downward on the engine. Notice the large belt that runs along the
flywheel and operates the two cooling fans. Fans like these were
not used on water-cooled engines.From 1912 to 1916, IHC offered the Auto Wagon (also called the
Commercial Car or Truck). The basic design was similar among air-
cooled and water-cooled versions. While air-cooled engines did not
have the plumbing typical of their counterparts, they had extras
such as a cooling fan for each cylinder, delivering a burst of air to
cool the fins of each cylinder “jug.”Considerable time was spent in succeeding days hooking up
components. Then, the engine was started. “It’s running, and it sounds
great,” Quirin reported by phone. “It burns clean and runs strong. I think
the compression is fine and we probably have high and low gears, and
reverse.”
Just a mere hour before the IHC was placed in a trailer for the trip, the
vehicle eased out of the garage and saw the light of day under its own
power.
We made the trip to Indiana, spent the day with nearly 40 other IHC