It took three of us to load it in the back of the pickup when I gave it away.

I do have a Lincoln 180 Mig welder that is used a lot more than the stick.

They used a flathead continental engine in them up into the early 70s, IIRC.

It looked like it had a flathead v-8 on it, but it was stored outside, probably didnt work, and the shop owner didnt seem to know much about it.

It leaned back on a handbuilt wheels and dolly rig, and it quickly got the knickname- R2D2.

It was totally under water through several Florida hurricanes.

Took it apart and started cleaning, and cleaning, and cleaning.

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After I felt comfortable with the clean job, I had to free up the big coil, and lube up the ways.

Then I cut the leads down about 6 inches on all the ends to get to areas of uncoroded cables.

A can of Miller spray bomb blue paint, and I had a practically new stick welder.

A friend came over and we hooked up his Tig torch and we began welding everything we could think of for the test run.

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The best of those was the Lincon with the Continental flat head 6, most of those were crank start, They were easy to start in all weather.

He has a new lift but the Sears buzz box had to be from the 50s if not the 40s.

I was rolling my eyes thinking they are going to make fun of my welds with this POS.

I bought from a farmer in Purcell Oklahoma who bought from the local highschool in 1957.

You plugged the leads into whatever amperage range you needed and started welding.

It had an old glass screw in fuse on the front that fed a 110 duplex receptacle for auxiliary power.

I have a Miller 300 amp TIG now and I still miss that old Forney stick machine.