Morning Tonic: Porsche Junior Tractor
3 Comments Published by Joel January 5th, 2007 in Tonic. Share This
Built from the late ’30s into the early ’60s, the Porsche Junior was a diesel-powered light-duty tractor that made a torquey 14 horsepower from a single cylinder.
Like the Volkswagen Beetle (also designed by Dr. Porsche), the Junior concepts were well ahead of their time:
The Porsche diesel engine design with its unique air-cooled feature was just not quite ready for production at that time [1934]. Through numerous tests this design let to a fully developed air-cooled diesel engine with a power range from 14 hp to 55 hp. By the early 1950s Prof. Dr. F. Porsche had designed 4 basic models, 1 cyl., 2 cyl., 3 cyl., and 4 cyl. versions, all have individual and interchangeable cylinders and heads. Another interesting fact is, that Prof. Dr. F. Porsche also had a 4-wheel drive tractor on the drawing board as early as 1946.
The Junior is the single-cylinder model; “Standard,” “Super,” and “Master” designations each denote an additional cylinder, up to four.
Quite a few Porsche-Diesel tractors have been restored. Lovely!
lambo also made tractors if i’m not mistaken.
What’s up for me if I should restore my Porsche junior?
It still runs good.
But restoring for the eye.
I really don’t know what can be the value of this kind of old tractor.
I think it is a 109.
Could you help me with that?
Thanks fore reading.
Now i know:
It’s a Porsche Junior K108H.
But it seems that Porsche did not design it himself.
Company Allgair got the licence to build their Allgair A111 under the name “Porsche”. (Within strictly conditions afcource).
Shortly before the second worldwar, Adolf Hitler ordered to make a “Volkswagen” (translated: “People-car”) that now is known as the old “Volkswagen Beetle”- version. -And a “Volks-tractor”. That hounour went to Mister Porsche.
But absolutely thrue: Yet, quite a few goodones are left over.
Let’s keep on learning eightother about this beautiful history.