Readers Remember Life Before Blinkers and Old Family Tractors

By Farm Collector Readers
Updated on January 17, 2023
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courtesy Terry Yust

Remembering the KTA

Nice tractor in Josephine Roberts’ column on a 1937 Twin City KTA Tractor. I had one: a 1937. But these KTAs were painted battleship grey on steel wheels (and grey with red rims if on rubber tires) from 1934 until the middle of 1938, when they were painted Prairie Gold with red wheels, the same as the Minneapolis-Moline Model U, which came out the middle of 1938.

Another thing: KTAs were not available with the dual-cam 16-valve engine. They were single-cam eight-valve and that 283-cubic-inch engine was also used in the Model U. The dual-cam engines were used in the Twin City 17-28 and the 27-44 (not built by Minneapolis-Moline). The featured tractor in this article, being a 1937, was painted grey with red rims from the factory. Somewhere under that yellow paint is grey paint.

Terry Yust, Viola, Minnesota


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