Farmall H Repowered With Chevy V-8

Farmall H Repowered With Chevy V-8 REPOWERED EQUIPMENT Repowered Equipment 29-1-41 I bought this Farmall H for parts, then decided to replace the original engine with a 305 cu. in Chevy V-8 small block engine. I also mounted big combine wheels on back. There's a custom made chrome straight pipe on each side of the tractor. My sons painted the tractor with yellow flames on front. It's the life of the party in parades. The new engine was wider than the original one so I had to build a new frame between the transmission and front end. The tractor runs twice as fast as the original one. It was a fun project. My two sons work in the auto body business, and this photo shows how they "dressed up" some pickups. The red and black pickup is a 1951 Chevy 1/2-ton. My older son extended the cab and overhauled the entire body. The pickup is supported by air bags, and by flipping a switch on the dash he can lower it all the way down to the gorund. The truck in the middle of the photo is a 1943 International K-3 1-ton model that I restored. It's quite rare, because not many farm trucks were built that year. It still has its original power train. The truck was originally equipped with a grain box, which I replaced with a wooden stake rack . My younger son owns the green and black pickup, a 1989 Toyota 1/2-ton model. He raised the body, put on 17-in. wheels, and repainted it. (Benny Friesen, Rt. 1, Box 16, Morris, Manitoba, Canada R0G 1K0 ph 204 746-8436)

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