I am the Executive Director of a  senior citizen charitable organization for the past 35 years, a 19 handicap golfer, have restored a 1947 Dodge truck, besides playing with over one hundred and thirty old gas engines. My engines include a Novo 2 ½ hp, a Massey Harris 1 ½ hp Type 2 , a Wisconsin 8 hp, a McCulloch chainsaw, a number of International LA's and a LB's 1 ½ to 2 ½ hp , three 1 ½ hp International "M's", four Maytag 92 singles, five Maytag 72 Twins, a 1 hp and two ½ hp upright Maytag Multimotors, a Reo, four Lausons, a number of Clintons and Iron Horse engines, three McLeod engines, a John Deere 1 ½ hp,  an OMC 2-stroke, four 2 ½ hp Fairbanks Morse "D" shoebox Z’s, a 2 hp and a 3 hp Massey Harris (Cushman style), some Briggs and Strattons, a Kohler 120 volt GenSet, two headless Fairbanks-Morse's, two Cushman's, and other brands, and a Scott-Atwater 3.3 hp "kicker" outboard. Many are still siezed or not running but about half of my toys do or have run recently. Some are water hopper cooled and many are air cooled.

      Now at 58 years old I can proudly say that I  have built nail by nail, along with  Marja, my  wife of over 33 years, our house in Edmonton for our son Nicolas while he grew up  and can with difficulty understand and read Dutch. I am currently a member  of the  of our church, Strathearn United Church, and Secretary of the Board of the "Friends of Deville / St. Margaret's Society",  set up to preserve an old historic country church and graveyard where my father is buried .

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at cwja@telus.net