Now that’s a fancy tractor!

My late Uncle, Walter Warner often spoke of an old Buick which had been converted into a tractor at Pittams farm Lillingstone Lovell, in north Bucks. They got it stuck in the mud one day and had to pull it out with a pair of plough Horses, much to his amusement. He preferred to work with the horses .

Wow, what here global knowledge abounds.
I as a boy vaguely recall seeing tractors as this in Wales. Vague, vague though! Whew.

Meili also converted other cars - i.e. whatever was available - such as Cadillacs with a Meili patented rear-axle construction - see a video of a beautiful restored Cadillac example here incl. a Swiss-German interview with the owner here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHLoDR7PMmE

Thank you all once again for the follow ups, we would be nowhere without you guys!

A relative of mine converted cars to tractors in the late 1940's. I recall a Flatnose Morris Cowley 1928 and a Humber 16/50, both of which I drove at the age of 9. He fitted a second 4 speed gearbox behind the original to give extra low gears and created knobbly rear tyres by cutting notches in a larger tyre which was fitted over the normal tyre which was then inflated inside the knobbly outer. He lived on a very hilly farm and the tractors would climb anything.
Mike

There was a kit available to convert Model A Fords to tractors- There was one in common use in my parent's town int he 1970s.

Converting cars to tractors was common during the 2nd World War in Ireland. Compulsory tillage was introduced and as private cars could not be used many garages converted these cars. The O’Haras of Jenkinstown, Kilkenny did a lot of converting including makes such as Renault, Velie Oakland, Dodge and Buick.

The car appears to be a 1928 Buick Master Six. The car has the 1928 radiator grille with the dip in the middle, and the 1928 cowl lights. In 1929 the grille lacked the dip, and the cowl lights were moved towards the front of the cowl. The deep fender well for the spare tire was brand new for 1928. Previously the well was very shallow with most of the spare tire visible on the running board and fender. The use of disc wheels on a Buick is unusual except for those converted to ambulances, funeral hearses, etc. The radiator mascot appears to be the standard Buick "goddess" used in 1928.

One change made by Buick in 1928 was their adaptation of the standard shift pattern. Previously Buick's transmissions had the following shift pattern.

3rd 1st
Reverse 2nd

Interestingly, Buick actually offered a conversion kit for their customers who liked the old pattern or didn't want to adapt to the SAE standard that Buick was now following.

While it's fairly easy to identify this car, Buick appeared to have copied Packard's grille too much when it introduced the firm's new models for 1924. Rumors soon started that there would be a lawsuit against Buick for infringing on Packard's design. Instead Packard countered with the slogan, "When prettier cars are built, Packard will build them." This was a knock-off of the Buick slogan, "When better cars are built, Buick will build them." When Buick's 1925 cars debuted, the grille shape was changed enough that the controversy ended.

... the headlamps, cowl lamp and disc wheels do not look like standard compoments used on NA (US & Canada) products. I guess this may well be the GM product assembled in Europe, possibly Germany.

This is indeed 1928 Master Six Buick!

Definitely a Buick Master 6 of 1927/28

The picture wasn't taken in the US, but in Switzerland, because it shows a 1928 Buick converted by Meili into an Auto-Traktor. The picture can be found on the homepage of the Meili AG.