This site uses cookies to maintain login information on FarmallCub.Com. Click the X in the banner upper right corner to close this notice. For more information on our privacy policy, visit this link:
Privacy Policy

NEW REGISTERED MEMBERS: Be sure to check your SPAM/JUNK folders for the activation email.

Super A

Farmall Super A, AV, 100, 130, & 140 1939 - 1973
Forum rules
Notice: For sale and wanted posts are not allowed in this forum. Please use our free classifieds or one of our site sponsors for your tractor and parts needs.
ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:50 am

I am taking apart a Super A to paint and it seems like the front steering and bolster are yellow. Was there a utility model, or is it that those are substituted parts or did somebody just painted it yellow. I haven't gotten to grinding on it and only removed the fenders and the rear hydraulic hitch, but the only places I see the yellow are in the front.

I had forgotten how temperamental old, rusted nuts and bolts can be to remove. It seemed everyone needed the breaking bar.
Attachments
SA Front resized.jpg

SPONSOR AD

Sponsor



Sponsor
 

User avatar
Lt.Mike
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 2499
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:38 am
Zip Code: 07727
Tractors Owned: 1 -'58 International Cub Lo-Boy
2 - '46 International A's
2 - '52 Farmall Cubs
1 - '53 Farmall Super A
1 - ‘41 Ford 9N with a ‘49 8N Engine
1 - ‘48 (5641) Allis Chalmers G
Location: Farmingdale NJ

Re: Super A

Postby Lt.Mike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:38 am

Out here in the east the majority of these tractors saw service with the highway department for mowing duty. Others saw factory or dock work. These were painted yellow.
It’s also slightly easier to find the International IA version with the beefy front axle than the Farmall A tractors out here for that reason.
So if you find yellow paint all over it that tractor likely started life with the highway department.
If the only part you find with yellow is the front axle assembly then it’s a safe bet that assembly was swapped out for one that came off one of those highway tractors.
I have 2 ‘46 IA’s and a ‘58 Lo-boy. They all had yellow paint.
Mike
Quote by Gary Pickeral I like
"If it can cast a shadow, it can be restored"

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:52 am

Does that look like the correct front end? It seems wider than it should be....although I don't really have anything to base that on and it isn't my tractor anyway.

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:54 am

I will tell you that next to a cub, this thing is built like a brick...outhouse.

User avatar
Stanton
Cub Pro
Cub Pro
Posts: 7760
Joined: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:56 am
Zip Code: 64070
Tractors Owned: 1942 Farmall AV, serial #87025
1947 Farmall Circle Cub, serial #2116
1948 Farmall Cub, serial #46066
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Lone Jack, MO

Re: Super A

Postby Stanton » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:03 pm

Nice Super A.

Are you going to keep us in the loop by showing us progress pictures along the way?
Stanton
Image Circle of Safety

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:17 pm

okay...When done, I have to give it back....and much to my chagrin, it will be placed in front of a factory with mums planted around it. On one hand I want to do it because I don't want it to rust to pieces and he lent me his trailer when I brought home the SC, but on the other hand I am sad for it's purpose. I will talk him into changing all the fluids and to roll it over every couple of months so that when he is old and comes to his senses it will be on good footing. I suppose I am doing passive preservation...or at least that is what I am telling myself

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:19 pm

Here is the side views
Attachments
SA Side resized.jpg
SA Side 2 resized.jpg

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:19 pm

...are the side views

User avatar
Don McCombs
Team Cub Mentor
Team Cub Mentor
Posts: 17429
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:45 am
Zip Code: 21550
Tractors Owned: "1950 Something" Farmall Cub
1957 Farmall Cub w/FH
1977 International Cub w/FH
1978 International Cub
1948 Farmall Super A
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: MD, Deep Creek Lake

Re: Super A

Postby Don McCombs » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:38 pm

You could always volunteer to run it for him, once a month. :D
Don McCombs
MD, Deep Creek Lake

Image
Proud Member of Maryland Chapter 39

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
A. K. Trenfor

Bob McCarty
Team Cub
Team Cub
Posts: 11817
Joined: Tue May 25, 2004 8:02 pm
Zip Code: 80501
Tractors Owned: Cubs, MH Pony, Shaw, Allis G, 1934 Silver King, JD LA and LI, Gibson D, David Bradley Tri-Trac
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: CO, Longmont

Re: Super A

Postby Bob McCarty » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:40 pm

Don McCombs wrote:You could always volunteer to run it for him, once a month. :D

...and mow the mums....
"We don't need to think more,
we need to think differently."
-Albert Einstein

User avatar
Lt.Mike
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 2499
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:38 am
Zip Code: 07727
Tractors Owned: 1 -'58 International Cub Lo-Boy
2 - '46 International A's
2 - '52 Farmall Cubs
1 - '53 Farmall Super A
1 - ‘41 Ford 9N with a ‘49 8N Engine
1 - ‘48 (5641) Allis Chalmers G
Location: Farmingdale NJ

Re: Super A

Postby Lt.Mike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:25 pm

ajhbike wrote:okay...When done, I have to give it back....and much to my chagrin, it will be placed in front of a factory with mums planted around it. On one hand I want to do it because I don't want it to rust to pieces and he lent me his trailer when I brought home the SC, but on the other hand I am sad for it's purpose. I will talk him into changing all the fluids and to roll it over every couple of months so that when he is old and comes to his senses it will be on good footing. I suppose I am doing passive preservation...or at least that is what I am telling myself

Got an idea for you. :D
Check this guy out...
https://longisland.craigslist.org/grd/d ... 98595.html
If they want yard art buy them yard art, and you keep the super! :wink:
I’d call that a win / win!
That’s only a couple hours drive from you.
Mike
Quote by Gary Pickeral I like
"If it can cast a shadow, it can be restored"

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:54 pm

The warden would kill me if I came home with another tractor. Mum mowing sounds like every guys dream though.

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:44 pm

No, this guy wants THIS one because it looks so BA. He knows absolutely nothing about them....He just thinks it looks super...he has a cub out there at his other plant now in NJ. He was driving through PA a couple of years ago and saw the cub and the SA by the interstate for sale, stopped, bought them for $4000, loaded them on his trailer and took them home. The cub was restored so it got its place of honor immediately. I know the guy and connected with him when I heard second hand that he had the farmalls. I offered to paint it up for him....he actually thought it was another cub. I borrowed his truck and trailer, dropped the SA off at my place in CT and went on the RI for SC. So now I have it to fix up.

muleboss
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 1068
Joined: Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:31 pm
Zip Code: 66839
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: KS. Burlington

Re: Super A

Postby muleboss » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:16 pm

ajhbike wrote:Does that look like the correct front end? It seems wider than it should be....although I don't really have anything to base that on and it isn't my tractor anyway.


They are adjustable .

ajhbike
5+ Years
5+ Years
Posts: 1614
Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm
Zip Code: 06405
Tractors Owned: 1957 Cub
1951 Super C
1966 IH 504 Hi-Clear
1968 JD 3020
1949 JD B
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Ferguson TO-35
Location: Branford, CT

Re: Super A

Postby ajhbike » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:41 am

As to rolling the engine over periodically myself, I work in north NJ and live near New Haven CT so riding 45min south to the guys place in NJ would be difficult.


Return to “Farmall A, Super A, AV, 100, 130 & 140”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests