I just retired my 1978 Power King from main grass cutting duties. Now it pulls trailers and serves as a backup. I'm not sure what those guys were thinking back in the late 1940's, but a Power King, or Speedex, or Gibson built back then is STILL a useful machine that, with a bare minimum of maintenance, will outlast several owners! That doesnt seem to be a good business model these days.
That early Economy was built using a mix of old car bits, purpose-built parts and off-the-shelf hardware to take advantage of the booming post-WWII economy. They actually employed buyers to scour junkyards and warehouses to gather up the parts they needed. If you look closely, you can see the Model ''A'' Ford rear axle center section (''banjo'') and the tiny Crosley 3 speed transmission. Even that battered seat looks like a U.S. Govt. surplus 45 cu.in. HD part.
Heres a pre-WWII Speedex ''B''. It used a B&S engine, a Model ''A'' Ford trans, and I KNOW youll recognize the rear axle...
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Today's Featured Article - 12-Volt Conversions for 4-Cylinder Ford 2000 & 4000 Tractors - by Tommy Duvall. After two summers of having to park my old 1964 model 4000 gas 4 cyl. on a hill just in case the 6 volt system, for whatever reason, would not crank her, I decided to try the 12 volt conversion. After some research of convert or not, I decided to go ahead, the main reason being that this tractor was a working tractor, not a show tractor (yet). I did keep everything I replaced for the day I do want to restore her to showroom condition.
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