L.P. GAS Super MTA

Did the company produce L.P.gas super MTAs ? If they did, how many were made ?

I think they came out of the factory. If they did i would'nt have any idea of the number. external_link might have something on them.

Factory LPG was introduced on the Super M and was available on both the Super M and MTA. Production numbers were not broken out by fuel type.

Harold H

I've only seen one, a hicrop version.

I believe 500 were fitted with LP. It wasn't a factory system. IH sent them out to a outside company to fit the LP system on. The one pictured was retrofitted with LP. The real MTA LPs had the tank going the other way.

This looks like a cotton picker model rather than a
High Clearance.

This is my SMTA the tank is the same our dealer used on the SM's. Tony

OOPS!! Picture was suppose to update. Sorry back to my tutor

J.D., IH commissioned 500 SM-TA to be built They used the LP Tank companies to complete the conversion work even thought they were not all completed at the factory,....Were considered Factory tractors,
There were about 5 known LP Tank companies that did the work 2 in Texas and the other 3 scattered through out the Deep South.
In Texas,,,, San Angelo and Lubbock. The quintessential SM-TA Has a long wise tank with a Mono-valve assembly @ the 11:00 o clock position at the rear of the tank if you were sitting in the seat. Not the Cross-wise tank the SM Stage I. & Stage II had.
The Stage III SM,,,aka.. SM-TA had this type of tank mainly The one below it the 2nd one I have seen. A Stage III, SM-TA with a crosswise tank that would be rare.
Of the 500 built there were no consecutive #s known of, IH would pull the tractors at random then load up RR flatcars or trucks and sent the tractors to San Angelo or Lubbock, less Carbs and tanks and completed there and shipped on the Dealers.
The Tank Companies would load up tanks and Carbs and sent them to the factory to be completed there then sent to the dealers.

The reason for the long tank helped make up the difference of the longer Torque tube needed to hold the TA unit. Plus I think it was prototype for the 400/450 series and then the 460/560 series.
IH was notorious in poor record keeping so the information I have has been gleaned from other researchers, old IH Service guys, Dealers, Certified Field Reps.
About 5 yrs ago I knew of an old IH Field Service guy that did field conversions @ Farms ans Ranches. He converted Gas tractors to LP Under IH Authorization! he had a little Black Book .....Farmers,Names Addresses, Ph #s, + The Tractor Serial # he worked on!!! He had authority the re stamp the factory tags!!!
He died, Kids cleaned out his home, Little black book was thrown away, All that Information... Lost Forever!!!
OBTW the pic above the round SM-TA emblem with NO wing Is A TA Delete Emblem, Yes that is not correct for that tractor. The Circle with the wing is correct for TA equipped tractors
YES, a SM-TA factory delete IS still a SM-TA tractor!
JD My # is 512-577-3837 if you should like to visit about this more in depth, Call most any time and I will visit with you and tell all I know I just don't care to type this much. Hope this helps, Look forward to visiting with you or others about this or other tractor subjects.
Later,
John A.

Was thinking the same. All SMVs that I have seen have wide fronts and the flanges on the drop axles look like cotton picker axles. Up close look would quickly tell for sure.

Thanks for all the info guys.A friend wanted to go look at one for $7500 unrestored.Is this a fair price if its all complete?

JD. NO!!!! There are SM-TA gas tractors that are fully restored that will not sell for that much!
$1500 to 3500 is more accurate, + or - $2500 ave, depending on condition;obvious welds, tin, paint, runs or not, %or rubber.
Hope this helps
Later,
John A.