Sherry's new toy

[rrlund]

I hope she keeps us updated on this thing that she bought at Oakley. It's a Super 77 with a Detroit engine. I asked her if it was the real thing and surprisingly she said that three Supers had gone to GM for them to experiment with. She said two were accounted for, but one was missing and she hoped this one was it. The serial tag is gone, so that's no help. She said the Super 88 that's known to be legitimate will be at Rantoul, so she's sending this one down there to compare the two. It's interesting, the blower has been moved to the back of the engine instead of on the side. The way that things have been modified, it looks pretty promising. Not some farmer repower from the looks of it.

 

[scootergmc]

Didn't someone post something like this a while back?

 

[rrlund]

Ollie put one in a 66. This one might be actually done by GM. She said the Super 88 was owned by somebody who worked for GM.

 

[scootergmc]

Here's what I found:

https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=1396816

and your thread here:



https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=1398685

wish I would've kept the pics.

This post was edited by scootergmc on 08/22/2021 at 02:31 pm.

 

[86turbodsl]

I saw that tractor at the show. For what it's worth - i have a 2-71 at home, and the blower is on the side where the big cover plate was. I'm an engine design engineer, and have done things like this. The blower drive looks very professional. Probably more money in it than a farmer would have spent to move the blower to the rear. Add that to the fact that this tractor isn't too far from Detroit, and one is missing, and i think this is the real deal. I hope so for Sherry.

 

[scootergmc]

I can't see the photos too well in this post, but if the blower is at the rear, it's probably the same one that was in the CL ad in rrlund's thread I posted. I remember that clearly and I posted about it.

 

[rrlund]

You sure have a better memory than I have, I posted that over two years ago. The sign in paper for the show that was on the tractor
gave the name of the current owner, he was local. It said 'For Sale' on it. Somebody had written 'Not anymore' and on another line
was written 'Sherry's mew toy'.

 

[rrlund]

You must have seen that one in that Farmall M too then didn't you? The blower was on the side of that one. Same as the 4 cylinder in that 706.

 

[davpal]

That 706 sure had a sound to it. He drove it around for a while and you could really hear it out there. I thought that tractor was extremely well done. Looked like it could have been factory. There were sure some beautifully done machines there. That 350 utility farmall on south end row was probably the best I've ever seen. Looked like it belongs in a custom auto show.

 

[scootergmc]

It has to be the same tractor you posted in the CL ad. It's way too coincidental.

 

[gordey]

Looks like a 2-51 Detroit?

 

[scootergmc]

We had that conversation in the other thread I linked. If it's the same one, it's a 2-71 with a blower delete plate on the left side, since the blower has been relocated to the rear.

 

[Olliejunkie]

Wow! Very interesting. Good luck Sherry!

 

[scarl]

Can't wait to check it out in Rantoul this weekend!

 

[warbaby]

So thats where it ended up!