Fiat and Universal Tractors
It's surprising what li'l ol' Canada can put in motion. In 1958, Cockshutt Company of Brantford Ontario, looking to modernize its line, began to import the Fiat 411R (Diesel) and 411RB (Gasoline) models from Fiat of Turin, Italy. They, especially the 411R, had a very up to date design, particularly in their transmissions, 3 point hitches, and operator's stations. Both had four cylinder engines. The 411RB was, well, pretty disastrous, in that their engines, sourced from Italian army jeeps of WWII, just weren't designed for high torque lugging the way a farm tractor is subject to. The Diesels were better, but still not up to snuff. They just didn't have the torque required of a tractor. After the buyout of Oliver, Cockshutt, and Minneapolis Moline by White Motor Corporation, White decided to continue the importation of the Fiat tractors. In 1965, the 411R and 411RB were restyled to become the Fiat 415 Diesel or Gas. They were sold here as the 38.5 PTO horsepowe...