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Went to an auction today and started talking to a guy that was looking for a wide front for an F12. Said if he had to buy a whole tractor he would but he was taking the front end and leaving the tractor for scrap. I semi seriously said I would take the tractor. Long story short, I am the new owner of an F12! :) Guy said it was probably a 1933/34 model year as everything on it other than the motor and framerails were Waukesha. Has fenders, rear steel, and obviously no front end now. Anybody care to teach me anything about F12's? I have never been around one and have no experience with them. What is the significance of this Waukesha? Are parts easy to come by and how hard will it be to find a nf pedestal with steel wheels?

Sorry I dont have pics right now. Will b getting manuals ordered ASAP. Thanks guys!
 
GOOD SAVE!!!!

The first F12s (serial number FS501 to FS3034) were initially powered with Waukesha's model FL L-head (flathead) engine. Serial number FS3035 and up used IH's own engine.

The first preproduction F12 serial number FS501 was built August 17, 1932. IH started using their own engine in late June of 1933.
If I remember right, the serial number tag is fastened to the top of the hood, it will contain the serial number.

Since only about 2500 of the Waukesha powered F12s were made, they are generally desired among collectors. I don't know how hard it is to find parts for the Waukesha FL engine. Waukesha made engines for a wide variety of applications, so no doubt this same engine was used in other things. Other than the engine, the rest of the tractor is the same as any other F12, so parts are easy to find. I have a 1936 F12 that I am using for parts, it has a good narrow front pedestal but no steel wheels. If you are interested in it, let me know, I am located in the southeastern corner of Nebraska.
 
The early Waukesha engine used in the F-12 was the same engine as the Fuller and Johnson BD-1 engine built for the McCormick No 20 Harvester Thresher. When Fuller and Johnson went broke in the early 1930s Waukesha took over the bits. The parts numbers for much of the Waukesha engine are the same as for the BD-1 engine. New head, as the radiator goes on the other end (in the Harvester the radiator was over the flywheel) and new front cover for the governor end of the engine. The F-12 was the first IHC tractor where the fronts ends (single wheel, narrow front duals or wide front end were all interchangeable, the swapping of the first two only required undoing four bolts).
There were about 10 or so tractors that had a flat head engine with replaceable sleeves amongst the first 2500 Waukesha engined tractors and there were 10 with the trial version of the IHC overhead valve engine, FS-600 to FS-609
 
Good for you IA!Shame on that other guy.That's kinda like shooting a trophy buck,just cutting off the 'horns' and leaveing the rest to rot.....
 
Yeah drop me an email about that pedestal you have. I am
checking on a couple other leads too. Dont want to put alot of
money into this tractor right now but need to be able to move it
around easier!
 
Just got a f12 with wauksha engine need. A governor and carb. Parts are very hard to find. The.coment about the deer trophy is true. GENE
 
Sounds like he would have been better off to keep that one original and sell you the one he was buying the wide front for. His loss your gain !!!
Unless he has the same year tractor he is putting the wide front on, the casting date code right on the front of it will give it away !!!
Congrats on saving a good tractor.
 
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