[AT] looking for small / interesting tractor to restore.

[Herbert Metz]

Larry
I bet few people remember the old Terraplane, and its unusual gear shift! 
Our rural mail delivery man drove one for several years.  It used a steering 
column shift with a one inch dia.stationary housing sticking to the right 
approx ten inches.  The last 2" had a scale model  "H" pattern selection 
within the housing with distance across the H being less than 2"; the gear 
shift lever was a chrome plated 1/4" dia rod sticking up toward the driver 
approx 3/4".  I thought it was "neat".
Herb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:38 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] looking for small / interesting tractor to restore.


> It's not a Terraplane transmission is it?  I'm completely out of my
> league here.  I was born too late to develop an interest in those cars
> while they were still on the road, but I thought they had a complex
> planetary transmission in them with automatically operated wet hydraulic
> clutches. According to a conversation I just had at dinner with an
> "older" friend, they had trouble with the clutches and everybody used a
> manual override to do the shifting.
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of George Willer
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:36 PM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: RE: [AT] looking for small / interesting tractor to restore.
>
> Larry,
>
> As far as I know it's proprietary.  It's a system of planetary gears and
> clutches.  It may be patterned after the model T Ford, except that's
> it's a
> dual range.  The dual range selector is between the transmission and
> differential, so the model T comparison can't be ruled out... but the
> main
> control is a single lever that selects hi-lo-rev in addition to the dual
> range.
>
> The engine is a 10 HP Wisconsin.
>
> Those guys spent far too much building the tractors to ever hope for any
> profit.
>
> Sounder NEEDS one of these!
>
> George Willer
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D. Goss
>> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:20 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: RE: [AT] looking for small / interesting tractor to restore.
>>
>> What's the transmission in that thing, George?  It looks hefty enough
>> for considerable horsepower.
>>
>> I've got a Cub Cadet 106 that I want to get rid of this spring.  I
> just
>> started thinking -- if I don't get started out in the shop in the next
>> few days, the prime sales season is going to pass me by.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of George
> Willer
>> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:41 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: RE: [AT] looking for small / interesting tractor to restore.
>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> Of course the Power King is interesting, but for small, scarce, odd
>> ball,
>> and loaded  with big tractor features, it would be very hard to beat
> an
>> Amigo.
>>
>> They were only built for two years, but were built like a tank.  I
> have
>> an
>> original that drives everyone nuts who sees it.  Maybe I should take
> it
>> to
>> shows?
>>
>>
> http://members.toast.net/gwill/album/Tractors/Garden%5FTractors/Riding_m
>> ower
>> _leftside.jpg
>>
>> Mine has a planetary automatic dual range transmission, 3 pt hitch,
>> individual turning brakes, and two PTO shafts.  It does have sheet
> metal
>> fenders, hood, wheels, and seat pan, but everything else is cast iron.
>>
>> Maybe you could get lucky and find one?
>>
>> George Willer
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>> > bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D. Goss
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:08 PM
>> > To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> > Subject: RE: [AT] looking for small / interesting tractor to
> restore.
>> >
>> > Power King.  It's one of the smallest full-featured tractors ever
>> built.
>> > There are about 1500 people on-line helping each other to rebuild
> and
>> > maintain them.  They came into being in 1946 and have been an orphan
>> > brand for about 10 years.
>> >
>> > Larry
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Chris
>> Britton
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:16 PM
>> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> > Subject: [AT] looking for small / interesting tractor to restore.
>> >
>> > Well, most of my tractor funds are dried up right now.. but the
>> > 'treasurer'
>> > has given me permission to buy something odd/ interesting.. or
> small.
>> >
>> > I've already got a IH cub, and an Allis G.. Have been looking for a
> JD
>> > L/LA
>> > any other ideas?  ( silver king? )
>> >
>> > Soundguy