[AT] Cletrac crawler rarity

[Skip Cleveland]

It's an MG 1 Cletrac or M 2 John Deere, both Identical.
They were used to move & service B 17s and B24s.
There is a good article about these things in this issue of engineers and 
Engines. It is submitted by  Orin E. Miller who ownes some of them , one is 
in the magazine which is one he ownes.
Brenda Stant ownes the publication and her e-mail is
stant at threshermen.org  Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JParks" <jkparks at flash.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: [AT] Cletrac crawler rarity


> It is a rarity to me at least.  I stumbled across an old Cletrac 
> yesterday,
> while looking at some other equipment and would like to know what it was.
> It was equipped w/ bogie style wheels (bottom rollers), tank type tracks
> with rubber coated pads. The owner knows little about it except that he
> retrieved it years ago from a neighbor who was going to bury it.  The rear
> seat was almost 6 ft wide and laying on the seat was a windshield frame
> which appears to have been hinged and would fit over the curved hood and
> instrument panel.  It certainly has some military characteristics.
>
> If there are any Cletrac knowledgeable people around, let me know and I 
> will
> send you some pix.  The owner wants to sell it to a collector/restorer
> (certainly not me!)
>
> Any information appreciated.
>
> tks
> John Parks
> Boise, ID
>
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