I was told that my 1954 Austin Healey 100 4 cyl. 2.6 liter engine was
originally a tractor engine.
Elton Clark wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <JWoesvra@aol.com>
>
> > How many sports and racing car manufacturers had tractor/farm equipment
> > connections?
> >
> > Of course we already have delved into:
> >
> > Porsche - Porsche tractors
> > Lamborghini - Lamborghini tractors
> > Aston Martin - David Brown tractors
>
> Hmmm . . There WAS a David Brown/Ferguson connection: Brown built the
> first Ferguson tractor, the black model "A", thus providing a Ferguson-Aston
> Martin/Lagonda connection . .sort-of?
>
> Jowett Cars, who produced the "Jupiter model", was later absorbed into the
> International Harvester group in some form or fashion.
>
> > How about:
>
> > Ford - Ford and Fordson tractors (with Ferguson)
> > Ferguson - Jensen F/F & Novi-Ferguson - Massey-Furguson
>
> Yep, That was the same Harry Ferguson group who did: Ferguson tractors, the
> Ferguson 4 wheel drive Jensen and the Lotus formula cars drive train. The
> tractors became Massey-Ferguson.
>
> > There must be a lot of others. What was the Standard-Triumph tractor that
> we
> > always refer to?
>
> Ferguson involvement again: Standard built Ferguson tractors also at one
> time and they used the Standard Vanguard auto engine in the Ferguson tractor
> known as the TE 20 Ferguson built in England for the English market. The
> Vanguard engine design was also the base for the various Triumph engines in
> the TR2, TR3 and TR4.
>
> > BMC and Rootes must have had tractor divisions, but did they carry the
> same
> > name as a sports or racing car?
>
> There WERE BMC tractors which carried the BMC name, no car names that I can
> recall.
>
> Mercedes builds or has built some agricultural machines.
>
> There was also a Ferrari tractor . . a very specialized narrow 4wd vinyard
> tractor but I'm pretty sure there was no connection to the Ferrari CAR
> company.
>
> Mitsubishi has built tractors for a long time and I think they may build the
> small tractors now sold by Case-International.
>
> Crosley not only built the "Hot-Shot" but also the "Farm-or-Road" which had
> implements for farming.
>
> The Corvette people (GM) also built Euclid construction tractors and
> equipment.
>
> "Mechanix-Illustrated" or "Science-Illustrated" magazine once did an article
> on an interesting engine swap: a tiny Kubota 3 cylinder into a Triumph
> Spitfire! I remember that it wasn't too peppy but it got about 70 miles per
> gallon!
>
> That "Racing improves the breed" is a positive fact but "plowing" may
> contribute also!
> <-:
> Tony_______________________@Sherman.Texas
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