking the engine up after it arrived in Sydney. The Stover went along for the ride.

At home

The 'Monkey motion' Wizard

A slightly wild but functional high tension conversion has been done

Missing the muffler.

The govenor. Quite different to my L Line engines

There has been some repairs made to the Wizard trip at some time

The inside of the hopper looks good

Original greasers

The original Wizard fitted to the engine.

Detail of the Wizard

January 2007. Name plate and magnet retaining fingers thanks to Mitch Malcolm of Lightning Magneto. I will clean up the magneto before fitting these correctly.

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