Not a Cat, a Vaughn

Now what would one of those little things have been used for? Early form of a garden tractor?

Kevin

Yes, they were used as a garden tractor on a 5, 10 or 15 acre garden. You could tow any implement behind it and switch them as needed.
I'm told it would replace a two horse team, but it seems to me it would replace one horse for plowing.
I haven't had a chance to really hook implements to it, but I'm hoping I can find some of the smaller ones and give it a try.

that is a neat machine you should be proud i like odd things like this i have afew oddball things when i bring them to a show it gets a lot of attention i am shure if you bring this to a show you will turn heads good luck.

I like it! Thats just too neat!
Mike

Hi, BGates.
You can find folks with a bit more knowledge about these jiggers than most on this forum at this site:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracklayinggardentractors/

They seem a reasonable bunch of guys.

Hope this helps.

Nice looking little tractor, but just looking at it makes my shins hurt with those pointed wheels sticking out there. 😮 😮

Cute lil' jigger, and it appears it dates waa-ay back .. like 1924. I can't find any post-WW2 info on them .. and they don't even rate a mention even in my "oddball" tractor books, so they must not be around in anything more than very modest numbers.

Here's a guy on Smokestak with one, you might like to swap notes with him. His version has the walk-behind handles. Obviously, yours is the Ghia version, that came with the fully-sprung seat .. 😄

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49957

Binderbooks has a copy of the care and operation manual for it for $8.95 ..

http://www.binderbooks.com/oldeng.htm

And here, in this following link .. it appears we have some of the history and origins of the Vaughan Motor Works and their products, which consisted mostly of drag saws, ice machines, machine shop jobbing, and production of the Flex Tred garden tractor .. I'd say its quite likely the little rigs production, didn't make it past WW2 .. 😞

Note that this item was written in 1928 ..

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/evaughan.txt

My father-in-law restored one a few years back. His was the walk behind version, however I think it had a two cylinder engine and was liquid cooled with an octagon, honeycomb type radiator. Very nice!

Cute lil' jigger, and it appears it dates waa-ay back .. like 1924. I can't find any post-WW2 info on them .. and they don't even rate a mention even in my "oddball" tractor books, so they must not be around in anything more than very modest numbers.

Here's a guy on Smokestak with one, you might like to swap notes with him. His version has the walk-behind handles. Obviously, yours is the Ghia version, that came with the fully-sprung seat .. 😄

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49957

Binderbooks has a copy of the care and operation manual for it for $8.95 ..

http://www.binderbooks.com/oldeng.htm

And here, in this following link .. it appears we have some of the history and origins of the Vaughan Motor Works and their products, which consisted mostly of drag saws, ice machines, machine shop jobbing, and production of the Flex Tred garden tractor .. I'd say its quite likely the little rigs production, didn't make it past WW2 .. 😞

Note that this item was written in 1928 ..

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/evaughan.txt