Makeing a antique looking tractor

Ive thought about useing an old manure spreader frame, and makeing a front wheel drive looking tractor like the AC 6-12, Hoke, Moline Universal, Square turn, ect. I had thought of useing a small car/pk engine, trans, 4 cyl standard, cut the drive shaft down to nothing and mounting it on the spreader frame. I would like to use the bull gear on the spreader wheel and chain, for the looks. I would have to find a way of attaching a like gear on the R side of the rear end, and a pulley wheel on the left. My question is, How would I utalize the pulley wheel without the tractor moveing. I know that in the old days many farmers bought a pulley wheel, mounted it on their car and jacked the wheel up and ran a belt off of it without the car moveing. I dont know if that would be possible with modern rear ends. Also, Im not sure the axle would hold the weight of the engine, trans and rear end, and still pull say one or 2 David Bradley walking garden plows, or 2 DB discs, or a section harrow.

If it wouldnt hold the weight, Then, if I used a side shaft 14hp engine, how could I get the power from the shaft to the drive wheel, and utalize a pulley wheel

Id like to make this, and take it to steam and tractor shows, just to ride around on. My ankles are shot, and I cannot walk the distance of seeing these shows anymore.

The spreader frame is not rigid enough to do what you want. Getting two spreader wheels from two spreaders (drive side only) will do the chain drive part OK, but a rectangular tubing frame would be easier and ore ridgid.
If I were you I would purchase a used golf cart cheap, and modify it to look like you want it to. Jim

Your rig is going to be too big to travel around the show grounds, without interfering with others. Just get a scooter from the Scooter Store and be done with it.

Last year when we went to the Florida Flywheelers show, we rented a golf cart near the front gate and that was the best $65 I've spent recently for us three to see the show. It was a gas powered one, quiet, quick and comfortable. The fee also included insurance. If you brought your own, the insurance was $7 for a day.

Don't get a Segway,I here they are life threating.

Yes, the Sedgeway machine just took some old gent over a cliff, and did him in, big-time! Was in the papers couple days ago! too tricky for me!