133 Comments for Motor City Garage

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When pictures like this are posted on your site I always know that I am going to learn things. The expertise of the people that visit this site is amazing. Thanks for all of the descriptions of the engine and it's parts.
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I've ad a few Mammod steam "toys" in my life and this looks exactly like a big brother to them
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it appears to be a Ford-Ferguson 9N, made late-30's into the 1940's, has a snowplow frame under it
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In recent decades, hard rubber is bolted to steel wheels of any type of tractor for parading and show...keeps the steel wheels and cleats from wearing out, and likewise from causing damage to pavement
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there clearly is hard rubber bolted onto the wheels,, this means this particular unit is NOT set up for farming..
This one operated on concrete, pavement, and other hard surfaces. Such were used for towing wagon trains of lumber and other commodities, and heavy equipment. Non-farming use of the belt pulley would be pumps, compressors, rock crushers, conveyors, etc.
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This engine is saved and being restored In Traverse City, Michigan.
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I tried researching this truck before we got the engine out. It was saved by a guy in Detroit. We were guessing pre 1910 but even Hagerty Insurance couldn't help identify it.
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We did end up removing the stack to get it out in preparation for taking it down the highway, but we could have moved it out without removal. it was about 2" less than that beam.
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The Lever farthest to the left is to adjust the governor while running. It helps adjust your load and speed. The second one from the left is the direction control block, the third is the throttle. and the last is to engage the clutch. When I got this engine out of the building, all of those lever had been broken, the water tank was missing and the plumbing removed or broken off.
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Makes me think of the Evil Dead Olds 88
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Absolutely amazing that all still there and surviving. with all happening and vandalism taking place. Photo's just amazing. I love all things old. Greetings from South Africa
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Yes, I'd say it was made in about 1925.
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looks like a red bellied Ford produced through 1952
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Oh I want one.
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Fun to drive too.