You see homemade renditions all the time that people try and pawn off as actual john Deeres in hopes of big money. But did you know that they actually did make an attempt to produce one? Kind of a shame they they did not go through with it either because it was setup quite well and was a great sized bike.
Size was that of a heathkit Hilltopper, and would have been pretty comparable to options of the Hilltopper and also pretty spot on in size as well.
I saw this bike today at the Florida Flywheelers antique engine and tracktor show. It was a in with a very nice John Deere collection and the people that ere there told me that this was basiacally a prototype, by the time it was finished and presented to them for approval they nixed the project, I am guessing by the engine Numbers they were a little late to the game.
Too bad, I like the look of it for the most part, the seat was hinged and you could see there was a large sealed storage area and part of the molded one piece section.
it was not for sale BTW
Size was that of a heathkit Hilltopper, and would have been pretty comparable to options of the Hilltopper and also pretty spot on in size as well.
I saw this bike today at the Florida Flywheelers antique engine and tracktor show. It was a in with a very nice John Deere collection and the people that ere there told me that this was basiacally a prototype, by the time it was finished and presented to them for approval they nixed the project, I am guessing by the engine Numbers they were a little late to the game.
Too bad, I like the look of it for the most part, the seat was hinged and you could see there was a large sealed storage area and part of the molded one piece section.
it was not for sale BTW