Tulare 2004

This was the twelfth year of the engine and tractor show in Tulare. This year it was even bigger and better than in years past. Part of the appeal of the show is that it is in a centralized location. It's not a prohibitively long drive for the folks in the north or the south. Click below to see a sampling of the people and hardware in attendance.

• 1 ½ hp Olds owned by John Jarrett.
  
  
• 1 ½ hp Dempster, made in Beatrice, Nebraska.
  
  
• 7 hp Waterloo owned by Laurence Todd of Sebastopol, California. This engine was originally sold by Wooden & Little of San Francisco.
  
  
• 1905 Peerless, built by Bates & Edmonds. This 6 hp engine is owned by Frank and Maggie Bradley. The engine was originally sold by Baker & Hamilton.
  
  
• 25 hp Sheffield Gas Engine Co., engine number C419, owned by Don Petersen of Visalia, California
  
  
• 1914 Holt Caterpillar 30, used on the Wollesen Homesteads until it was retired in 1929. The tractor was brought back to life three weeks before this show, after sitting dormant for 75 years.
  
  
• Gus Lukrofka cruising around on his top-fuel barstool.
  
  
• 1905 Domestic engine, 1 ½ hp, owned by Ken and Larry Evans.
  
  
• Early style Doak engine owned by Mark and Sheila Panzone. This engine was recently rescued from the wild.
  
  
• Later style Doak owned by Ron Ludford. This 5 hp engine was built in San Francisco.
  
  
• Jose Carrillo tuning up the Cavanaugh & Darley.
  
  
• Ken Evans firing up his 3 hp Fairbanks Morse Type Z
  
  
• Larry Thompson and his 7 hp Foos. This engine originally ran a lineshaft in a box factory that made boxes for citrus fruit.
  
  
• Greg Procopchuk starting his pumping engine built by the Jacobson Machine Manufacturing Company. An unusual feature of this engine is the multi-lobed exhaust cam that runs off the jack shaft.
  
  
• Mike Jones displaying his 8 hp Domestic.
  
  
• Late model 6 hp engine built by the Samson Iron Works of Stockton, California. This engine originally powered a winch at a mine near Auburn, California. Also on display are Ken Evans and Kelley Garcia, the engine's owner.
  
  
• Bill Baldwin demonstrating his Union hoist powered by his Cavanaugh & Darley
  
  
• 6 inch Rider-Ericsson hot air engine owned by Steve Gray.
  
  
• Four cylinder Harris engine
  
  
• Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company tractor, owned by Herc Bouris
  
  
• 15 hp, Type A engine manfuactured by the Commercial Engine Company of Los Angeles, California. This engine is owned by Robert Critz. Originally, this engine was used by the railroad in Pica, Arizona, for powering an air compressor. The compressed air was used for starting two Fairbanks Morse YV engines.
  
  
• Bill Prine and Anton Affentranger displaying their matching Union engines. The Union Gas Engine Company operated in San Francisco. These are the only two 15 hp Unions known to survive.
  
  
• Six cylinder Acme engine owned by Jack Alexander and shown by Bill Prine.
  
  
• Robert Critz and Mike Tyler starting Mike's Alamo.
  
  
• 4 ½ hp Olds owned by Dick & Delaina Watson
  
  
• 12 hp Fairbanks Morse, Type N, owned by Ron Ludford. This engine was originally sold by Smith-Booth-Usher in Los Angeles. The engine served in a pumphouse for an apple orchard in Pearblossom, California.
  
  
• Steam engine powered hacksaw owned by Merle Morse, inventor of the taper.
  
  
• This engine was built by Merle. One cylinder is the engine, one cylinder compresses air. It is currently being used to power his hacksaw.
  
  
• Engine built by W.P. Callahan & Company of Dayton, Ohio. This engine belongs to Greg Johnson.
  
  
• 7 hp Western owned by Gene Stewart. Western engines were built in Los Angeles. This engine is the second oldest Western known. It worked at the Gold B mine near Joshua Tree, California.
  
  
• 4 hp Lorenz, built in Czechoslovakia, number 3648. This engine is owned by Harry Terpstra and displayed by George Best.
  
  
• 110 hp Best steam traction engine built in San Leandro, California.
  
  
• 1898 Fairbanks Morse Standard engine, 4 hp, owned by Don and Judie Decker. Of particular interest is the engine indicator, which charts pressure in the cylinder against the postition of the piston. This is useful in seeking to determine power output and efficiency.
  
  
• Holt crawler
  
  

Engine shows are not all fun and games. It's seriously hard work. Hard work builds a hearty appetite. Luckily, two of the members of WAPA are world renowned chefs. Bud Melvin and Mike Jones put their heads together a few years back and invented omelettes in a bag. Yes, it sounds weird, but they're truly delicious. Enough cholesterol was consumed Saturday morning to give a heart surgeon nightmares.

• Leroy creating a one-of-a-kind festival for the tastebuds
  
  
• Gloria helping Bob crack eggs, to Gary's amusement
  
  
• Leroy: My omelette STILL ISN'T DONE?!!!
  Ty is a little more patient.
  
  
• Kelley likes her omelettes al dente. Steve doesn't care as long as it's FOOD.
  
  
• Ron listens intently, as Larry explains how he intends to bust a cap.
  
  
• Tom is the expert at omelette creation.
  
  
• Wink Dawg impresses Fly Ginger with his dope gansta signs from da hood, yo.
  
  
• Jim and Julius have the situation under control.
  
  
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