Photo used by permission of  Wisconsin State Journal
This is an actual Farmall Super M that I found in retirement in Eastern Washington state.  The tractor I used for reference for this project was in much better shape than this, but this one is as authentic as you can get for a 60 year pie
Final layout progressed further than this, but the concept of showcasing every part of the tractor is show here. Blowup images on the wall provide a legend for the parts and their placement in the whole machine. 
A sketch of how the exploded view of the tractor could be explained.
Before epic committed to using the Super M, one idea was to section the wall by showcasing groupings of standard components from many tractors.  
Tractor bling.
One concept exploring recombining components to form a mechanically abstract piece.  
This is my favorite concept of the project.  A steering wheel is attached to a fabricated camshaft made from tractor parts.  When the shaft turns, individual seats sitting on pipes move up and down in a rhythmic waveform fashion, rep
Apparently I thought it was a good idea to consider assembling radiator grills with tractor wheels and then attaching them all together to form a connected row of line dancing tractor robots.
The idea behind this concept is that a sliding bar moves along a rail flipping painted metal L brackets.  As the bar moves down the brackets display a secondary color.  It flip from green on one side to brown on another. This represents t
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Some concepts for a complex crank system using tractor wheels and gear sprockets as pulleys.
This is a painting I did for myself to pay tribute to the tractor.  This is actually a Farmall Super C, a sibling to the M. 
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