Like I needed another babe bee……..

Wow, 4 more and you have a century, keep collecting.

Would be nice to hear a "swarm"...

Nice find Jacob and to let Jason collect it even better , you would have to look close to see the difference ! Heck it cleaned up Good !

Unique/rare or not, just how I like them - crispy.

Nice clean-up Jason and a wonderful addition to your collection.

I read from your post, Jason, its cylinder is worn out, but I wonder if this thin wall cylinder featured tapered bore like many, if not all, thin wall cylinders? I mean even if worn out, a tapered cylinder will not let the piston fall through it..

WOW, takes a keen eye to see the difference in the screws through all that crud. She did clean up nicely. HA! looks like someone tried to snipe you in the last 4 seconds, nice bidding.

PS: I'm gonna steal that picture to use as a wallpaper on my laptop!!

Good eye to pick out the screws, the only way to tell. Find a good cylinder piston and swap. I have the other one.

Thanks for the compliments. On the tank I had to sand through the corrosion on the lathe. Same with the glow head. Even the crank is pitted on the web next to the crank pin. The reed wasn’t salvageable either.

Rust in the cylinder bore pitted it and that’s what’s causing the poor compression. The piston is fine so it would need a different cylinder to run.

I think Jacob already has one of these babe bees with the taper screws.

Yeah I would have had a rough time seeing those tapered screws as well.

Looks as good as it can be. Good work, you have to wonder where these things are stored? My guess was under a well pump for that one.

Man, that was a rough looking engine but you cleaned it up nicely. I'm sure you have enough pistons and cylinders in your stash that you can find a good period correct match for it.

I have a taper-screwed Babe Bee but someone put it in a vice and slightly ovaled the backplate and tank.


I think I'm responsible for doing a little damage to Jason's bank account over the years with the eBay links I've sent.

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Mudhen wrote:Another cool piece of trivia.
The crankcase does not have an oil groove running through the crankshaft bore.
(Nothing like placing a carrot on a string. I wonder how long it will be before Jason disassembles the engine to see if I'm not off my dome. )

Hmm,  I know I have a couple like that.  Were they restricted to the countersunk backplates only? And, they did countersink the backplates too to accept the tapered screws, right?   I don't think, but I'm not sure if I have that early BB, but I'm not pulling them off the mounts to find out.  Seems I would remember it but there are days when I can't remember my name.

Two of my crispy critters.



Screened intake are fillisters for sure.  Other one, probably, but one screw head looks suspect.  



These were pretty much protected by spent castor, unlike Jason's that unfortunately looks like it was stored in the bottom of a fishing tackle box.  That said I would happly trade these two for his one and probably toss in a couple of Enya's too.  

Great catch by Jacob, and great score for you Jason. You sure polished that poor gem right up. She is in probably one of the best homes I know of for her.

Eagle eye Jacob. Good on you Jason.
Unmarked #2 cylinder, correct?
Found a backplate on "eboy" a while ago. Enlarged the photo 'till
I couldn't tell for sure, and went for it anyway. Holy grail moment
for me. The flat head is indeed flat, and it sits a little deeper in the
recess. The fillister isn't perfectly flat. Hoping to build a
copy around it.

Wound up buying a few lifetime supplies of these. Anyone need some?
Sorry 'bout the crappy pix.
Bob

Mud is correct. Smooth bore.




Bob,

I think I’m keeping this one. Tempting though.

I know I have one, maybe two with the unmarked "silver" backplate and the three piece piston.  Do they all have the tapered screws, or were there early models with the fillister head screws as well?
I'll have to dig them out and check.  Here's pictures I took a while back.  Hard to tell.

So, are the backplates countersunk to accept the tapered machine screws?  Seems like they must be.

Looks pretty flat on the two later plates that I dug out, but my eyes are not what they used to be.

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rsv1cox wrote:So, are the backplates countersunk to accept the tapered machine screws?  Seems like they must be.

Looks pretty flat on the two later plates that I dug out, but my eyes are not what they used to be.

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Yes the holes are countersunk. Here's a couple of pictures from Mark Boesen's FB group

Thanks Rene, saved that picture'

When you have a part in your hands, and
you're looking for clues, the good old  jewelers
loupe can make the task much easier. I wouldn't
try to cheap out too much. Bausch and Lomb
loupes have served me well for several years,
and they won't break the bank. Years ago, I didn't
need one.
https://www.amazon.com/Bausch-Lomb-814171-Inspection-Magnification/dp/B00JFK1S5C/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=loupe&qid=1630717320&sr=8-8

Bob

dckrsn wrote:When you have a part in your hands, and
you're looking for clues, the good old  jewelers
loupe can make the task much easier. I wouldn't
try to cheap out too much. Bausch and Lomb
loupes have served me well for several years,
and they won't break the bank. Years ago, I didn't
need one.
https://www.amazon.com/Bausch-Lomb-814171-Inspection-Magnification/dp/B00JFK1S5C/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=loupe&qid=1630717320&sr=8-8

Bob

Glad that your happy Bob. I guess Ida didn't spank you to bad out on Long Island. But NYC got hammered.

I have a couple of loupes, great aid for old eyes.