Cool 1946 Dodge Mule Tractor

[66340SEDAN]

Very cool, found this on ebay and thought it was homemade but looks like a factory deal used on an aircraft carrier :glasses7:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodg...pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c35350857&vxp=mtr

 

[YY1]

Sweet!

Second look- the hood looks like it might have been grafted on, and the grille center emblem looks to be cut at the bottom

 

[memike]

Cool! Yes I have seen the tugs at small air ports and even the newer models that look like a box The ones I seen they had a slant 6 in them, they are used to pull air plains out of hangers or baggage tailors to pump units to deice air plains. That is an old one right there. :colors:

 

[Oldmanmopar]

I was just at a tractor show . There were Pennsylvania brand lawn tractors there . They had cut 8 3/4 suregrip diff. from the factory. 741 cases upside down. with mopar brakes

 

[hemitheus]

Bad ***

 

[ramenth]

I was just at a tractor show . There were Pennsylvania brand lawn tractors there . They had cut 8 3/4 suregrip diff. from the factory. 741 cases upside down. with mopar brakes

A friend of mine has one. Can't get him to part with it. It would make a nice little display piece.

 

[dgswinger]

I was just at a tractor show . There were Pennsylvania brand lawn tractors there . They had cut 8 3/4 suregrip diff. from the factory. 741 cases upside down. with mopar brakes

ill see a bunch of these this weekend pennsylvania panzers!! we have a tractor show about 2 miles from me this weekend!! cool little tractors.... and i also have a buddy that has one of the tug tractors like OP posted...

 

[C130 Chief]

Compression ratio was so low head bolts were optional.

 

[sireland67]

Compression ratio was so low head bolts were optional.

That is so they could idle all day without over-heating.

 

[Abodybomber]

Good find,Keith.

 

[74Dusted]

Compression ratio was so low head bolts were optional.

Probably blew a head gasket and someone didn't get it back together completely for the picture. Fortunately all of the parts are still sold for the old mopar Flathead 6's

Looks like a 23" or 25" head, so its somewhere between 208cid and 265cid. Horsepower? ehhh....like 90hp. What the flatheads lack in horsepower, they make up for in "rip a house off its foundation" torque. Roughly 200ft-lbs at 1600 rpm

 

[Rice Nuker]

very cool stuff there. I like old industrial stuff made from Mopar just as much as the next Mopar fanatic!