[AT] Rockol tractor?

[George Willer]

Frobl,

I'm disappointed that I don't have a picture of the Rockol.  I have added 
some of the other Custom variants to my web picture site. 
http://photos.toast.net/gwill/  Open the start page and scroll down to 
"Custom and others".  This page has a lot of other interesting stuff 
including pictures from Portland if you browse around.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Rockol tractor?


> On 22 May 2005 at 12:57, Ralph Goff wrote:
>
>> George if I had the time I would search through some of my old tractor 
>> and
>> equipment magazines from the late 40s as the name Custom and Regal do 
>> seem
>> familiar to me. I'd suspect this Rockol might have been built in Canada
>> seeing as how it is located on a farm up this way. I see theres a picture 
>> of
>> one in the ATIS gallery too.
>> But the sun is shining and after the rain it looks like I need to do some
>> serious grass cutting.
>
>
>
> Here is a link to a discussion that has a couple of close pics and at the 
> bottom it list
> a few of the several names these were sold under (you will have to copy & 
> paste the long
> URL)
> http://groups.msn.com/silverkingplymouthtractorsite/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=
> 0&ID_Message=182&LastModified=4675440490526692250
> I understand that it was not uncommon (but we are not talking big numbers 
> here) for
> farmers to buy these without an engine and install one they had. While 
> they were made
> here this has never been a hotbed of Custom tractors. It appears that they 
> may have been
> more common in other areas due to differences in marketing. I think there 
> was also a
> factor like the one about "experts"... Here a knowledgeable local person 
> is usually
> ignored but the village idiot from two towns away is called an "out of 
> town expert" and
> is very well paid as a "consultant". They may not have sold well here 
> "because" they were
> local...
> I have sworn to own one some day but any I could afford would likely be in 
> pretty tough
> shape.
>
> -- 
> "farmer", Esquire
> At Hewick Midwest
>      Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
>
> Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
> Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. In America 100
> years
> before the revolution.
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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