Clinton Machine Announces New Gas Engine

THOMAS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 5/25/2007 at 15:57:40

A new two cycle engine, the VS-200, has been announced by Don Thomas, president of the Clinton Machine Company. The new lightweight gasoline model, the smallest engine in the entire Maquoketa-manufactured Clinton line of ten basic models, will be formally presented to the public in a full page advertisement in the Feb. 7 issue of LIFE magazine, Mr. Thomas disclosed today.
In making the announcement of the new two-cycle engine, Thomas explained that there has been a need "for quite some time", for a new type lightweight, two cycle engine. Alreadt "enthusiastically received by manufacturers throughout the country," the Clinton president noted that the new engine makes Clinton Machine the first company of its kind to develop and produce a two cycle model.
"We of Clinton Machine take pride in announcing the engine which has new lightness, new starting, long wear and safety qualities, plus greater versatility needed by some manufacturers of light power lawnmowers, chain saws, post-hole diggers, small garden tillers and other such products," Mr. Thomas said.
Of vertical shaft design, the Clinton VS 200 has these features, C.W.Hamilton, Clinton's sales manager revealed: Easy starting , due to a high voltage magneto; float feed carburetor; large cooling area with patented fins, producing proper engine operating temperature, dirt and grass proof lower engine seals designed to exclude all foreign matter; large diameter crankshaft extension; moisture and dust-proof flywheel magneto; enclosed governor spring; and adjustable speed control.
The VS-200, the newest addition to the world-famous Clinton line has already met with what Thomas termed "an overwhelming response. Our order boards are jam packed for months ahead," he asserted. Production recently started at the Maquoketa plant on the new model. (Jackson Sentinel, January 23, 1953.)