Need Help With Value

LAST EDITED ON Jul-18-04 AT 06:37 PM (CDT)
 
Hi All,
Here are a couple of pictures of a ORWICK 29 I own. This one has been repaired by George Aldrich. It had a broken backplate and engine lug. I asked him to do a chrome bore etc. and he told me it wasn't worn out enough. He said he measured the bore and the piston and he felt it had very little run time on it. I have owned it since I was around 12 years old. It was damaged when I got it so I never ran it.
It looks a little scruffy around the edges but I feel it would give good service if treated with a little TLC. Also it's a good start just because on the inside it's a good motor according to George. I have never seen a motor with a rod like this. It's tapered from the bottom to the top and polished to a mirror finish. I was told this was stock from the factory. It's really beautiful. Yes the crank pin is drilled. Remember these are normally green and this one is brown do to the heat from the repair welding that was done. I was assured by George that he checked everything after welding and that it is not warped do to the heat or anything of that nature. It turns over smoothly and was test run by George. I tell you these things to give you a little history as to what George told me. I have no idea as to the value of this motor if any? Anyone know??

I checked the First Edition Andersons, and they show $175 for a Very Good '51 version.

The brown coloring hurts it a bit. I would guess around $75 to $100.

The Third Edition actually shows ebay selling prices in some cases.

>I checked the First Edition Andersons, and they show $175
>for a Very Good '51 version.
>
>The brown coloring hurts it a bit. I would guess around $75
>to $100.
>
>The Third Edition actually shows ebay selling prices in some
>cases.
>
>Currell

This post was not up when I wrote mine.
$80 sounds fair. If accepted, please contact me offline.
regards

Greg,
If someone else would put a reasonable value on the Orwick, I would like to buy it and get it back in the air.
thanks

Greg, I will give you a hundred dollars for it. ($100.00).

Contact me at [email protected]

Bigiron

Here are the only two good pictures of Orwicks from Ebay in the past 8 months. They don't come along that often. I am making a CD for engine identification and have logged almost 1850 files during this time period. In my book Flying Model Collectibles there are 2 Orwicks, the blue cased .32 glow from 1951 and the green cased .32 from 1948. The assigned value for in new or like new condition is $150-225. Every thing else is lower by almost half for a used engine. It's always nice to be able to hold and look at an engine before buying, and I am amazed at what sells on eBay from just one picture. The reputable sellers always get more for the things they sell than those that aren't "established". The ignition engines seem to go for more money than the glow engines. The big .64 is the most common Orwick on eBay. Ebay is not a good way to assign value but is good way to find what sells for what. This web site has some of the best people around as far as knowledge goes. I am constantly learning more and more. Thanks to all of you engine gurus, Jim Johnson

I don't see any mounting lugs. How do you attach it to the airplane?

Mine has mounting brackets that attach front and back on each side of the top bolts holding the back plate on. Then it just mounts like a "normal" engine.

That's interesting. How do you mount it? It reminds of the K&B .15 circular radial mount. I once had the mount an Ohlsson .23 and made an "L" shaped mount for a profile, engine ran but vibrated wildly....abondoned that idea quickily. Jim J.

A "new" used Orwick is now listed on eBay and shows the mounts. Here are the pics, Jim J.

It seems a shame to run an Orwick on glo, although they hold up very well on glo if you use Fox 35 fuel with 28% castor oil(remember this engine has a meehanite piston and steel sleeve). Replacement ignition points for spark running are available from RJL, and they will fit Orwicks of all sizes.

The crankcase is easily repainted. See similar recent ORWICK posts on this site.

Here is the latest Orwick and is over $200, this one is pristine. It is a .29, Jim J.

Very pretty engine. Be aware that there were reproduction engines made known as Dunham Orwicks from England. These may not be as valuable as the genuine ones made by Henry Orwick. I actually like the Orwick mounting system. The three crankcase bolts go throught he firewall into "T" nuts. Easy and quick. The engines Henry made are excellant runners, both glow and spark ignition. I run my .29 on Fox Superfuel as it fouls sparkplugs less than all the other stuff I tried. Mine had also been repainted a weird green so I stripped it and mixed butyrate dope until it matched the Orwick 64 I have and sprayed that on it. Stays on about as well as the stuff Henry used, suposedly a GM car paint. Next time I do mine I will shoot primer on it first, then the color.

P.S. Should ahve mentioned it in the previous note. Orwick engines were not all painted green. If you wanted a pink one henry would do it for you. Your engine may have been painted brown at the factory. It seems too evenly colored to be from welding the case. Whatever the case, it would be nice to see it in the air again.