tractor parts rock.

I live on a very old farm,(by australian standards)has been here since 1880, and today I was having a dig thru some old sheds,which were pretty much cleaned out by the old guy who last farmed the place...only thing ive found of interest automotive wise was a zenith updraught carb and a model A style horn.
Anyway, I kicked a pile of chaff in the back corner and connected with something solid, dug it out and it was what appeared to be a pair of tractor steering arms,and tie rods.
Well being the junk lover i am, thought theyre cool,and pulled em apart and cleaned them, then a flash of inspiration hit-headlight stands!!
they even have a perfect boss to hang shocks off.Just have to cut the top ball off and weld on a cup to accept the headlight.Might make a braket and mount them outside the rails a little, as are they sit them a little close to the shell.
I cant believe how perfect they are for the job! and a forged ,shaped part beats a fabbed one anyday in my book.
Anyone else used old tractor bits on their rods?

 

neat!

 

good find, and a cool idea! Thats one of those things thats catches peoples attention, your gonna have some explaining to do at shows and cruise-ins! -J.

 

cool stuff

 

Used the pitman arm off a combine for my `26 mod

 

That's what we're talkin about. Nice job.

I picked up a grille shell from a Minneapolis-Moline tractor, last year on the way home from the H.A.M.B drags.
It looks a bit like a deuce shell but it has a flat bottom. Nice and short, too. No need to chop.
I saw a gas tank in a boneyard a short time back, too. It's the kind that sits behind the engine, and right in front of the driver/steering wheel. It comes to a nice rounded point in the back, and I think it'll look cool as the back of a track T or roadster pick-up. Sort of a boat-tail speedster look.
The nice thing is, nobody wants this stuff, so they're happy to get rid of it, and it's cheap.


JOE

 

certain old ford tractors use split radius rods to mount the front axle, they appear very heavy duty and use a ball and socket type arrangement to mount them to the frame - I always thought those would be cool on a rod, dont know what the perch width is though-

 

If it has,nt been done already someone should build a 20's or 30's rod out of as many tracter parts as possible ie;grill shell, steering, what ever. Then paint it John Deere Green and Yellow with a touch of my favorite, John Deere Blitz Black!

 

I would say that generally tractor parts are not usually made for anytype of "speed" applications, you know nothing over 10mph. Sheet metal, gauges, and the like are cool but I would really be careful using somes items, ie rims, steering parts. But what the hell do I know... just my .02 I do have a box full of farmall gauges that I would love to use in a rod someday though.

Farmall

 

You know this just reminded me of a guage I'd like to put in my wagon.....an altimeter...........