[Farmall] Tractor in "Racing Stripes"

[Larry L Hardesty]

Steve,  Nothing like an Empire I have seen, but obviously I have not seen 
them all.   I don't think it is a disguised tractor.  I have it in the 
back of my mind that this is a tractor put together largely from available 
parts in the late 1940s and early 1950s but not all that successful and 
many were sent overseas.   If it bugs me enough, I will start unpacking my 
books and see if shows up in Wendell's Nebraska Tests.  Actually, it is a 
good looking tractor.

Larry

Larry Hardesty
Kearney, Nebraska 68849-2240
308-865-8535
308-865-8722 fax
hardestyll at unk.edu



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From: Larry L Hardesty <hardestyll at unk.edu>

> ... I am pretty sure
> it is one of those tractors made soon  after WWII from
> generally off the shelf components (truck transmissions, 
> etc.)

 Just guessing wildly now:  Empire?


>... Not a bad looking tractor, and probably a story on
> how it got to  South Africa 


You wouldn't think the movie prop people would go out of
their way to disguise a tractor just to keep people like us
guessing.  It's probably just the first thing they tripped
over down in S.A.

Steve O.
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