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It's funny you mentioned that... The charter was a product of Mietz and Weiss post bankruptcy it "buyout". After Weiss closed, Charter continued several models until collapsing in the 60's. This was a later model that was used in a college, or so the back story goes. John

This is my father's hot bulb engine called a "charter." It was an experimental prototype with very heavy flywheels, dual injector for multi fuel (runs on kerosene now) and has a heat exchanger in the exhaust. Cool stuff John

Hello all. My name is John Mackey. I am an automotive instructor in Northern NJ, USA, and an avid engine enthusiast. I have been tinkering and helping my father restore hit and miss engines since I could remember, and even built my first two cars. I am helping my father currently thin the...

I have an incomplete 1/2 scale model engine called the Hired Man by Breisch. I had made a nice base, and the engine its self is almost fully complete. I am in need of a nice brass fuel tank for the engine. I have seen kits to build one, but I am a mechanic, not a machinist, and I wont insult...