Calling all Roadless nerds!

[roscoe erf]

Might finish up with Powerstar out of an 8340 in the 8100 yet......

blasphemous it won't be original

 

[Timbo]

If Ford hadn't f*cked up so royally with cost-cutting casting of the old blocks, they wouldn't have done such a good job with the PowerStar !!!

 

[Nearly]

blasphemous it won't be original

It will go well though. It's not 'original' now.

 

[powerontheland]

Its got a PowerStar conversion. Possibly the 6.6 7840 lump as NA by the looks.

Of course, I forgot the Powerstar was rotary pump. Good solid engine

 

[RimmerF140]

Presumably it would have originally looked like this?

Personally I can't imagine it ever being a roadless, can't see why anyone would swap the cab and axle

Maybe started life like this, and went porous so they put a power star in?

 

[7610 super q]

Yes, the only bits that are original are the backend, gearbox,weight block, possibly the bonnet( not front grill or nose cone). As you say may just have been a bog standard 7600 with Schindler front axle.

 

[Roy Stokes]

In the late 70's before Ford got there own 4WD system going Arthur Battelle ( Ex Ford demonstrator, author of very good books and all round good bloke, family now run old 20 parts) offered Schindler conversions to bubble cab Ford 66/7600 owners, very popular in this area on potato/sugar beet growers farms, seemed to have more steering lock than other conversions around, it looks a lot like one of his kits.
Seen quite a few older Fords with a Powerstar conversion including one done by students/lecturers at Reaseheath College

 

[balerman]

Nothing wrong with giving it some serious hard work,pretty strong tractor now with a powerstar engine in it,would go on forever.

 

[Prairie]

It was never a Roadless, Arthur or Nick Battelle would know more about this than just about anyone else. To make it clear the axle is a centre diff, no plough master axle was ever like that they were all to the side, being ex GMC US army axles. Some body is having a real laugh with a Bitsa tractor and making money at the same time, it will probably outlast some of the newer models though

Roger

 

[RimmerF140]

It was never a Roadless, Arthur or Nick Battelle would know more about this than just about anyone else. To make it clear the axle is a centre diff, no plough master axle was ever like that they were all to the side, being ex GMC US army axles. Some body is having a real laugh with a Bitsa tractor and making money at the same time, it will probably outlast some of the newer models though

Roger

That was my thinking. The tractors with roadless own axles (referred to as just roadless, not ploughmasters) also never had central diffs.

 

[RimmerF140]

It was never a Roadless, Arthur or Nick Battelle would know more about this than just about anyone else. To make it clear the axle is a centre diff, no plough master axle was ever like that they were all to the side, being ex GMC US army axles. Some body is having a real laugh with a Bitsa tractor and making money at the same time, it will probably outlast some of the newer models though

Roger

That was my thinking. The tractors with roadless own axles (referred to as just roadless, not ploughmasters) also never had central diffs.

 

[RimmerF140]

It was never a Roadless, Arthur or Nick Battelle would know more about this than just about anyone else. To make it clear the axle is a centre diff, no plough master axle was ever like that they were all to the side, being ex GMC US army axles. Some body is having a real laugh with a Bitsa tractor and making money at the same time, it will probably outlast some of the newer models though

Roger

That was my thinking. The tractors with roadless own axles (referred to as just roadless, not ploughmasters) also never had central diffs.

 

[craigscania]

Looking for a 78-98 or 118 guys...anything for sale?

 

[Richard Devon]

Looking for a 78-98 or 118 guys...anything for sale?

a good place to start......http://www.roadless.co.uk/FOR SALE.htm

 

[New holland]

What price would this make

 

[Richard Devon]

View attachment 431086 View attachment 431084 What price would this make

I will offer you 5k for it

 

[smcapstick]

Around £12,500, maybe?

 

[New holland]

Got a few more but not for sale

 

[smcapstick]

Were they in Classic Tractor a few years ago?

 

[New holland]

The crawler was in ford and fordson