i once saw a guy who made a motorcycle using one of these engines, used a old triumph gearbox, street signs as custom oil pans and other useful bits, hard tail from memory, was a real work of art. So good in fact it was the main story in a custom Bike mag back in the day.. had to be back in the mid 80's. wish i could find it..

Lovely to hear such a great old engine running.

Many thanks for your efforts here - it is truly wonderful to see this old machine running

Wow, Thanks for sharing. I would love to find something like that here in Virginia usa. I like most any vintage engine. So simple, so tough and you can keep them running with little more than some basic tools and some sand paper. Post more old engines from down under!

Amazing how after all these years, and being partly buried, she still works! Thats great to hear, nice sounds too. Loving the bike pedal kick starter :-) Long may she live on.

I've got the generator for it here in the states.

Great to see this engine found and restored!

Listen to that magneto whine. My first ride was a 1937 HD ULH 80" and wow, does yours ever bring back some memories. A lovely piece of work you have there, wish it was mine.

nice video man! love the engine

Hi My name is Gary Butler and I have several single and twin cylinder HOWARD engines. I also have 3 hand crafted motorcycles that I built in the early 80's. The 88ci (1475cc) V twin engines were made from 1932 to 1939 and only 5000 were made. The single is half the twin so the barrels, piston, and head are the same as the right on the twin. The crankshafts and conrods are also the same. These engines were designed to chug along at 500rpm so when they're forced to do 3000rpm in a motorcycle, they soon fly apart. As a result of many failures, I've made stronger conrods that don't snap, pistons that don't disintergrate and modified the oiling system so it works. I've used better quality valves, seats, bearings and head gaskets. I have won many trophies for these bikes at shows around Australia.

Cool

Fantastic engine it sure does sound good. I like it. Great video again can't wait for your next upload.

nice runner!!, still yet to get a new exhaust valve ,Guide & piston & Rod for my other Onan CCKA!!

what a beauty

Totally awesome I'd love it so cool 😎

Thats a lovely old thing. It looks like you could dig a hole and bury it. Come back 6 months later, dig it up and it would still run.

very cool engine

that is awesome :) sure sounds great :)

G'day rustymotor, what model Eisemann magneto does it run? AM-2N? Symbol LU12 or LU15? Thanks.

man that sounds cool. always liked good running old rattly clunky motors. if it aint rattling it aint running right lol. the new junk they make anymore when it rattles like that it goes boom shortly after

Where is the Howard motor please ?

Oh, hey ; does it have internal or external flywheel? Looks external. Harley is internal flywheel.

Coolest old beast But you got a few eye openers in the back ground also.

Really beautiful & exceptionally well made. Would be nice if it were mounted in an old motorcycle chassis with some vintage hop up parts. 1300cc’s is plenty big, but I could be wrong and you’d need to check with mechanics specialized in vintage engines before trying

would this be considered a flat head because of the valve orientation?

awesome!

These are my favourite engine of all! How awesome would it be to have one of these for a generator. Yours has the spark plugs on top of the head where as mine are on the side. I have been told yours would be 10hp where as mine is 8hp. Heaps of low end power but not particularly happy at high rpm. Are you missing the cowling or just have it off for display?

that would go good in a push bike frame.

Put that in bike frame, giddy up.

Shirley this belongs in one of them Howard Stevenson motorcycles, doesn't it?

I like this a lot !! Would look great in a motorbike or vintage car. Were many made ?

Seemed smoother than a Harley to me..?

Nice one-what stops it from overheating?

The music stopped way too soon :-)

But how can that engine cool as a stationery power plant without forced air cooling?

I have one of these engines. What spark plugs are you using in it?

Type ' M ' Super * Howard V-Twin

why don't you stop the flywheel from hitting the cover it really would sound better

clack clack buzz buzz chug chug :D

Is music!

how much cost privat please

Maybe you shouldn't be getting drunk before using a camera...

you're kind of an odd guy....you sorta get these classic old engines running but they all look like hell and still look like they are only 1 step ahead of the junk man.....why don't you do some full restorations, sand blast and walnut blast the parts and paint them all up nice, fix all the oil leaks, put in some new seals and bearings where needed, and get rid of all the rust and grime.....what's the point of these haphazard low end partial restorations.....get some proper restoration spit and polish into these machines and you'll have 250,000 subscribers