43hm gear shift knob

roger hall · Sep 17, 2010

i have a 43 h-m with steel knobs built into the gear shift --a young fellow told me this was a war year tractor--any answers are welcome--thanks

ScottyHOMeY · Sep 17, 2010

Yup. Rubber was more scarce than steel whilst Uncle Sam was consuming both for war production. Between Japan controlling many of the places the raw materials came from, and their ability to sink shipping of what we could get hold of, rubber got scarce enough to even warrant rationing tires. During those years, the shift knobs were steel rather than the customary rubber.

rustyfarmall · Sep 17, 2010

If that H has the original grill emblem, it will be made of steel also, instead of aluminum.

roger hall · Sep 17, 2010

i will look tomorrow--cant rem if it has the grill piece--thanks for the info

randy hall · Sep 18, 2010

yes a war model tractor. if you want to be real accurate the knob is cast iron. iron was more available during ww2 than steel. john deere changed some of their tractor frames to cast from steel angle during the war.

roger hall · Sep 19, 2010

hi randy --you are the young fellow that told me that a couple years ago --i bought an old h from you and your dad--he still got all them lps--64 i think was tractor count ---the 43h has a grill plate but i didnt have a magnet

roger hall · Sep 19, 2010

hi randy --you are the young fellow that told me that a couple years ago --i bought an old h from you and your dad--he still got all them lps--64 i think was tractor count ---the 43h has a grill plate but i didnt have a magnet

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