MIdget Car Built From Garden Tractor

MIdget Car Built From Garden Tractor FARM HOME Cars 24-5-32 "It's built like a Mercedes-Benz and will go about 12 mph," says Art Thompson, Dolliver, Iowa, about the "midget car" he built out of an old Minneapolis-Moline garden tractor. Thompson bought the tractor from his neighbor, Clair Moore. The seat and some other parts were missing. He cut the tractor down and rebuilt it onto a different frame. He mounted a Honda 11 hp gas engine on back. The engine belt-drives the tractor's 3-speed transaxle, powering it at a higher speed than the original engine. The tractor still has the original pedal controls, although they were repositioned, along with the steering. Thompson made a new body and added running boards, a windshield, and lights. The bucket seat is off a small pickup. A plastic windshield mounts ahead of the steering wheel, which is off a car. "My 11-year-old grand daughter likes to drive it so much that I recently gave it to her," says Thompson. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Art Thompson, 4944 110th St., Dolliver, Iowa 50531 (ph 712 865-2275).

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