He Made His Own Antique Tractor

He made his own antique tractor TRACTORS Antiques 16-6-20 "It has run a lot of miles in parades and gets a lot of attention from people trying to determine the origin of the various parts," says Clint Ficken, Murdock, Kan., about the antique-looking tractor he built out of a collection of parts from old machines. "I spent years scrounging through salvage yards, dozens of farm sales, and along miles of tree rows looking for parts. In the summer of 1989 I bought a J. I. Case hay baler engine at a sale and also found the frame from an IHC Titan 10-20 tractor on a neighbor's farm. "I junked out a model 26 Massey Harris combine which yielded the transmission, differential unit, sprockets and chains, steering sector and other assorted parts. The rear wheels are from an IHC combine. "I'm not sure what machine the front wheels and axle came off of. The steering wheel is from a Twin City tractor. The gas tank came from an M-M combine with the MM logo stamped on each end. I figured the MM should stand for something so I invented Murdock Machine Works, Murdock, Kansas, which I put on each side of the gas tank using stick-on letters. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clint Ficken, Box 11, Murdock, Kan. 67111 (ph 316 297-3045).

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