Don't really care if you like it or not, I do. I like the sort of aero shape of the original '49 Oliver 60 grille, but not the grille, so I made my own. A '65-66 Mustang radiator fits in there perfect. There ought to be a way to incorporate the Oliver side panels without it looking like a field tractor.
^^^^^^^ The Allis-Chalmers grille shell turned upside down makes a great Miller style sprint car nose.
I totally agree, I love the old 8N & 9N Ford Tractors,they are like the old Timex watch commercials - they take a lickin' and keep on ticking and will run forever. HRP
Indio, CA Hello, Our dad had a good friend who owned a Date Farm out in Indio, within the Coachella Valley. We always liked the fruity dates as they were very sweet. But, we never saw an actual place where the dates grew and were processed. The farm was huge and out beyond any homes or stores. It took a while to get there in the 1949 Buick Roadmaster from our old Westside of Long Beach house. The weather was very hot and my mom made me wear a silly hat while walking around the huge farm. The minute I saw the tractor sitting near a fence, I had to get on the seat. So, I asked the friend who was showing us around his farm. He lifted me up into the seat and now, I was a happy camper. Although, the photo shows my face in a “not so fun” pose. I remember holding the black rubber rimmed steering wheel with three chrome spokes. The spokes were warm from the early morning sun, but the rubber rim was cool to the touch. Jnaki Perhaps, the incident way back then caused us to remember the moment and when, as teenagers, decided to build a hot rod/drag race car. We chose a new Moon black rubber outside, three spokes with a shiny horn button for our 1940 Willys Coupe. YRMV Note: As far as the tractor in the actual farming fields, we saw a few steps away, a funny motor contraption with pipes coming off of it. The connection pipes were to lay down water for the numerous channels of the growing fields. (instead of spraying them with a sprinkler) The fields were huge and the other end of the farm was a long way away. No, we never got to actually start the tractor and go for a ride. Note 2: Many years later, our son got a similar chance to sit on a tractor. We were all on a shopping trip in a tiny community near Lake Isabella in California. My wife’s parents had just bought a 20 acre property and no open property was without a tractor. So, “a shopping we will go…” He got to sit on many different versions and eventually, he got to actually drive the one his grandpa bought. What a lucky kid. He even got to scoop up some real dirt and dump it a few feet away. YRMV Yes, those black rimmed, chrome spoke steering wheels were very cool.
How do you feel about them on a built and raced in period track roadster/hot rod race car? Note the tractor grill, East Jewett NY 1946!
yup unswayed. Tractor shells are for ploughing fields. Ok a fordson truck. grill on a 34 in my book is cool
I love the dare be different...for me... I would put 40'' or bigger tractor tires on the back and get rid of the wide ovals...then you could run right through the little traditional pond and never get stuck
My thinking was that if I'm going to have to beat, bash, roll and shape a sheet of steel into something closely resembling an early track or lakes nose, why not start with something that already looks similar? I do need to shape a chin for the shell; it would definitely make it more finished.
[QUOTE="Joe Blow, post: 15696702 View attachment 6517368 [/QUOTE] if the swages continued up onto the cowl, like the original post, it would help a little, but here is a classic example of two pieces that just don’t ‘gel’ together, - no continuity ! On the hot rod and fishing thread, someone posted a photo of a fish on a dune buggy, - kind of the same result …………
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