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The Brownie Tractor

By Glen A. Baltzer

11500 Thrailkill Road Orient, Ohio 43146

It all started a couple of years ago. My son and I were out in the barn working on some old garden tractors I've been collecting and his friend, Eric came over and said that the neighbor had this old garden tractor that he didn't want anymore.

So, we all went over there to see it. It had a torpedo-shaped hood like a David Bradley, but no stamping on the. sheet metal. It had an aluminum tag that said Brownie Tractor Company, Model B, serial number 58335, U.S. Brownie Company, Joliet, Illinois. I asked the owner where he got it. He said that he found it in Oklahoma years ago. He also said that the motor block had a hole in its side so he threw it away. And he didn't remember what the motor was. It has a tricycle front end with two wheels and an automotive type rear axle with two 5-12 tractor tread tires. It wasn't long after talk...

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