Chevy tractor

[crawlercollecter]

I am trying to figure out information about this tractor the guy that had it died and we are supposed to market his equiptment I really have no history on it but before he died he said it is not a doodle bug tractor. didnt know if any of you would know.

 

[rrlund]

News to me. General Motors had a hand in the Sampson Sieve Grip tractor in their running battle with Ford Motor Company, but if there was a Chevy tractor, I don't know that there was ever any record of it. Maybe some kind of a kit and they used a Chevy motor instead of a Ford Model T motor?

 

[Duner Wi]

Engine appears to be 1928 or older. Neat piece you have.

 

[scootergmc]

There have been posts before on it: https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/threads/1928-chevy-tractor-where-are-you.1416366/

And it was posted on the old forum in the photos: https://photos.yesterdaystractors.com/contents/tpic12206.htm

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

Home made possibly. From an old Chevy motor ans chassis. There was a lot of them around here years ago. Everyone called them a Doodle Bug. We had one we used to haul wood out with, some used them for garden work in lieu of a horse. Most had 2 transmissions so they would go really slow. Poor mans's tractor

 

[Bob NY]

Sure looks like a doodlebug to me. This is mine. It started life as a 1930 Model A.

 

[urbancase]

Chevy did make a tractor, I know that but little details. I get ahold of some of the guys that write tractor articles.

 

[WalJohn]

I am trying to figure out information about this tractor the guy that had it died and we are supposed to market his equiptment I really have no history on it but before he died he said it is not a doodle bug tractor. didnt know if any of you would know.

Chevy built a prototype tractor in 1946 in conjunction with William Nutter. Chevrolet 216-cubic-inch straight-six truck engine and a 4-speed transmission (plus a 2-speed rear end

 

[Ultradog MN]

People will sometimes ask why I have Ford tractors.
I always tell them it's because Chevy didn't build one...

 

[showcrop]

All I can say is that over the last 35 years the topic of Chevy tractor has come up here now and then.

 

[INCase]

kinda surprised GM didn't get into the ag business besides supplying Detroits later on.

They were in the truck and construction equipment markets and it would have been another way to market engines and have the "all Chevy farm" (have a copy of a 1954 ad that shows Chevy trucks and cars on the farm "all Chevy farm"

 

[TheBartman47]

Well, Chevrolet did do this back in the 70s...

 

[crawlercollecter]

https://www.auctiontime.com/listing/upcoming-auctions/255492349/chevrolet-unknown-less-than-40-hp-tractors

 

[crawlercollecter]

this chevy tractor is now for sale on auction time

 

[crawlercollecter]

need to be tuned up a bit but runs good needs a good tractor show room to be parked in from the Steve A Hartwig collection

 

[Duner Wi]

Be nice if fuel tank got cleaned and could hear it run . Thanks for posting.

 

[crawlercollecter]

Dont know if you can open it or not but here it is running and driving

 

[crawlercollecter]

here is another

 

[Bob NY]

That is know as a doodlebug in this part of the world. I have a 1930 Model A doodlebug.

 

[560Dennis]

Of interest prototypes incFarm Collector article .

GM Tractor Prototype was a Tough Nut to Crack - Farm Collector

Did a 1946 GM West Coast prototype tractor slip through the automaker's fingers?

www.farmcollector.com