VW powered generator

In 1980 I worked for the Univ of Florida at their research station in Ft
Pierce, Florida. We had a citrus tree sprayer (trailer drawn blower) that
was powered by ... a VW engine.

"dave AKA vwdoc1" > wrote in message
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> http://www.vw-industrial-engines.com....php?id=18&L=1
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> http://www.mi-uk.com/vw-history/
> Volkswagen A.G. first began selling engines for industrial applications in
> Germany in 1952. They began with the air-cooled boxer engines which were
> used successfully in the following industries: Agriculture, Forestry,
> Mining, Marine, Ground Handling, Municipal, Fire-fighting, Construction,
> Military, Leisure, Power generation, communications...the list goes on.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa..._cooled_engine
> In 1967-68, portable sawmill maker, Mighty Mite of Portland, OR., used VW
> gasoline engines to power the circular saw blades of light sawmills. Later
> as the US market for VW Beetles declined, the sawmill was modified for
> other power.
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> "P.J.Berg" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:29:07 +0100, John J > wrote:
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>>> wrote:
>>>> On Feb 5, 4:18 pm, Speedy Jim > wrote:
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>>>> I'm just a poor old hillbilly.
>>>> Could hook 1 up to my tractor's pto but damn I would hate to run up
>>>> the
>>>> hours on my john deere.
>>>
>>> Will have to find the picture of the PTO I had on a 1956
>>> Harley-Davidson.
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>> I have seen a couple of the original VW Industrial engines as fire pump
>> units, complete with magneto ignition. Comes a a very small trailer.
>> I also think I vaguely remember seeing an original VW Generator setup,
>> the one thing I have never seen in the flesh are the VW Air compressors.
>> And yes, I know some where based on the Porsche 356 engine.
>> J.
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