[AT] Empire tractor

[Ralph Goff]

George I've heard of the Empire but never seen one in real life. Sounds like 
you had a patch up job on that hood. I had a similar thing happen to the 
Massey Super 90. One of the  previous owners must have got tired of lifting 
the hood to re-fuel it so he just cut a hole in the hood over the fuel 
filler. Did the same over the radiator cap. The guy we got it from had 
patched it up. Nothing fancy but its better than the holes. From a few feet 
away you can't tell it was patched.

Ralph in Sask.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Best, George" <George_Best at adp.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:00 AM
Subject: [AT] Empire tractor


> How about a tractor related post?
>
> Don't know if anyone else on the list has an Empire tractor, but thought 
> I'd post something on mine.
>
> If you don't know anything about Empire tractors there is information 
> here:
>
> http://www.empiretractor.net/
>
>
> Anyway, I've had mine for several years and when I got it, it had a Jeep 
> F-head  (not flathead as flatheads are L-head) engine.  Someone years ago 
> had swapped out the flathead engine for the more modern F-head engine. 
> Unfortunately, just like on the early Willys 4x4s when you swap the F-head 
> in, you have to cut a hole in the hood for the carburetor.  So my Empire 
> also had a hole cut in the hood for the carb.
>
> When I first got the Empire I did some checking and found that a Holley 
> model 1904 1 barrel carb has a much lower height and would fit without 
> having a hole in the hood.  I was seriously thinking of keeping the F-head 
> with the short carb, but later decided I would really rather go back to a 
> flathead engine and make the tractor more original.
>
> So this month I bought three flathead Willys/Jeep engines!  The first one 
> was supposedly a runner 5 years ago, the second was supposedly a smokey 
> runner, the third was stuck.  As it turned out none were really runners as 
> none were complete, but between the three engines I had all the parts to 
> make one.
>
> A retired mechanic friend of mine is currently trying to make one good 
> engine out of the three.
>
> Hopefully sometime this summer I'll get the F-head swapped out and the 
> rebuilt flathead put in the Empire.
>
> Luckily the hole in the hood isn't very big and should be fairly simple to 
> get it patched.
>
> George
>
>
> This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the 
> addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 
> If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an 
> authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby 
> notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly 
> prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please 
> notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments 
> from your system.
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2893 - Release Date: 05/24/10 
06:26:00