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1911 Hupp-Yeats electric horseless carrage

This is a 1910 Westinghouse motor for Myles Tweet's newest resoration project. This is a super fun project for me, as it's a little slice of history. Myles knows of just one other still around and it's in a muesium in Canada. We're kind of lucky on that score as the motor for this one was hacked up a tad with it's brush gear completely missing and most of the lead wires cut detached. Myles was able to get some nice pics so we could use them to help fab new ones.

Date: 07/04/2008 Owner: Jim Husted Size: 26 items
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Nope, don't look any better from this angle 8^)

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 760
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The coils removed.

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 788
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These coils were wrapped in a black gooy (what appears to be friction tape) that was oil soaked and was a big thorn in my butt to remove. Due to the age of the coils I dared not get to brutal with them and had to be ginger with them.

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 732
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Damn, my hands get dirty just looking at this again, LMAO.

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 686
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I found several numbers throughout the motor that we hope will help Myles ID and date this motor/car better. These were wrapped into the coils.

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 681
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Sometimes being gingerly don't work, and that's when I gut them like a fish 8^o

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 716
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It's funny but GE still uses this wire size today, although on their smaller motors.

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 702
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I believe this was a pic from the third time a baked the pole shoes to get the oil out of them. I lost count how many times it took to where it stopped oozing out, lmao.

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 807
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After dipping and baking, and a fresh turn and undercut the old gals starting to look good. I hated to coat it in red, but the insulation was very dry and brittle and then gummed up from this friction tape/oil gunk, and really wanted to lock it down for

Date: 12/31/1969 Owner: Jim Husted Views: 827
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