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Re: Lewis - What engine ?
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2026, 10:52:09 PM »
Yes that's an engine by A.W. Wall - think ROC. It was rated 3 1/2 hp, so somewhere around 500cc. Lewis only used it 1909-10, as the Precision - or at least the Lewis engine built for Lewis by F.E. Baker - became available.

Glenn found the frame; I described the engine and told him if he could find one I'd give him the exhaust system. He found it and I gave it to him!

1910 was an extremely chaotic year at Lewis. They offered Wall, Stevens and Precision engines, air- or water-cooled, in either the old Chater Lea set (with the Simplex leaf-spring front suspension) or the new Chater Lea set with the leading link CL suspension fork.

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Re: Lewis - What engine ?
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2026, 10:57:04 PM »
Here's the engine in a ROC.