Looking at a 1468

450dieselfan · Mar 17, 2014

Are they any issues with the dv550 found one that has around 3600 hrs? Are there parts avilable for them? the tractor it"s self is in good condition with normal ware. Thanks

Randy Shoe · Mar 17, 2014

I had a couple neighbors that were IH guys in the early 70's. They both bought new 1468's and I remember both of them cussing those tractors during the spring field work season. They were both disappointed in the low end torque and had numerous engine problems. That fall, before harvest, both of them took their financial beating and traded them off. One of them guys used to describe the tractor as all noise and no show. LOL.

ihcowner · Mar 17, 2014

The 550 was a truck engine first, it didn't work there so IH stuck it in a tractor. There was a reason they went broke. We had one, dropped a valve took 3 months to get the right parts for it then {1981} probably real hard today.

Baelee05 · Mar 18, 2014

Yeah, I never understood all the fuss collectors make over them. They were a joke when they came out and they still are.

red bearing · Mar 18, 2014

Like anything else you may have to beat the bushes a little harder for parts..But in the end you will have a nice rare tractor that will be worth some cash..show us some pictures if it works for you...good luck..

DaninKansas · Mar 18, 2014

I don't think IH would have sold near as many as they did if they hadn't installed the dual chrome exhaust stacks. The 1466 was a much better tractor.

David G · Mar 18, 2014

I would agree, 1466 is much better tractor, better torque and less maintenance.

DeltaRed · Mar 18, 2014

Local BTFO bouhgt a new one .He later told me his 1066 would do as much work as the '68.His 1466 would easily outrun it.It later got traded on one of the first 1586s in our area.

Larry B. 1486 · Mar 18, 2014

One thing was the horse power. If it said 145 hp. that's all it was not like a 1466 or 1486. The 1466 and 86 were factory advertised 145 but a lot of them were turning 160 off the assembly line and if there were not turning that they were jacked up to anywhere from 160 to 190. The 1468 with that V8 motor you could not crank up like the others. I don't think it even had a turbo on it. They did not have a low end torque like the 6 cyl engines. There was only one in my old neighbor hood that I knew of back in the early 1980's. I know he had it for about fifteen years when he traded it on a new magnum. One sold two years back outside of Union City, TN. for $18,250.00 all orginal.

1468 Chris · Mar 18, 2014

I have one, They are deffenitly nothing compaired to a 1466. If your wantin a full time field tractor i would look for something else but if your wantin a collector tractor then by all means buy it. I still use mine as my main tillage tractor, it makes 139HP on the dyno and it pulls 22 feet of cultivator comfortably in our soil. Zero lugging ability and very hard on feul, but with all that being said i absolutly love driving it. This one also still idles on 4cyls

The Dukester · Mar 21, 2014

I was red to the core when I left farming in the middle '50's. Time passed and I went with 3 of my wife's family members that knew very little about tractors to a tractor pull in Turlock, CA in 1974. I bragged up the Internationals and was totally enthused when I saw my first V-8 there and figured it would clean house on all the other colors....Yeah, right, it was the poorest puller there...every other tractor in it's class pulled further. I was so mad....looked like a fool!

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