[AT] Empire tractor

[Gene Dotson]

    The Empire tractor club were a featured tractor at the Marion, Ohio show 
about 8 or 9 years ago. They displayed approximately 15 or 16 tractors. Had 
an interesting timee visiting with the members and hearing the stories from 
the company and about the tractors and implements.

    The Empire tractor club is located in Cayuga, New York.

                    Gene



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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Best, George
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:01 AM
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> 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
>
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