(800) 853-2651
SHOP NOW

Original location of sale

Yes, go back to the person you bought it from, and ask them who they bought it from. Go to that person and ask them who they bought it from. Repeat the process until someone gives you the name of an IH dealer.

If you're lucky and everyone in the chain back to the original dealer is still alive and lucid, you'll know where your tractor came from. If not, you're out of luck.

Computers for inventory and sales tracking did not exist in the 1950s. Each dealer kept their own records on paper. IH corporate didn't give two shakes of a lamb's tail who was sold what tractor. Most of that information has been lost to time as dealers closed and the paperwork was simply tossed in the trash or burned.
 
Actually IH did keep records of were many lines of equipment were originally sold. But, when Tenneco took over miffed IHC employees destroyed many of those records. To bad.
 
Is that really true?

I had heard that Tenneco did not want to store the records, particularly in this case the serial number card showing delivery terms and options as delivered and instructed that they be destroyed.
 
Actually, IH was using Holleriths in the 40s. IH was one of the early computer users. Corporate did know where tractors were shipped.
 
Liability concerns, how could there be issues w/where a tractor was sold, shipped to or maybe even method of shipment? I would liked to have seen a rail shipment of the 40-60 series but by then it was mostly semi-hauled.
 
(quoted from post at 17:33:48 04/22/10) Tenneco didn't receive any of that stuff. I love the legends out there.
Click to expand...

So what's the truth?

If they kept computer records of sales in the 1940's, what happened to them?

Yes, Tenneco did not receive them, but why? Where did they go? Why can't we access them to learn the histories of our tractors?
 
I can tell you that when the company I worked for for 25 years was sold, the new owner didn't want most of the records and had them destroyed. 4-5 years later, they wished they had some of the engineering test records when they "suddenly" found they were 4 to 5 years behind the competition.
I don't doubt Tenneco did the same. There is an "I'm the boss now" attitude and whatever you were doing before was all wrong.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

D
SA Wiring Issue
Replies
19
Views
344
Doug Kieta
D
G
Vise Location on Workbench
2
Replies
24
Views
2K
Jeff in ND
J
G
Ford 3000 purchase (possibly)
2 3
Replies
40
Views
1K
Ultradog MN
Ultradog MN
C
Photo of Original McCormick Deering Sickle Bar Mower Tail Board
Replies
4
Views
342
C. Amick
C
R
MF 2210
Replies
4
Views
190
rebelranger
R
Tractor Parts Tractor Manuals

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters
Website Accessibility Policy

Back
Top