![]() ![]() This has been a common topic of discussion with the assumption there was only one correct color. There is much debate on the exact color of Rock Island engines, but Dulux 93-24590 brown seems to be a common standard, however, it is extremely common to see them at shows ranging from a pale mustard to a dark brown. By many accounts, Rock Island would become the single largest distributor of Alamo engines, and by agreement was allowed to sell the engines entirely under the Rock Island name and colors. As such, Alamo’s were sold under a dozen plus names according to Denis Rouleau’s Buzzcoil Alamo site, including local rival the Moline Plow Company under the Flying Dutchman name. Either way, by mid 1914 the Alamo’s were front and center to Rock Islands line.Īlamo was a large producer of Hit & Miss engines already, but far preferred to allow other companies to distribute their products in the teens. Its not entirely certain if Rock Island for a time sold both Alamo and Haish engines, if there was a gap or the transition was fairly clean. In late 1913 or very early 1914 Rock Island started acting as a distributor for Alamo gas engines built by the Alamo Engine Co. ![]()
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