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I have not seen a single Wheel Horse tractor anywhere in the state of Louisiana...what gives? If I see a Wheel Horse tractor along the road, I will slam the brakes on to go look at it. Probably nuts like most of you. This is how I found my C-141. It was parked, forlorn, at a John Deere dealer in Grinnell, Iowa. I slammed on the brakes "to have a look" and after a test run, I had the tractor delivered to my house later that day. Back in 1966 Dad bought a brand new 606 from Caola's in Trenton, New Jersey. (Caola's is still in business) I had a thriving lawn business at age 12, and was certainly one of the first Wheel Horse hot rodders. The "peaky" Tecumseh 6 h.p. power plant could easily be coaxed well beyond its red line (whatever that was) and it sounded remarkably like a Ferrari 365 GTB at full song. Remove the mower deck and spectacular wheelies were possible. The higher horse power machines could not pull wheelies like the 606 because of their heavy Kohler cast iron engines. By age 13 I could go from wheelie contest back to my lawn mowing business in minutes. We even had a road course for our tractors in the woods across the street from our house. Sadly, I destroyed the mighty Tecumseh and it was sent back to Caola's for a replacement. I asked to keep the old engine, which I took apart and reassembled replacing only the head gasket. ( I was only 12 after all) That old Tecumseh went on to power Dads chipper/shredder well into the late 1980s...when he sold it. So, who know Wheel Horse people in Louisiana? I left the C-141 in Iowa and would like another C-141 or C-161 8-speed...
