The Doug Veerkamp diesel conversion 60

Some more photos

Here a 60 with a Atlas

Cat 60 Atlas

Wow, Quad! What an engine! Looks almost too big for the tractor frame. Who did the conversion? GWH

GWH,
Do I understand you right as you are having a different motor put in a 60? What model is this one above? catskinner

Catskinner, I bought a diesel conversion 60 several years ago. It is now under restoration. At one time, it was a gasoline-powered 60, but in the mid thirties, the owner took it to a Cat dealer and had it converted to diesel power by removal of the gas engine and replaced with a Cat diesel 8800 engine. I bought it. The diesel 8800 engine was completely worn out. I secured one just like it, and it is in excellent condition. It will be installed in place of the 8800 engine currently in the tractor. GWH

The D8800 engine was what the D7 tractors used with some changes & improvements over the years until the 17A D7 came out & then it had the D339 engine in it but still was a 4 cyl. engine. Those old 8800s had a sound of it,s own when running.They both were more or less a basic 4 cyl. version of the D8 6 cyl. engines, the early D13000 & the later D342 but had some differences.

Quad, Henry Kaiser was quite a fellow. The Caterpillar diesel story has been published without any mention of Henry's role. Cat claimed that it took them some time to develop a diesel engine that was appropriate for a non-stationary application. Looks like Henry beat them to the punch, years before Cat was ready. GWH