953 nut 55,376 #1 Posted April 7 Model T Fords on the farm The concept of the tractor conversion kit was rather straightforward, you removed the running boards, rear fenders, and rear wheels then installed the kit and your mode T Ford became a tractor to aid those who wished to go to horseless farming. When the weekend came you removed the kit, reinstalled the running boards, rear fenders and wheels and went shopping and visited grandma after church on Sunday. Simple right? I doubt that many farmers actually converted the tractor back to a car very frequently. Staude Mak-a-Tractor conversion was one of best-known conversions manufactured to transform you Model T Ford into a tractor. It was produced by E.G. Staude Mfg. Co., St. Paul, Minnesota in 1917. The Smith Form-a-Tractor was another popular conversion at the time. As was the case with most other conversion kits, the Smith kit had a sub-frame running from the front axle to the rear axle of the car and an additional non-driven axle forward of the Ford rear axle. Two small male-drive-gears would replace the rear wheels and a pair of ten-inch-wide steel drive wheels with large bull-gears mounted to the non-driven axle would propel the tractor. A substantial gear reduction was achieved by these two gears. A dozen or more companies manufactured tractor conversion kits, Tractorize Trail Blazer, 20th Century, Tractor Supply, Geneva Adapto-Ttractor, Unitractor and 3-P Autotraction are but a few of them. Kits were built between 1916 and 1928, by then more tractors had come to market. Me-Go, convertible tractor manufactured by Convertible Tractor Co., St. Paul, disappeared shortly after development. There are too many others for one post so tomorrow we will see a few more ways to make a model T collector cringe. 6 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,025 #2 Posted April 7 "Model T collector cringe", or maybe make some lust after for unusual items for their collections. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 823 #3 Posted April 7 I'm so proud of myself when I repurpose something. These ole boys put me to shame. Wonder how my GMC would look with a set of lugged steel wheels? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,376 #4 Posted April 7 28 minutes ago, Beap52 said: I'm so proud of myself when I repurpose something. These ole boys put me to shame. Wonder how my GMC would look with a set of lugged steel wheels? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,729 #5 Posted April 8 45 minutes ago, Beap52 said: .... Wonder how my GMC would look with a set of lugged steel wheels? Perfect!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
