Pullford Farm Tractor Converted from 1923 Ford Model T Automobile
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For $135, the Pullford Company of Quincy, Illinois, sold a kit to convert a Ford Model T into a serviceable farm tractor. It included a pair of lugged steel wheels, a special rear framework, and gears to slow the T's rear axle. Marketed as a less expensive alternative to a purpose-built tractor, Pullford's kit remained popular through the 1930s farm crisis.
For $135, the Pullford Company of Quincy, Illinois, sold a kit to convert a Ford Model T into a serviceable farm tractor. It included a pair of lugged steel wheels, a special rear framework, and gears to slow the T's rear axle. Marketed as a less expensive alternative to a purpose-built tractor, Pullford's kit remained popular through the 1930s farm crisis.
Artifact
Tractor (Agricultural equipment)
Date Made
1923-1925
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Highland Park
United States, Illinois, Quincy
Creator Notes
Original 1923 Ford Model T automobile manufactured by Ford Motor Company, probably at the Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan; tractor conversion kit manufactured by Pullford Company in Quincy, Illinois.
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
98.67.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Color
Black (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 63.5 in
Width: 77 in (approx.)
Length: 125 in
Inscriptions
Undocumented location: FORD
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