I picked up this tractor a while back which could probably go in the oops section as it has a set of front wheels where the back wheels should be. I have know idea of the make! There are no markings on it.
Thank you for taking the time to look.
I was thinking it could be Lincoln International after looking at them this morning but then again maybe not. The sphere on top of the stack but the fill-in between the drivers legs, arms and the steering wheel doesn't unless it's just flash?
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Ewan wrote:I was thinking it could be Lincoln International after looking at them this morning but then again maybe not. The sphere on top of the stack but the fill-in between the drivers legs, arms and the steering wheel doesn't unless it's just flash?
It could well be the Lincoln Toys version of the Tucker Box tractor. Steve showed this to me at our last swapmeet, and also to Mattrove (another member here) - Matt is something of an expert on the Lincolns, having quite an extensive collection, and I'm sure he'd have told Steve if he thought it was a Lincoln. I'm speculating here, and could be wrong as I'm not sure I've ever had the Lincoln tractor in hand, but I'm pretty sure all the Lincoln Toys I've seen are hollow cast and quite lightweight. This tractor of Steve's is a solid lump of a casting and quite heavy in the hand.
That said, the odd rear wheels may have distracted us from seeing the obvious, and I'm far from an expert on the Lincolns, only having a couple in my own collection. I'm afraid I could only confirm to Steve that it is definitely not the other Australasian knock-off of the Lesney Massey Harris - the Streamlux version later manufactured by Fun Ho! in NZ. The latter is certainly much more common than the Lincoln Toys tractor.
Taniwha wrote:It could well be the Lincoln Toys version of the Tucker Box tractor. Steve showed this to me at our last swapmeet, and also to Mattrove (another member here)
He showed it to me also and I've trawled through my books and eliminated Kemlow and Mastermodels , Budgie, Morestone, and Benbros from the possibility list. The wheels are reminiscent of the type used by Budgie, Morestone, Matchbox, Lincoln and Tuckerbox but I think its the casting that will be the eventual clue to its origin... we just haven't found the link yet
