1934 Briggs model A

[Jet Provost]

My grandpa gave this to me in the mid 60’s. 1934 Briggs Model A.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Ooohoooohoooohoooohoooo......
Do you still have it? Does it run?
That's awesome that it's pre-WWII!
I'm not as familiar with cast iron Briggs, and I don't know what the letter codes mean, but that thing is so cool!
It'd probably make for a wheelie monster go kart engine!

 

[Jet Provost]

Yep kept it all these years. They were big and heavy. Has a big lever you pull to start it. It ran perfectly and still would with a little tinkering. 85 years old.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Ooohh, mechanical starter! Don't see those any more!

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That spark plug location is REALLY interesting! I wonder what the engineers' reason behind it was?

 

[Jet Provost]

It is stuffed under a bench next to my old Gilera shifter kart. Need to revive that kart some day. We won a few races together.

 

[Budget GoKart]

That thing would make a wicked mini bike LOL!

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

It would make a HEAVY mini bike!!!

 

[txluke]

You will fly with that 1.75hp! Just get it to run and start it up once in awhile. I love old engines but they don't work well on mini bikes.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Really? Only 1.75 HP? I guess it does look a little small......

 

[Jet Provost]

It may only be 1 hp but the whole rating system was different then. That plug was used in many 20s and 30s cars. It would be major cool on a vintage homemade mini bike. But not fast.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Probably a good little campground cruiser....

 

[Jet Provost]

Here is what my lever start looks like. ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FU-YNxg3U

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Mine even has the original air cleaner

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

That's really neat! It might be interesting to try to change it around to kick start, but with something that old, I wouldn't want to hack it up.

 

[Jet Provost]

It is goofy for sure. I love old ****. I even have 14 outboards that are 60 to 80 years old. I have my first motorcycle in my office. My dad bought it for me on my twelfth Birthday. I sold it to my friends dad in 1973 when i bought my first car. A 69 camaro z28. I found it again in 2007. My friends dad still owned it. It was a mess. Took 2 years to restore. Rode it 200 miles to make sure it was perfect. Drained the fluids and put it in my office. Everyday i look at the bike in my office that took me on so many adventures. How lucky is that!

 

[950speed]

Gosh your lucky, you got all sorts of toys lol
Cars bikes engines planes

 

[Jet Provost]

I do have toys. An insane amount of them. 10 cars 16 motorcycles 5 race karts 6 outboards 13 airplanes and more engines than i can think about. All kinds of ham radio gear. Yes I’m nuts and you need to work hard to beat me ha ha. I forgot my airplane tugs and forklifts. My business has been good to me.

 

[Jet Provost]

My daily driver. This hellcat is fun .........

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Heyhey! Another ham! I'm KG5THN, a General class operator(highest class in my family)
I'm not very active ATM, because I got into yet ANOTHER addiction: karts!

 

[J.S.@SMS]

You've got some cool toys. Could you get a couple more pics of that lever starter? I've been looking into some king of way to make a kick starter for a minibike.

 

[Jet Provost]

Heyhey! Another ham! I'm KG5THN, a General class operator(highest class in my family)
I'm not very active ATM, because I got into yet ANOTHER addiction: karts!

Not touched ham stuff since I was a kid. I do have a very nice system I bought from a guy 2 years ago. I was going to set it up in one of my hangers. I paid $1500 for it. 1200 watt setup.