EMERSON-BRANTINGHAM U
Engine collectors are fortunate that Glen Westphal chooses to bring different engines to shows. Like his rare circa-1918 6 hp Emerson-Brantingham U.
“About the time I was born in the 1960s,” the Elk River, Minnesota, man says, “my dad, Ronald Westphal, started collecting engines and tractors. I grew up with the engines on our hobby farm, and didn’t really realize that other kids didn’t have engines around, or go to shows, until I got older. That was partly because the shows were done during our three months off in the summer. These days, I’d love to have those three months off to go to all the shows I’d like to attend!”
Besides his dad, nobody else in the family was very interested in engines, but that was OK with Glen. “It gave me time to develop a special bond with him, riding many miles with him in the pickup, going to shows, helping with whatever needed to be done like loading and unloading them, greasing and
