1949 Cockshutt 30 Tractor Repowered With A Chevy Gas Engine

1949 Cockshutt 30 Tractor Repowered With A Chevy Gas Engine REPOWERED EQUIPMENT Repowered Equipment 29-1-41 My son Justin and I made this self-propelled "bar stool" and it's a real conversation piece. It's powered by a 3 1/2 hp Briggs and Stratton engine and rides on the front wheels off a pair of riding mowers. It has a little bit of everything on it. The driver sits on a real bar stool that has a 1-gal. beer keg mounted behind it. The engine chain-drives the rear axle. The clutch is off a go-cart, the throttle is off a snowmobile, and the disc brake is off a motorcycle. The driver uses a handle on front to steer the rig. The impression most people have the first time they see me driving it is to start laughing. Top speed is 14 mph, but to go that speed I've got to be on a smooth tar road. We repowered our 1949 Cockshutt 30 tractor with a Chevy 283 cu. in., V-8 gas engine and added four aluminized exhaust pipes on each side of the engine. The tractor was originally powered by a 4-cyl., 30 hp engine so it has a lot more power and speed now. Sometimes I exhibit it at tractor pulls and also drive it in parades. The tractor still has its original clutch and transmission. We had to build a new bell housing and other adapters. With all the exhaust pipes it's very loud and sounds a lot like a stock car. We also repowered our Bolens garden tractor with a Chevrolet 305 cu. in., V-8 engine. To make the conversion we had to lengthen the frame by 3 ft. The tractor was originally powered by a 20 hp Bolens engine with a hydrostatic transmission. I made an adapter plate to connect the engine to the transmission. We also added a school bus driver's seat and four chrome-plated mufflers on each side of the tractor. (Math Schmitz, 26567 County Road 9, Richmond, Minn. 56368 ph 320 597-2092)

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