Plymouth, Ohio Silver King show

Last Saturday my Dad, mom and myself left at
4:00 in the morning for the almost 4 hour drive
from central Michigan to Plymouth, Ohio, where
the yearly Silver King tractor show is held.
Along with the show, this year was the 200th
anniversary of the founding of this small town,
a very nice town with friendly people and also
the origin of the Silver King tractor. We saw the
factory where the SK tractors were built,
unfortunately it is now privately owned and is
now falling into dilapidated and disrepaired
buildings, and were just viewed from the streets
they are next to. We attended the Silver Kings of
Yesteryear club meeting and breakfast, of
which my dad and I are both members, and
after that, we went to the small swap meet that
was held. I met some very nice people, and a
couple that had helped me out finding the hard
to find SK parts. There were some very nice
tractors there, about 30ish, and club members
from 10 states at the club meeting. The tractor
show/meeting blended well with the town's
anniversary. While there we visited the town's
museum which had some very interesting
pieces of history as well. They even had an
original wooden mold used to make the mold to
cast the final drive housing on a Silver King 4
wheel tractor. Very interesting, and had a very
good time, thanks to all who helped arrange it
and the good souls I met and visited with while
there!

Ross

A couple more pics

i never knew they made so many different models,thanks for the pics

Thank you, very handsome tractors. That big front snout is sorta goofy, but I guess it grows on you ..

Yeah, they are kind of funny looking. I like the wide front model 42's with the big grille better than the three wheeled 42's. I like the ones with the cast iron grille and cast shell the most, but that's probably because those are the style that my dad and I have.

Ross

Yes Jim, lots if different types and models. Started out with the Plymouth tractors which then became the Silver Kings, which had many different models, and then ending with the Mountain State tractors, which were basically assembled from the left over parts and are VERY hard to find, I believe it was West Virginia where those were assembled.

Ross

Around here, we've only seen the Silver King model with the large triangular piece over the front tire like the one in photo 3.

Didn't know they had various models, nor that they came in any color other than silver.

The one with the triangular cover is the same one I have, a later Model 41, mine has the 36" rear tires. That triangular cover is the cover for the chain and sprockets for the steering, quite a complex system for a tractor that will do 40+ mph!

Ross

Thanks for the pics. Would like to have one, they are very rare around here.

Ross , excellent pix , Do you have any more ?

Dalex, these are the last ones I have. I wanted to at least get a good one of each model displayed there, and there was a few models that were not at the show unfortunately. The pics of the dash and oil filter housing I took for details for my restoration.

Ross

Mine was there. Here's a photo of it in front of the Fate-Root-Heath factory where it was built in 1949.

P.S. the yellow tractor pictured above is a 'model 47' state highway mower, which is why it is yellow.