Posted on 10/24/2025 9:49:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
This 1958 Porsche-Diesel Junior 108L tractor is said to have been purchased by the seller out of Germany in 2020 and has been refurbished. The tractor is finished in red with beige wheels, and power is from an air-cooled 822cc diesel single paired with a dual-range three-speed manual transmission. Equipment includes headlights, turn signals, taillights, a hinged engine cover, dual power take-offs, a drawbar, front and rear pin hitches, a red and tan-painted steel seat, a fender-mounted jump seat, and a two-row cultivator. This Porsche-Diesel tractor is now offered in Pennsylvania with a bill of sale.
Porsche-Diesel Junior tractors were produced in short- and long-wheelbase variants between 1957 and 1961. The body and chassis of this example has been refinished in red. Features include headlights and taillights, bright grille and hood trim, turn signals, Porsche-Diesel badges, a rear-hinged hood, and a fender-mounted jump seat.
Beige-painted steel wheels are accented by red hubs. Stopping is from independent rear drum brakes.
The spring-suspended operator’s seat is finished in beige with a red-painted bottom featuring Porsche Diesel script in beige across the back. Controls consist of a throttle, a shifter, a transmission range selector, and brake pedals.
The black three-spoke steering wheel sits ahead of an instrument panel housing ignition and starter controls, a temperature gauge, and a headlight switch. The tractor is not equipped with an hour meter, and total runtime is unknown.
The air-cooled 822cc diesel single was factory rated at 14 horsepower and is paired with a three-speed dual-range manual transmission that delivers six forward speeds and two in reverse. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a portal axle.
Equipment includes an adjustable rear drawbar along with rear- and mid-mounted power take-off shafts and front and rear pin hitches.
The included two-row cultivator is finished in red and black and is attached to the drawbar by pin hitches.
The data plate lists the tractor’s model and chassis numbers along with the model year and specifications.
Sold for $22,000.
This tractor was just bought by the Porsche repair shop in our town on the San Francisco Peninsula! Pretty cool conversation piece. Wonder if we'll see it in our town parades. The Santa Clara Valley used to be a big ag region, but that all slowly faded away starting in the 1960s when big business and big tech got roots and grew. In my 50+ years there, I've seen lots for local farms and orchards bulldozed for buildings, parking lots and freeways.
Will it do 0-60 in under 4 seconds?................
RPMs? Yeah.
For those Porsche fans who have not seen it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8-9oIq1hxw
Will it do 0-60 in under 4 seconds?................
Sixty feet in just under four seconds sounds about right.
If you were a Porsche collector this would be too cool!
Price a new tractor these days and some of the older, rebuilt JD or IH start looking better and better. $22k for this, go see what that same money will buy new, and it isn’t much.
My smallest utility tractor is a 1993 970 MFWD with the Yanmar engine, I turned down and offer for more than I paid new for it this summer.
DIESEL KNOCK!.......................
DIESEL KNOCK!.......................
Drag time is crap but you don’t have to slow down for the turns!
Of course! 0-60 feet per minute in under 4 seconds.
Love it!! Thanks for the link to the advert! Totally unexpected ending.
Will it pass the State emissions test using a non-Porsche data port?
I always wanted one for no other reason than to be able to tell a date I'd pick them at 7:00, and that I'd be driving a white Mercedes.
Ping!
SOMEONE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THE RESTORATION.
I NEED TO FIND A RESTORATION SHOP FOR MY OLD IRON...AM I N NEVADA.
Absolutely kewl for a Porsche collector!
As a 928 guy, anything not a 992 these days is a refreshing flashback to times where care, engineering, hand building and quality were top priorities in production.
Too pretty to take out of the barn for sure....We had a red tractor on our farm when I was a kid. It was called a Farmall!!! Had cousins who would argue that their John Deere was a better tractor...all grown up and OLD and still argue about unimportant things!
It’s gorgeous, isn’t it?
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