Questionable steam engine

[Connor S.]

I was looking through ebay and found this steam engine and it doesn't look like any conventional slide steam engine i've seen and im little confused on what it is

http://ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150366452437

if anyone could give any info it would be great

Thanks

Connor

[Connor S.]

Oh, two more things, one i meant slide valve, second i emailed the guy and he said his grandfather used it for work, although he wasn't exact on what it was used for.

[Ronald E. McClellan]

It looks like an unfinished model hit & miss engine. I don't know the make. If you look at the first picture through the flywheel to the other side you will see a brass bushing with nothing in the hole. I think that this would be where the shaft for the gear/cam would be mounted. Missing one governor weight , push rod , latches , gear on crank shaft ?? , carb. ?? , Muffler , and who knows what else. It's more than I can handle , even if I had the prints. Ron

[ssimntih]

and thats not to say the engine was never finished due to a mess-up in the machining or something, looks like a shelf queen to me.

[Andrew Mackey]

Looks like possibly a F/M 'N' kit. Nice model, but you have to finish it
Andrew

[Connor S.]

thanks guys i knew it didn't look like a steam engine, and it more resembled a hit n miss engine, but there was a huge amount of parts missing. It's in sacremento, and it's only 2 hours away and if I could get the engine for cheap it would be very good for parts.