Can any body tell me about G.M.C. tractor

I got this call yesterday this man has a what he said is a G.M.C. tractor. He said they are rare and few of them. He wants his to be restored to stock. It has been threw the family for years and it was order and delivered to this valley when it was new. Question was there any thing like this? could it be like the GM tractor I might had read about in tractor books? How easy is it to find parts for it may I ask? you know engine rebuilding stuff. He claims it is all there and it only needs to be restored. No it is not for sale but he heard about the work I do and he wants me to Restore it. I tried to tell him I do not even have a shop yet but he still insist that he wants me to do his tractor when I have time. I am still unclear what this tractor is I am going to meet up with him next month to see it and see what I got my self in to.

Are those the Samson tractors?

Or is it a GMC semi tractor ?

(quoted from post at 07:40:35 09/14/17) Are those the Samson tractors?

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Yes, from 1917 to 1923.

I was associating them with the Sampson Sieve Grip in my mind too for some reason.

It was the Samson tractor

The Samson Iron Works were founded in Stockton, California and, after becoming known for building farm tractors, were renamed the Samson Tractor Company in 1916 and again the Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor Company in 1917. In the same year, GM, under the leadership of William C. Durant, purchased the company to enter the market for farm tractors and to emulate the success of Ford Motor Company's highly successful Fordson Model F tractor and others. In 1918, GM bought the Janesville Machine Company of Janesville, Wisconsin, another farm implement producer, for $1,000,000 and decided to concentrate production of both companies in Janesville. In 1919, GM decided to shut down operations in Stockton and run both companies as one operation, the Samson Tractor Company Division of General Motors in Janesville.

So, expectations at GM were high and they lasted mainly on the modern new Samson Model M tractor. Production of the new four wheel tractor started in May, 1919 at a rate of 10 units per day. It was a good machine and, at first, reasonably priced at $650. But that proved soon unprofitable. So, a rise to $840 followed, thus ending all plans to outsell the Fordson. In 1923, GM closed the Samson division.

Thank you for the information. I am looking forward to going to see this tractor I will take pictures of it and repost about latter.

1918.. GMC Samson