Highlights
- Rare Porsche Super 308 133 tractor, predecessor to the Master model
- Matching numbers with engine and type plate corresponding
- Engine overhauled in late 2015
- Extremely rare adjustable front axle and fitted with lift and 3 PTO shafts
- Completely sandblasted and repainted in 2015
- New starter motor, wiring harness, alternator and battery
The Appeal
Before car companies bothered about brand heritage and architecture and reach they mostly just got on with the business of engineering stuff. For Ferdinand Porsche, like Ferruccio Lamborghini, that meant anything on four wheels, whether road-going or field-ploughing.
Porsche’s range of tractors, largely produced during the 1950s, is widely regarded as amongst the best and most technologically innovative of the era. This 1957 308-133 is a case in point, notable for its air-cooled three-cylinder diesel engine with an efficient vortex chamber combustion system. Designed for use on medium to large farms and predecessor of the Master series, it can be differentiated from other Porsche models by its single gear lever and 6 bolt rear wheels.
This very smart, well-presented 308-133 benefits from extensive renovation work. We’re told that the matching-numbers engine was overhauled in 2015, together with sandblasting and repainting the body. More recently, it received a new starter, alternator, wiring harness and battery. It features the rare adjustable front axle and rear lift with three PTO shafts. Indicators, high/low beam and hazard lights are fitted. It has been used for shows and is said to run and drive well.
The vendor says:
“A nice example that will only increase in value. Very good investment!!”
History and Paperwork
- First registered in 1957
- Comes with papers and documents
- Matching numbers - engine and type plate correspond, we are told
- Transport can be arranged from the Netherlands if required at additional cost
The Condition
- Completely sandblasted in 2015 and repainted
- Correct red paintwork with chrome fittings in good condition
- Some user marks present, as would be expected
- Fitted with large wheels with tyres in good order
- Indicators, hazard lights and high and low beam fitted
The Mechanics
- 2,466cc air cooled 38hp 3-cylinder engine
- Engine runs well and gearbox shifts well
- Engine overhauled in late 2015
- Has undertaken small jobs and attended show events since the overhaul
- Many new gaskets and seals fitted
- Equipped with thick fast-running axles
- Brakes said to be in working order
- Model features an adjustable front axle
- New wiring harness plus complete lighting system fitted
- New starter motor, dynamo and battery
- Lifting device plus 3 PTO shafts included
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