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CNKS: That's fine if you want to discuss the HYPE of IH. We could probably have a 100 discussions on all the promotional programs IH held over the years, and those discussions are fine. My argument in all of this has been proper statistics. You cant go on counting one item in 1947, then quite another item in 1974 and have a comparison. I think both Guy and Ken have done a excellent job of laying out figures they have at hand. Misquoting someone is very dangerous in my opinion. I've always said every man has the right to make himself look stupid or smart. He doesn't have the right to make others look stupid. So if your going to quote someone, you best write it out exactly as he said it. One of the common misquotes we see is Farmall WD6, IH never called WD6 a Farmall. Take Harley for example, he is so discusted with this subject, he could probably bite off a spike. His only problem, one little clause left out. Sure he had the 1 millionth Farmall in April 51, but he didn't include (at the Farmall plant). For the most part we are not a bunch of professional writers, just a bunch of good old farm boys getting together for a discussion. Every once in awhile we see someone get critical about grammar, spelling, etc. Those things don't matter, as long as the working language conveys the message intended. I'm not lecturing you Charles in this. Just wanting to point out to everyone how very important it is to quote someone exactly.
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