The early Farmall A came without lights or starters. There was NO provision for mounting a starter. If you had the lighting attachment it was the same as the earlier F-12 O-12 etc. series tractors, the fan pulley was replaced with one that had two sheaves, one of which drove a Bosch "no-battery" generator so that you had lights as long as the engine was running. Either late 1939 or in 1940 the full starting lighting attachment became available and at this point they changed the clutch housing casting to facilitate the fitting of a starter motor. The Bosch 'no-battery' lighting attachment was also available for the bigger Farmalls and the 4 and 6 series tractors but was removed from the attachments list about 1949. The very early Farmall A had a push-down tab on the magneto to short out the magneto. This was later replaced by a Bowden cable operated tab so that it could be shut down without leaving the seat. The very early Farmall A also had the radiator shutter control leaver sticking out of the radiator grill at the bottom left hand (from back of tractor) grill opening. The prototypes also had a two spoke steering wheel and the front wheels were plain dished wheels (no spokes).
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Today's Featured Article - The Cletrac General GG and the BF Avery A - A Bit of History - by Mike Ballash. This article is a summary of what I have gathered up from various sources on the Gletrac General GG and the B. F. Avery model A tractors. I am quite sure that most of it is accurate. The General GG was made by the Cleveland Tractor Company (Cletrac) of Cleveland, Ohio. Originally the company was called the Cleveland Motor Plow Company which began in 1912, then the Cleveland Tractor Company (1917) and finally Cletrac.
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