New Way 7 Hp Horizontal Twin

AVAILABLE:
Finally today a watermarked copy of the New Way 7Hp Type "C" Twin Cylinder Engine is available in the library.

SIZE:
The Instruction is excellent with 36 pages loaded with information. Some is common to all New Way Air Cooled Engines but much of it is specific to the maintenance and management of the Horizontally Opposed twin cylinder engine. In particular there is much detail on the various ignition system options and starting procedures. Given their size these motors can be a real challenge to start if good procedure is not followed.

FORMAT:
The Instruction came with a colored / textured front and back cover which we have tried to maintain. Simply print your copy double sided if possible. (not essential) Assemble and trim all pages to the coloured cover pages allowing about extra 1/4 inch room (white) to staple along the left hand long edge. Once done use some book binding tape wrapped around the stapled edge to finish the job. A copy of the front page is shown here.

DOWNLOAD:

Simply click 7Hp Twin Instruction or later select it for download from the library.

We feel sure many New Way Enthusiasts will really enjoy this early model twin instruction. 

We are still hoping to eventually find a copy of the Throttle Governed 8 and 12 Hp Horizontal Twin to make it available watermarked for free download. At this point though it still evades us. 

PERSISTANCE:

Aussies can be a persistent breed and great hunters. 

If you have a copy of or can help up get our hands on one of the instructions that covers the Throttle Governed 8 / 12 Hp Horizontal we would be really grateful. All we ask is a photocopy of it or even photograph each page and send us the files. We will do the rest, clean-up and watermark etc to protect the original precious document.

Our email is:

geo.covey@gmail.com

Enjoy the 7Hp Twin Instruction

George

New Way Twin Instruction Manual - 7Hp

Birth of Air Cooled Commercial Engines.

THE EARLY YEARS - In the little dot pointed listing here we show the patterns of development of New Way Engines from Types to Models. A little "History in Brief".

Types used common design principles even if their format was quite different.
For example the same type applied to both Vertical or Horizontal, single or twin where the valve layout and actuation was similar.

Type classification changed for example, when the valve layout and actuation was redesigned as in the Type D  where a rocker was used and both inlet and exhaust valves operated via the TOP of the cylinder. 

 The Chronological Model thread did not flow across into the later light single cylinder "Jewel" engines.

BIRTHS:

• 1905 - 1st January 1905 the New Way Motor Company was incorporated.
• 1905 - Commercial production of the New Way Type "C" vertical engine - 3.5 Hp
•  Called "Model A"
• 1906 - Commercial production of the New Way Type "C" 7 Hp.Twin Cylinder.
• Called "Model B"
• 1907 - Commercial production of the New Way Type "C" vertical engine - 2.5 Hp
• Called of course their "Model C"
• 1907 - Commercial production of the New Way Type "D" vertical engine - 6 Hp
• Called of course their "Model D"
• 1911 - Commercial production of the New Way Type "C" vertical engine - 4.5 Hp
• Called of course their "Model E"

 NOTE: This MODEL production thread does continue in later years but excludes the Jewel Series engines at least.

DEVELOPMENT:

It is readily seen from above that in the early stages of the New Way Motor Company production that the "TYPE" was specific to a particular development style whilst the "MODEL" crossed all the lines of development and was representative of the chronological order of initial production no matter what TYPE of motor it represented. 

Library News

There have been 2 Instruction manuals that have eluded us until recently. 

Not any more. 

We have recently procured in virtual pristine condition an original manual for the 7 Hp Model B Type C Twin. 

We will soon be making watermarked copies available for free download from the library. Keep your eyes peeled in the next few weeks.

WE ARE - Still desperately seeking - you probably guessed it  - the Instruction Manual for the 8 and 12 Hp Throttle Governed Horizontal Twins. We are aware that in mid production years it was included with the Hit Miss 8 and 12 Hp instructions.

If you have or know of someone with a Throttle Governed Horizontal Twin instruction manual we would love to hear and be able to make a watermarked copy available to enthusiasts. We watermark to protect to integrity of the original valuable document etc.

Enjoy

George

John Deere General Catalog 5 - 1912

The New Way Motor Company obviously had a strong relationship with John Deere which extended over some years. John Deere strongly promoted the New Way Engines and Associated Power Plants as is amply illustrated and promoted in it's 1912 general catalog. John Deere's great centers of PORTLAND, SPOKAINE, SEATTLE and BOISE form the promotional backbone of the catalog.

Of significance in this developmental relationship was evidenced in the mid-teens of the 20th century when the Deere  enterprise was involved in tractor development with "New Way" utilizing their twin Cylinder Air cooled engine.

We have added an extract of the John Deere General catalog 5 to the "New Way" library. It is a 36 page document provided compliments of Heritage Acres Museum, Victoria BC, Canada, who are also the proud owners of a New Way Horizontal Twin Cylinder Engine.

CONTENTS:-

• John Deere introduction highlights including the world first "Steel Plow" of 1837.
• "New Way Air Cooled Verticals - 2½, 3½ and 6 Hp engines.
• Twin Cylinder enclosed crankcase "Splash Lube" illustration
• 8 and 12 Hp Twin Cylinder illustration and description with force fed oiler (Hancock) and Bosch HT magneto
• Pully and Friction Clutch Pully options.
• New Way Jewel - single cylinder horizontal engines of 1½ and 2½ Hp
• New Way Rapid Power Sprayers No 2 and No 4 with detailed pump descriptive illustrations showing detailed interconnection between  the physical pumps and engines.
• John Deere Portable Saw outfit - a portable 4 wheel mounted outfit driving 26 or 28 inch saw optioned with a range of New Way single or 7 Hp twin engines.
• "New Way Traction Saw" is excellently illustrated and a detailed description supplied as to it's workings. It is a self propelled wood sawing outfit in a genuine early tractor format.
• Sled Mounted "Rapid" Gas Engine Drag Saw utilising either the 3½ and 4½ Hp. vertical engines is well illustrated and described in detail.
• Eveready primary cell illustration as may have been used to replace factory fitted "New Way" cells use on "New Way" Buzz coils.
• Vertical Type "C" color plate
• Horizontal Jewel Color plate
• "New Way Motor Company" Factory B/W plate.

You can download yourself a free copy for your private use from our library at this address. It is a great document of with good illustrations and very informative descriptive material.

Extract John Deere Catalog 5, 1912

For further "New Way" documents simply choose from those in the library on the registry site.

Library Link

There are currently about 90 documents to choose from.

Enjoy

George

FACTS OF LIFE- A "NEW WAY" OF LIVING - obituaries

Dynamos (with passion?)
Now, there is a word Dynamo! That may surely come to mind when thinking of the characters that formed the bones of the New Way Motor Company with it's persistent enterprise and innovation. They surely were at the cutting edge or engineering power for small industry and the farmer in the early 1900s.
We have recently procured some very interesting documentation to feed the New Way Enthusiast's thirst for knowledge about the company that manufactured their New Way Engine. A couple of these are displayed below.

There are about 5 more documents to come.

Characters
Who were they? There were really only two that seemed to fire the imagination, innovation and enterprise of the "NEW WAY MOTOR COMPANY", though if you investigate further there were many inventors that the New Way Motor Company credited in their early patents. Dozens of patents that paved the way, on a road of innovation and enterprise even if hampered and hindered by WWI and the Great Depression.

It is evidence of the fact that credit where credit was due was a matter of principle.

• William (Bill). H. Newbrough
• Left school at 17 to work in a hardware store.
• At 26 he joiner the Clarke Automobile Company in 1903
• In January 1905 he was instrumental in the establishment of the New Way Motor Company as both President and General Manager.
• Severed connections with the New Way Motor Company in 1929.
• Died in a car accident in 1938.
• Charles Harvey Way
• Died a "Victim of Death" as the obituary states
• One or the incorporators of New Way Motor Company
• Inventor of the New Way air cooled engine.
• First commercially produced air cooled engine in world.

Birth of a Company Name

• Take two characters and put them together. From Newbrough you have "New" and no inventiveness is required for the "Way" component.

LIBRARY SERVICES

Owing to the time and generosity of “Forest Parke Library and Archives, Capital Area District Libraries, Lansing, Michigan, USA” we have obituaries on the lives of both of these very influential men from the "New Way Motor Company. Should you wish to obtain direct copies they may be procured from the Lansing Library through the following address.

 http://www.cadl.org/lh

The copies below have been cleaned up considerably for ease of read and display. They will in the near future put together and available for download from the "New Way Station" library properly formatted and bordered for a display folder. 

Visionaries - Yes.
Enjoy the read!!!

Cheers

George (the Aussie)