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Information on the Victor company has been equally hard to track down.

"Mine's a 1913," Gary says, "but I have no idea how long they were made. The Victor was built 15 miles east of Marion, Ohio, where the Huber was built. There's a good possibility that the gears were made by Huber, but we just don't know.

"We know of five of these still intact," he says. "We got it from Ken Wolf, who got it from Spokane, Wash., where it was used to make apple cider."

The cover of the catalog he has reads: Victor Traction Gear Company. Third annual catalog 1916. Manufacturers of differential and transmission gears, traction wheels, freight wheels, axles, steering gear parts, boxings, clutch sprockets, chain and other appliances for converting gasoline engines into tractors. Loudonville, OH.

"Patented 1915. For complete set of gears applied to portable gasoline engines to make them self propelling."

The Victor's design is both unusual and clever, Gary says.

"It's a unique piece; something you don't really think about," he says. "You know, International used an Ohio tractor on one of the first traction engines. Those people in Ohio must have been extremely inventive, is all I can say."

For more information: Gary Cooper, 3682 W. 100 S., Reynolds, IN 47980. Phone: (219) 984-5055.


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