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Continental/acobsen?

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John *.?-!.* c

08-28-2004 17:27:57




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A neighbor has come up with an old tractor, at least I guess that's what it is. The side panels say Red Seal, with a badge with a Continental logo, it has a Continental engine, and says Continental on the hood. There is a tag on the dash that appears to say Jacobsen G-6. Part of it gives the impression of being homemade, but it also appears to be commercial made. any information you can give me would be helpful. There are more pictures at the link below

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Weirsdale George

08-28-2004 20:22:10




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 Re: Continental/acobsen? in reply to John *.?-!.* cub owner, 08-28-2004 17:27:57  
Originally your tractor was called a Worthington before Jacobsen bought them out. Originally they were made from Model T parts in the 1920's, then Model A parts in the 1930's. Afterwards they used whatever parts they could piece together. I have a G-6 with a Worthington name tag which looks just like yours. It has a truck 4-speed transmission and rear end with no additional gear reduction -- it will probably do 50 MPH which would be quite a ride when you have no suspension!

The tractors were used to pull gang mowers for large grassy areas, golf courses and grass landing strips. I saw a picture of one in WW2 used as an airplane tug.

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Weirsdale George

08-29-2004 02:05:11




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 Re: Continental/acobsen? in reply to Weirsdale George, 08-28-2004 20:22:10  
A few more items:

The engine is a Continental F162 power unit. Parts are still available.

Over the past ten years I have only seen a few pictures of Worthingtons in magazines and have only seen two in real life (both Model A versions). I have to assume there were not a lot of these tractors made.

I was told, but can't back it up, that the transmission and rear end looked like Dodge truck parts.

I was given an address for a Worthington collectors club several years ago but I never got a response.

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John *.?-!.* cub owner

08-29-2004 06:58:09




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 Re: Continental/acobsen? in reply to Weirsdale George, 08-29-2004 02:05:11  
Thanks, I got a responce on one of the other sites that it looked like the same one in a commercial Arnold Palmer did. It's been a while since I've seen the commercial, but I think he was advertising for an oil company.



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WSeirsdale George

08-29-2004 07:51:43




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 Re: Continental/acobsen? in reply to John *.?-!.* cub owner, 08-29-2004 06:58:09  
If it is the commerical I am thinking of, Arnold Palmer's tractor was a Toro.



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