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- Ford Model T Runabout Converted to a Tractor, Reaping Grain, circa 1919 - Around 1919 a farmer driving his converted Model T Runabout is pulling a McCormick-Deering reaper to harvest grain in Minnesota. Large-diameter steel-drive wheels and a rear power takeoff were all that was needed to achieve the conversion. For only $195, E.G. Staude Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, had started selling the Mak-a-Tractor conversion kit for the Model T in 1917, capitalizing on the popularity of the Ford car among farmers. Staude produced an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 of these in its lifetime.
- circa 1919
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Model T Runabout Converted to a Tractor, Reaping Grain, circa 1919
Around 1919 a farmer driving his converted Model T Runabout is pulling a McCormick-Deering reaper to harvest grain in Minnesota. Large-diameter steel-drive wheels and a rear power takeoff were all that was needed to achieve the conversion. For only $195, E.G. Staude Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, had started selling the Mak-a-Tractor conversion kit for the Model T in 1917, capitalizing on the popularity of the Ford car among farmers. Staude produced an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 of these in its lifetime.
- Pullford Farm Tractor Converted from 1923 Ford Model T Automobile - For $135, the Pullford Company of Quincy, Illinois, sold a kit to convert a Ford Model T into a serviceable farm tractor. It included a pair of lugged steel wheels, a special rear framework, and gears to slow the T's rear axle. Marketed as a less expensive alternative to a purpose-built tractor, Pullford's kit remained popular through the 1930s farm crisis.
- 1923-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Pullford Farm Tractor Converted from 1923 Ford Model T Automobile
For $135, the Pullford Company of Quincy, Illinois, sold a kit to convert a Ford Model T into a serviceable farm tractor. It included a pair of lugged steel wheels, a special rear framework, and gears to slow the T's rear axle. Marketed as a less expensive alternative to a purpose-built tractor, Pullford's kit remained popular through the 1930s farm crisis.