Cletrac model A first start. Yes, it will run.

This is a 1945 Cletrac A with a continental F226 engine. When I picked it up, it wouldn't start and had low compression. Head was pulled to find bad corrosion in cylinders #5 and #6. It was honed; valves ground and new rings installed. Everything else on the machine seems to be working great. Got lucky with the radiator, water pump, clutch, and steering brake bands.Nothing is more fun then a Cletrac. Made in Cleveland, Ohio on Euclid avenue when the United States was a manufacturing juggernaut. Thanks to Rollin Henry White for his fine invention. Future video on him.(case.edu/ech/a...)
Piston rings from Hastings. (www.hastingspi...)
Carb rebuilt; P-series Tillotson. Gasket from Treadwell Carburetor. (carbsandkits.c...)
Head Gasket from Felpro. (www.felpro.com/)
Ordered through Summit Racing. (www.summitraci...)
Magneto service by Weavers Magneto Repair- Shiloh, Ohio