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.
These old tractors are quaint but watch those seats!
Metal fatigue sets in and before you know it, you are under the tractor and looking at the equipment being pulled and about to get run over!
My advice: take the old seat off and hang it on the wall and get a new seat for your very life!
by Sayan Chakravarty
In what was heralded as potentially the most significant Porsche sale in auction history, Jerry Seinfeld’s 1969 Porsche 917K – previously owned by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen – failed to find a new home despite reaching a staggering $25 million bid at Mecum’s Kissimmee auction on January 18, 2025.
The Gulf Blue and Orange race car, chassis number 917-022, garnered intense interest from collectors worldwide, not only for its impressive mechanical pedigree but for its unique Hollywood connection. The vehicle starred in the 1971 film “Le Mans,” where McQueen himself drove it during race sequences. SNIP....
A friend owns car dealerships. He has an amazing collection of European sports and super cars. He’s got a couple of 1950s Porsches— a couple iterations of the 356 and a tractor that looks just like this one. I will have to look at the identification plate on it. He also has a 50s-60s Lamborghini tractor that is undergoing restoration. Too bad John Deere and IH didn’t try their hands at sports cars as well!
There are no holes in the seat. How are the mosquitoes going to bite you in the ….
“We had a red tractor on our farm when I was a kid. It was called a Farmall!!!”
I go back to the big green Olivers.
Even though it’s a Porsche, I still wouldn’t recommend robbing a bank with it
Only 1,000X the price of the Porsche tractor!
But ... but ... where is the air conditioned cab, the GPS computers, the roll bar, ...
;-)
That Porsche tractor is great, but can it match the Lamborghini tractor?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Trattori
True. The 917 Porsche probably never plowed a field successfully, assuming sliding backwards off the race track does not count. And the tractor never won the 24 Heurs du Mans.
Now I have a 2023 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. With traction control off it will try to kill me too. I drive with traction control on, but with V-mode I have all parameters maxed out to the right.
Now THAT is a thing of beauty!
Beats our 1942 Allis Chalmers tractor on looks, for sure - but ours still runs and is a workhorse, whereas this ‘Princess’ probably isn’t going to see any field work anytime soon! ;)
Wasn’t there something called a Massey-Ferguson? Long time ago but for some reason that popped into my mind when you mentioned “green”....
I looked Olivers up...don’t remember that name at all. I was the youngest of 4 and my siblings are all gone now so I don’t have anyone to give me answers to questions I have about that time on the farm...Memories will never leave but details sure do...
Absolutely a Massey-Ferguson. Also Allis-Chalmers, International Harvester.
Buddy of mine restored old British leyland and Austin Healy and triumph cars for $$$$ nashvillians
He also owns very old Porsche and Lamborghini tractors
He used the Porsche frequently
There is something unique how it operates but I can’t remember
Oh! I forgot about the others...Were International trucks made by the same company - International Harvester? My BIL had one he made long haul trips with and wouldn’t drive anything else. As I recall, there were pickups also made by International....???
My husband ran a lot of IH semis when he first started out in the trucking business. Dodge trucks too. He tried to get Chrysler to start building them again.
I live in a semi-rural, semi-suburban area. A guy down the street, friend of my landlord, cut down a huge oak tree in his yard and had a bunch of firewood, which he offered to my landlord. He delivered it in/on his 1953 Farmall (trade name for IH tractors) which he had restored to essentially the condition you see in this Porsche tractor. Very handsome machine, I was stunned and excited to see it roll up our driveway! I like old tractors. Farmalls are classic, classic, like a ‘57 Chevy. They have a big following.
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