[AT] Need some helpSilver King

[Kevin]

George  I think they made locomotives  PLW before the plymouth - silver king 
tractors.
And again since then.
The Chrysler Industrial supplied the engines, and no telling what else for 
the Rockol, Custom tractors. With no connection between Chrysler Corp.
And the Plymouth, Ohio silver king plant.
When I was A kid you could buy Silver King tractors used well but running 
for $100 sometimes less.
They were a very common tractor up around Mansfield, Shelby, Norwalk, Tiffin 
on and on through northen Ohio.
The best I can recall is the ones I seen had no lift. Kinda like F20 F12
Just a wagon tractor, pull type implements. Did they even have hydraulics ?

Kevin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at gwill.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Need some helpSilver King


>I referred earlier to my friend's estate where 13 Silver Kings were sold.
> Actually, one was a 1934 Plymouth and it was the first tractor sold.  It
> brought $15,000.  The next tractor sold was a 1935 Silver King that 
> appeared
> identical except for the cast name on the grille.  It sold for $3,500. 
> That
> Plymouth name was worth a LOT!  It was worth a lot more when 
> Fate-Heath-Root
> (Or whatever their name was) sold the rights to the name to the auto
> company.  They legally owned it but gave it up for a fee.  :-)
>
> I think it was before they built the tractors that they built the Plymouth
> switch engines.  Powerful little brutes!
>
> Custom, Rockol, Wards, and others I forget were built by the Custom 
> company
> near TMCOTKU at Shelbyville, IN using Chrysler engines and drive parts.
> They weren't a part of Chrysler.
>
> Frobl can fill you in on the details and correct where I'm wrong.
>
> George Willer
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Kevin
>> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:47 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Need some helpSilver King
>>
>>
>> My brother owns the factory at Plymouth, Ohio where at one time Silver
>> King
>> tractors were built. Since then it has been a Locomotive Mfg plant.
>> The rarest of these tractors are the one that say Plymouth they were pre
>> Silver King. Thic company was not affiliated with Plymouth Chrysler Corp.
>> All though Chrysler Industrial made  some Custom, Rockol, and other 
>> names.
>> But only for a few years later than Silver King quit mfg.
>> http://www.mosierindustrial.com/index.htm
>> He does about anything mostly move and ship large  machinery, and
>> Manufacturing, selling const equip, >> > Kevin wrote:
>> >> Lyle  chrysler made some fliud drive tractors back in late 40s - early
>> >> 50s.
>> >> One name I can think of is Rockol, and I think montgomery ward sold
>> them
>> >> ?
>> >> While I belive they made a few of them there was an engine option that
>> >> used chrysler straight 8. These tractors were sold under other names
>> >> also. If you looking for something different one of those with the S8
>> in
>> >> it would be rare and odd.
>> >> Kevin
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyle Myles"
>> >> <lyle45859 at roadrunner.com>
>> >> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 1:03 AM
>> >> Subject: [AT] Need some help
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Guys
>> >>> I need some help from the members of the list. For years I have 
>> >>> mostly
>> >>> restored old Ford tractors and this was only done for resale to help
>> >>> supplement my Social Security. Now that my wife has passed away I 
>> >>> want
>> >>> to
>> >>> restore a tractor but this time I want to keep it and show it in
>> parades
>> >>> and
>> >>> maybe go on some tractor tours. I have hundreds of photos of old
>> >>> tractors
>> >>> but this time I want the unusual to restore and I have all the time 
>> >>> in
>> >>> the
>> >>> world to make parts if needed and do lots of research on the tractor.
>> >>> Can
>> >>> any one give me ideas on what they think would be an unusual tractor
>> to
>> >>> restore. The color does not matter as the make of tractor is
>> unimportant
>> >>> only the rarity of the tractor. I welcome all input that any one can
>> >>> give me
>> >>> If you like you can contact me off list at lyle45859 at roadrunner.com.
>> >>> Again
>> >>> guys thanks for any help you can give me.
>> >>> Lyle Myles