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1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1937-toro-model-b/
See pictures 38 and 39 Anyone know if Toro bought engines from ol’ Henry?
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06-23-2025, 03:44 PM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
Yes, that was very common. I've seen a few smaller Toro's with A or B engines. Some even sold the tractor kits to convert your chassis into a tractor.
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06-23-2025, 04:49 PM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
Home made Model T tractors were also common.
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06-23-2025, 05:10 PM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
It even has the "blanking plate" where normally for the Model B a fuel pump is located.
Gordon Smith did the same thing. Its always kind of a thrill to open one of these "aftermarket" engines and find it has counterweights on the crank. I think Ford reserved the counterweighted B engines for the "higher use" end users. Joe K
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06-23-2025, 06:04 PM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
Ford made the industrial model A engines up to 1941 so they were used by agricultural equipment manufacturers as well as other industrial uses.
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06-23-2025, 06:48 PM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
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06-25-2025, 09:10 PM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
Ugh..... John Deere colors on a Toro. Would probably pulled more money in the correct colors.
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06-25-2025, 09:20 PM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
In the late 1940's my father, and a friend that was an airforce (RCAF) veteran, started a small business to "hard surface" driveways, tennis courts, parking lot's etc. They bought a small "steam roller", possibly homemade, that used a Model A or B motor. I have a photo of it with me behind the wheel. I didn't know it at the time, but this was probably my first experience driving a Model A but sure wasn't my last. I'll dig out the picture and see if there is enough detail showing to tell if it an A or B engine.
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06-26-2025, 04:44 AM
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Re: 1937 Toro Model B Tractor - Model A Engine?
It sold for $3,052.
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