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This 1970s John Deere lawn tractor with a '37 Flathead and 3-speed transmission was built as a drag racing pit vehicle by Tyler Johnson, at the ripe old age of 16.
The juxtaposition of the John Deere colors and the Ford V8 logo is nicely-executed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b0lef9TyMc
Previously:
Miniature John Deere 9630 tractor plowing snow
'32 Ford custom snowblower
Oh My that was fun! Loved the ladder bars and all the close coupling and Decent brakes!! Something about the sound of the old flathead 8's still makes me smile. Thanks Jon!
No Helmet or any other visible safety gear
As an owner of a 37 Ford flathead, I must say that is sacriligious. He should have put the flatty in an 8N tractor!!:-)
That being said, it was a fantastic execution of engineering and craftsmanship!!!!!
Now I know what to do with the '32 flattie engine I bought at an auction last summer! Only paid 50 buck's for it!
Na! I might build A flattie powered trike though!
Sell it to me so I can rebuild it and install it in my 1951 8N tractorQuote:
Originally Posted by harleyron74
That's also A good idea Frank! I haven't attempted to start it yet as the carb is missing but I have noticed the water pumps have A lot of rust and scale in them. If I can score A carb from my friend in northern Minnesota this spring ( he's in Miami for the winter. A long time flathead fan. He has A '35 Ford 3 window coupe, A '51 Ford Coupe, A '52 Mercury Coupe and A '53 Ford 11/2 ton flat bed truck.)
If I get it running I'll run it on the engine test stand with A load of Draino in it to dissolve the rust. The previous owner was A shade tree mechanic from the 1950's. He built several hotrods over the year's according to his kid but he must have used straight water for coolant in this one. I just hope he drained the water before he shedded it and the block's not cracked!
If I decide to sell it I'll let you know.
Take care.
H.R.
Cracked blocks are no problem as long as all of the chunks are thereQuote:
Originally Posted by harleyron74
I once welded up a 40" long crack in an Atomic 4 flat head sail boat motor the little 4 cyl block was only 16" long so you can imagine how bad it was but it was also over 50 years old at the time and this was 30 years ago Rare and irreplaceable