Back in thee day engine swaps where a lot more common. Sometimes it was because that's what they had and needed to get something else running, like say a 292 Ford v-8 in a '66 Chevy pick-up (I suspect some alcohol was involved in that one). But other times it was a creative attempt to make something better. A few of the aluminium Olds/Buick V-8s found there way where 4 and 6 cylinder engines once lived, theory being they were the same weight or lighter and had a bunch more power, handy if say you wanted to pull a trailer with the van. Some where just to meet the challenge, I once saw a article about an early Porsche 911/912 that someone put a 425 Oldsmobile engine in with a turbo hydramatic 425 (Toronado engine & transmission), what a beast! To keep it tractor related how about a Massey Harris 33 that some how or another got an air-cooled Wisconsin V-4 engine installed? It raked hay and ran elevators during hay and ear corn season but wasn't much good for anything else. I was always tempted to paint it Deutz Green and see how many people could be made to believe it was a factory job.
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Today's Featured Article - The 8N and the Fox - by Zane Sherman. Dec. 13 1998, Renfroe, Alabama. Last niht I dreamed about the day that I plowed the field of about 10 acres over on what Jimmy and Dandy called the Ledbetter field. I was driving the 1948 8N Ford tractor that Jimmy bought in 48 new This was prebably in about 1951 and maybe even befor the house was built. This would have made me to be about16 years old and I drove the tractor for nothing and would have paid to drive it if I had had any money which I didn't, but neit
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