Stover hit miss engine serial numbers11/15/2022 ![]() ![]() Many of these engines were sold to other companies and were painted different colors. The engines were painted green with red and yellow pinstriping. They use the classic “coffin” shaped water hopper and attractive 6-hole disc flywheels with Stover embossed on the sides. In my opinion these are some of the prettiest engines Stover made. We can thank Lester and Chuck for these production numbers. Wendel’s excellent book on Stovers (Power In The Past 3) tells us that the late Lester Roos spent 600 hours studying the Stover records. The engines were available with a throttling governor for kerosene or hit-and-miss for gasoline. CT total production numbers are as follows: CT1 – 12,972 units, CT2 – 25,145 units, CT3 – 9,917 units and CT4 – 4,001 units. The first CT1 was introduced in 1928 with the last being the CT4 coming on line in 1930.Īll the CTs were manufactured into 1942 when Stover ceased production. These engines are variable horsepower but the records only list the lowest number. The CTs were made in four sizes: the TA (CT1) engines were 1-1/2 to 2 HP, the TB (CT2) 2 to 2-1/2 HP, the TC (CT3) 3 to 3-1/2 HP, and the TD (CT4) 4 to 5 HP. This can cause a little confusion because the serial number is usually preceded by the T designation but the same ID tag will show the CT with the horsepower listed. ![]() There is a column in the record books for “type of engine.” This column lists the CT type engines as TA through TD – we find no CTs listed in the actual shipping records. As a follow up, we’ll discuss the late horizontal closed crank flywheel engines, better known as the CTs.Īs near as we can tell, the “C” stands for closed crank and the “T” is the actual type, not to be confused with the early 4 HP open crank T. In the last issue, we talked about the late Stover open crank flywheel engines. ![]()
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