Hello All,

John Tysse bought the American Abel for $57,000. He previously owned 50% of the engine with Danny, so it really only cost him 28.5 to buy out Danny's half.  The engine will stay at Rollag.  It is a beautiful engine indeed.  I ran it for a day with Clyde Hall and Bob Anderson. That was a nice break from feeding the big 110 Case skid engine in the sawmill.  

The sale was a great reunion of steam folks. We counted 7 owners of 110 Cases in the crowd, as well as a 95 year old gentleman(Jim Rathert) who we were thrilled to get to meet and hear stories from.  He is the man who pulled the 45 horse Double tandem compound Minnie from the river years ago, and is now being restored by Dr. Knutson to show at Rollag.
The  boilers on most of the engines were good, with the exception of the Huber and Sawyer and 80 Case(had an extra boiler with it).  The gem of the auction was the 25 horse Gaar Scott single side mount plowing engine that brought $27,500.  This engine only had 17 miles on it! Danny had bought it in the 40's from a gentleman(the orig. owner) who had used it to thresh on his own farm, and Danny roaded it the seventeen miles to his farm in Comstock where he sawed with it alongside the 35 Dbl Nick. It never left his farm.  You want to talk about nice gearing!

Saw lots of nice Keck Gonnerman folks as well.  Doug Callahan finally found and bought the double rear mount Keck he's been advertising in IMA for years for. It came from Elbert Johnson in MN.  We have tentatively confirmed the "Reunion of the Keck" for Pinckneyville, IL American Threshermen Show next August.  We are planning for 20-25 Keck Gonnerman engines as well as a few rare 30-60 gas tractors.(Herb Beckemeyer has one!) Anyone on the list with Keck Gonnerman interest or an engine, please contact me off list and I will get you details.  The Association is assisting with hauling as well, which will help tremendously.  This is the first big Keck Gonnerman event in many years. Richard Keck, great grandson of John Keck, will be there for the festivities.  Should be an event to remember.

Have a great weekend!
Jeff Detwiler
Keck Gonnerman #1786
Russell #15887



--- "Harold Kuret" <cceinc@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Does any one know who bought the American Able?

Thanks,

Harold Kuret
Lynden, Ont. Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth" <24port@accesstoledo.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine@lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:03 PM
Subject: [Steam-engine] Roen Sale


> This is a note from Peter Love (he is the editor of Tractor & Machinery)
in
> England.  This is his report on the sale and Rollag to a small extent.
>
> For those of you who attended, what did you think?
>
> Thanks
> Beth
>
>
>
>
> The Danny Roen sale was very good on Tues, but very wet underfoot - but
> all the engines need major boiler work!
>
>  25hp Gaar Scott grade 7 $27,500  - 16hp Huber 4 - very complete $9,500
> - 25hp Gaar Scott (flue return) very original 7 $12,000 - Northwest (not
> complete) 1 $2,900 - 76hp Sawyer Massey (bits with three boilers) 1
> $8,000 - 30hp Buffalo Pitts 7 (firebox good) $9,000 - 35hp Nichols &
> Shepard (clutch parts missing) tubeplate 3mm in places 8 $57,000! 8 -
> 80hp Case with spare boiler (good firebox) 4 $10,000 - 28hp American
> Abel 11 $57,000.
>
> Grade 7 is original - 1 is poor - 8 is OK but needs work the Abel was at
> Rollag and in steam - on Friday and Sat it rained on Sun wet - Mon wet
> underfoot - we were at the show Fri/Sat - the rain started 4.10pm Sat!
> Yours PL
>
>
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