Wouldn't have to worry about the wind blowing it open!
For a casting, the price seems reasonable!
Wow, great deal. Can't beat that price. Nice.
something different than the normal add a bit of class thats for sure good find Old Magnet
Paul
Looks a lot like the aluminum caps John Deere used from the 60's into the 70's, original equipment on tractors like the 4020 & 3020...the bolt hole in the Al wore out fairly quick & they got whopper-jawed & wouldn't close. The ones they sell now for replacement are a standard steel rain cap. These would be a close match for the original if one was restoring the tractor...
Couldn't be much worse than the tin flap where one brush with a limb and it's over. I'm going to give them a try.
Now that I think about it, those aluminum jobbers were the only ones that really worked right on the 2-cyl. JD's...they were counterweighted better & wouldn't flutter like the steel ones did due to the firing order. At idle, the steel ones will drive you batty, & destroy themselves pretty quick...
Those are similar to the ones Cat offered back in 1949, page from an Ohio Machinery dealer catalog.
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