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H question,,War Model?

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Jim in michigan

01-09-2004 10:42:55




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OK ,, I was looking at the ads here and it said something about a H with a Steel shift knob being a war model,, mine has this, does it make it special or just a H ,,,,Thanks,,,Jim




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Dave Olson

01-09-2004 18:32:43




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 Re: H question,,War Model? in reply to Jim in michigan, 01-09-2004 10:42:55  
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Based on the serial number of my H 204178 it would have been built in mid August of 1945, just a couple weeks after the bomb was dropped on Japan.

Dave Olson



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john d

01-09-2004 18:08:02




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 Re: H question,,War Model? in reply to Jim in michigan, 01-09-2004 10:42:55  
Not particulary rare, just not as common as most. I've got a '43 H that was the only new tractor my Dad ever bought. It has the cast-iron shifter knob, and came on steel without starter, lights, etc. It does not have a steel steering wheel rim, but it isn't rubber, either. Some sort of "bakelite" plastic material. It's checked and chipped in a few places. When it was in better shape, it was black, shiny, and slick. Part of the war effort was to keep the farms producing, so IH (and others) kept making tractors. Sometimes, when rubber, aluminum, etc., were hard to get, they not only made tractors, but "made-do" with what they could get.

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Bill Smith

01-09-2004 17:52:27




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 Re: H question,,War Model? in reply to Jim in michigan, 01-09-2004 10:42:55  
Come to think of it, my 40 and 42 just have the iron rod so to speak for the shifter. My 43 has the knob on the shifter. My 47 M, doesn't have the knob but looks like it may of had some kind of rubber coating on the top portion at one time(there is a ridge about 4 inches down from top). Anyways, doesn't make it real speacial as far as being rare. Farmall, kept production of farm tractors going pretty much right on through the war. Had to keep the troops fed. Steel wheel's were an option before, but became more common during the war when rubber became rationed. After the war was over, steel wheel's got fazed out pretty fast by consumers. Meaning that after WWII was basically the end of steel wheel's being common on new tractors. I'm not positive on this, but I think IHC haulted vehicle production during the war and made war equipment.

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Nebraska Cowman

01-09-2004 15:31:09




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 Re: H question,,War Model? in reply to Jim in michigan, 01-09-2004 10:42:55  
The front emblem was steel too cuz they couldn't get aluminum. I had a war time I-4 last winter that had a cast iron steering wheel.



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Red Dave

01-09-2004 10:50:36




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 Re: H question,,War Model? in reply to Jim in michigan, 01-09-2004 10:42:55  
There were a couple years that had the steel shifter during WW2 due to the scarcity of rubber. Some war models came on steel wheels without starters too. I don't know how many were made like that and I don't think that they bring a big premium price. Definitly less common though.



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farmalldave

01-10-2004 01:07:13




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 Re: Re: H question,,War Model? in reply to Red Dave, 01-09-2004 10:50:36  
My experience here in New Zealand was that the basic versions of McCormick & Farmalls from 1940-49 that came out on steel wheels and non electrics all had cast gear shift knobs.
The deluxe versions with mufflers,electrics and for H & M's hydraulics and rubber tyres,swinging drawbars had rubber gear shift knobs.



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