NEED HELP ON MAKE GIBSON?

S PALMER · Sep 4, 2009

NEED HELP OF FINDING WHAT KIND OF TRACTOR IT HAS
A 2CYL WATER COOLED GAS ENGINE AND A 3 SPEED TRANS

PHOTO IN HELP IDENTIFY GALLERIE

Anonymous-0 · Sep 4, 2009

All the Gibson I've seen were one cylinder engines, tiller (moved front to back to turn left or right) steering, and the Gibson name was cast on the transmission case.

In the late 40s there were many makers of that size tractor, including one of kind hand made. My dad made on with a Wisconsin engine and cut down model A Ford chassis and driveline parts. I have it now.

It might date back before WW2, look for early JD small tractors with upright 2 cylinder engines, like the L and its predecessor the 62 that was a prototype. Early L and 62 used a Hercules engine. The engine maker may be a help in identifying the tractor.

And more than one commercial tractor maker started with model A Ford or similar age Chevy parts to make a small or medium tractor since those parts were easy to acquire in the late 30s.

Gerald J.

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