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brad

01-20-2004 16:05:47




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does anyone know much about chevy tractors i heard of one chevy use it for hauling parts around the shop and there is about 10 known to exist.does anyone know anymore about them ?
also used 1927 chevy transmission




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S. Conner

01-22-2004 10:36:02




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 Re: chevy tractors in reply to brad, 01-20-2004 16:05:47  
I've heard that Chevrolet tried their hand at building tractors too but I've never seen one. They probably didn't stay in that business for long and decided to just stick with building cars and trucks. I'd like to know more about this myself. Maybe they thought they could compete with Ford in that market.



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Rusty Jones

01-21-2004 10:02:27




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 Re: chevy tractors in reply to brad, 01-20-2004 16:05:47  
Somewhere back in my youth, i had a 1927 Chevy ho-made tractor, with the 4 cylinder engine in it, (current at that time) and a 1 ton truck rear end, and the Chevy tranny! Some guy wanted it, so i sold it. Then i bought a ho-made Model A Ford tractor. It had the Ford 4 cyl. engine, a 5-speed truck trans., then a 4 speed behind that, and a Model T, worm drive differential. (Rear end) I made a snow plow for it, which worked good! I had several ho-made Model T tractors, one of which had been narrowed in to fit between the garden rows. Most of the ho-made stuff did what it was supposed to do--work! They were rather crude, but, just remember, those tinkerers didn't have the tools and equipment we have today! And some of the products today use ideas thought up back when! Refined, of course! RJ

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Slowpoke

01-21-2004 21:32:02




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 Re: Re: chevy tractors in reply to Rusty Jones, 01-21-2004 10:02:27  
Rusty, you lucky dog, I only had 13 forward speeds, using a 3 speed car and 4 speed truck tranny into a dual wheel rear end on my shortened '31 Chevy 1½ ton. But I had the big 6 cyl!



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Irv

01-21-2004 07:18:47




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 Re: chevy tractors in reply to brad, 01-20-2004 16:05:47  
There probably were a lot of "tractors" built in the auto shops over the years. Back in the early days, machinery was not as standardized as it is now. If you had a problem, you had to invent the solution. The shops made up thier own tow vehichles. I always heard them referred to as "mules". Why not - they had all the parts, skilled people to build them, and were motivated by the need to move stuff around. I would assume that ford & the dodge boys & many others did the same thing. I don't know if I would call them tractors though. My 2c Irv

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fixerupper

01-20-2004 19:20:06




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 Re: chevy tractors in reply to brad, 01-20-2004 16:05:47  
The only thing that comes to mind is the Samson tractor that GMC owned for a short time, but that was before 1927.



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tick

01-21-2004 09:56:05




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 Re: Re: chevy tractors in reply to fixerupper, 01-20-2004 19:20:06  
I sort of remember a article in either belt and pulley or antique power or possibly antiqoe farmer, my money is on antique power magazine



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