rocket9244 14 #1 Posted May 28, 2016 has anyone seen a tractor with a large black and white checkered flag on the hood, it says official 500 wheel horse race tractor. it is a C-175 I may be possibly buying it as a worker or, is it a rare tractor that I should restore? it is in great condition, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 24,160 #3 Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Go to the "WIKI" link at top of home page. Click on tractors and then scroll down to "500 Special". Click on that and All you need to know about it is on that page... Edited May 28, 2016 by SylvanLakeWH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,737 #4 Posted May 28, 2016 1 hour ago, rocket9244 said: black and white checkered flag on the hood, it says official 500 wheel horse race tractor It would take quite a bit of documentation before any value would be added. Perhaps some photos of it in the pits with a driver and an Indycar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocket9244 14 #5 Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Go to the "WIKI" link at top of home page. Click on tractors and then scroll down to "500 Special". Click on that and All you need to know about it is on that page... it doesnt have the 500 special decals on the side of the hood. the sides have the regular C-175. from what I seen of it ( in a garage buried under stuff) it had that large decal on the hood is all.. did the C-175 have a official 500 race tractor, besides the 500 special? the ID number is 01-17KS02-13661-00-8-1 Edited May 28, 2016 by rocket9244 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 24,160 #6 Posted May 28, 2016 2 hours ago, rocket9244 said: it doesnt have the 500 special decals on the side of the hood. the sides have the regular C-175. from what I seen of it ( in a garage buried under stuff) it had that large decal on the hood is all.. did the C-175 have a official 500 race tractor, besides the 500 special? the ID number is 01-17KS02-13661-00-8-1 I don't know. But there are folks on this forum that do. They will want PICTURES since there are so many variations of WH tractors, and of course, because they want pictures....Post them and they will get you your answers - I have no doubt... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocket9244 14 #7 Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) looks as though I may have stumbled upon on a rare horse. these tractors were used as promotions by dealers after the races.. so far I have only seen one other official 500 race tractor , which is a C-145.https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156989740035142.1073741897.564915141&type=1&l=98b1f41333 Edited June 22, 2016 by rocket9244 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amcwheel85 2,058 #8 Posted June 22, 2016 Sweet! Hurry up and bring it home... Or to my house! Great find! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WheelHorse79 271 #9 Posted June 22, 2016 Fascinating! I've never seen one of those before. The picture in the newspaper clipping does give it some legitimacy. That tractor may be the first one of those Indy 500 specials discovered "in the wild". Snap it up if you can. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,945 #10 Posted June 22, 2016 Now that does appear... to be a very special . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TDF5G 2,051 #11 Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) That is awesome! You just need one of those hats to go with it. So why are you still here? Go get that Horse! Edited June 22, 2016 by TDF5G 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,054 #12 Posted June 22, 2016 Hurry up and make the deal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocket9244 14 #13 Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) I bought it last week. less then $250.00 the 500 special was 1960's models. this is 1981. anyone know the carb adjustment screws. how many turns each? I changed the plugs and its running rough and backfiring. theres the top, side, and speed screws. Edited June 22, 2016 by rocket9244 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,054 #14 Posted June 22, 2016 Sorry can not help with carb, check out manual second on Kohler motors should have specs on adjustments. For less than $250.00 sounds like you got one heck of a deal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elliot ness 1,916 #15 Posted June 22, 2016 Wow what a great Score, I love the black hoods, Looks like it's a real deal. I would think not very many had the promo decals. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocket9244 14 #16 Posted June 22, 2016 this is my 145. the wife blew it up last week lol. the oil plug came out and drained the oil. it is now a parts tractor http://c-145.weebly.com/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,737 #17 Posted June 22, 2016 2 hours ago, rocket9244 said: carb adjustment screws. how many turns each? I changed the plugs and its running rough and backfiring. Back firing is probably more than a carb adjustment, this manual should help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TDF5G 2,051 #18 Posted June 23, 2016 That's a really cool . You did well on the purchase. Does anyone know how many of these were built? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrightorchid 261 #19 Posted June 24, 2016 Might want to get @Vinylguy to make a copy of the hood flag, for future restoration purposes. Pretty cool find. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites