Super M Fitted With Car Engine
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The desire for an older tractor that could move faster for spraying, and when going from field to field, prompted Keith Peterson, Moorland, Iowa, to install a 302 engine and C-4 transmission from a 1974 Ford Maverick into an International "Super M" tractor. Peterson says his modified tractor, used primarily for crop spraying, has a top speed of 50 mph.
In addition to the new engine and transmission, he modified the tractor by lengthening the frame two feet and moved the hood and seat ahead. He replaced the tractor's narrow front end with a wide front he fashioned from the back axle of a Case 1660 combine. He also equipped the machine with a tilting and telescoping steering wheel.
Peterson says the one modification he still needs to make is to the brakes. He says the original brakes weren't designed to stop a fast-moving machine so he has to use the engine to slow down the tractor.
Contact; FARM SHOW Followup, Keith Peterson, R.R. 1, Moorland, Iowa 50566.
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Super M Fitted with Car Engine TRACTORS Miscellaneous 10-1-7 The desire for an older tractor that could move faster for spraying, and when going from field to field, prompted Keith Peterson, Moorland, Iowa, to install a 302 engine and C-4 transmission from a 1974 Ford Maverick into an International "Super M" tractor. Peterson says his modified tractor, used primarily for crop spraying, has a top speed of 50 mph.
In addition to the new engine and transmission, he modified the tractor by lengthening the frame two feet and moved the hood and seat ahead. He replaced the tractor's narrow front end with a wide front he fashioned from the back axle of a Case 1660 combine. He also equipped the machine with a tilting and telescoping steering wheel.
Peterson says the one modification he still needs to make is to the brakes. He says the original brakes weren't designed to stop a fast-moving machine so he has to use the engine to slow down the tractor.
Contact; FARM SHOW Followup, Keith Peterson, R.R. 1, Moorland, Iowa 50566.
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