Pre Production Bombshell Farmall Regular

rusticredacres · Nov 26, 2011

Here is some pictures of another new addition to the heard from the Harry Lee estate. This is a replic of what the 1922 Bombshell Regular looked like when Ih built them back then. Enjoy,, Dwayne

Nebraska Cowman · Nov 26, 2011

Thanks for posting those Dwayne. I remember harry had several tractors at Lebanon TN. I followed his truck several miles coming out of there after the show. As I remember it was a vintage truck of some kind.

John Harmon · Nov 27, 2011

I hope I don't get in trouble for showing this picture of a R&D Farmall F22.Picture is from some Farmall Forum. A mix of F20 and Farmall M?

robgIN · Nov 27, 2011

I think that was actually the H prototype wasn't it? Looks like F-12 wheels on the rear and I think H and F-12 axles were about the same diameter.

robgIN · Nov 27, 2011

Good to see such classic time pieces going to such a good steward. Congrats on your latest acquisitions Dwayne, they will be in good company with the rest of your Red Iron !

DeltaRed · Nov 27, 2011

There was an article in RPM about that once.IIRC,it was a R200 cabover,with a BIG gas engine that Harry used as a young man to custom haul livestock.

C. M. Allen · Nov 27, 2011

Yeah thanks for posting those Dwayne! Nice score...

Anonymous-0 · Nov 28, 2011

robgIN You are right about tractor in picture. I saw a prototype M back in 1965 and didn't know what it was. Was talking to the Ih dealer a year later and he told me it was a F-21( M prototype). The F-21 was a F-20 frame & rearend with the M engine in it. Years later we both kicked ourself for not buying it and restoring it.

rhtx55 · Nov 28, 2011

I remember the first time I saw the bombshell at El Nora, I didn't particularly care for it at first, I thought.."whatever"..to each his own.
The year they had the State Red show there I ran into Harry early on Friday morning and he explained how & why he built it, he had a book he got the picture from that gave him the idea to build it. He then walked me around it for almost an hour, pointing to the tractor & then the photo, beleive me that is one very rare tractor, after that I had more of an appreciation for it, not only from a mechanic's standpoint, but what it had taken for him to do it from a photograph.

Early the next day he came around again, & showed me the rest of the fleet he had there. That was about the only time I was able to talk with him for over an hour, uniterrupted...not once but twice, in one weekend that was a feat in itself at any show he attended.
He knew my Uncle & cousin & swore he would never hold that against me, grinned a big grin, and he was gone.
I appreciate the photos, brings back some very fond memories.

mkirsch · Nov 29, 2011

Did the real "bombshell" Farmall have mailbox letters stuck all over the hood like this one?

I'd be out there with a heat gun peeling those puppies off... No offense to present company but where do some old people get the idea that mailbox letters are art?

Nebraska Cowman · Nov 29, 2011

It's history. Harry's creation. maybe I would not of done it that way but I would not change it now.

rhtx55 · Nov 29, 2011

Well since Harry was the one who put them on there in the first place, I would say they are original.

Taken at El Nora show a few years ago. He was still with us then.
Looks ok to me.

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