WHICH WORTHINTON TRACTOR DO I HAVE ???

The Worthington Mower Company made front drive, rear steer, golf course tractors based on the Model T Ford from 1919 to 1921. While production numbers are not available it seems likely that fewer than 200 of these model tractors were sold. From 1922 to 1930 they sold a front steer, rear drive, Model T tractor. Serial number records indicate that 1009 tractors were sold. The Model A Ford based tractor was in production from 1929 to 1933 with a production run of 430 units. The Model B Ford based tractor was in production from 1933 to 1939 with a production run of 1089 units. In 1939 Worthington began selling the Model C tractor with a 6 cylinder Dodge motor.

The problem with this manufacturer is that they build tractors out of whatever parts were available. In the 1920's, it was Model T parts and in the 1930's, it was Model A parts. During the '40s and '50s they built tractors out of what ever was at hand. I have a Model G-6, SN 2582, which I am told was built around the mid-1950's, but cannot verify that. (If it will help you, my tractor has a Continental F162 4-cylinder Red Seal power unit coupled up to a Dodge [from what I am told] 4-speed truck transmission and rear end. It will probably do 50 MPH easily, but with a short wheelbase and without any suspension I have only had mine up to 35-40 MPH -- too scary.)

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• Worthinton Tractor History