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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Paint my 1944 M RED??
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Posted by Paul in Mich on June 06, 2004 at 20:29:32 from (68.188.227.110):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Paint my 1944 M RED??? posted by CNKS on June 06, 2004 at 14:20:44:
CNKS, My grandfather's 1939 A had no ligthts or starter, and had no place on the torque tube for a starter. He did end up buying a set of headlights for it but no generator. Direct connection from battery to lights. The lights also, though purchased from the IH dealer were black rather than red. I am restoring a 1940 that is set up the same, but no lights. Another thing that the 39 and 40's had was a mechanical kill switch. You're right in that farmers going broke didn't just start yesterday. Its been going on a long time. While my Grandfather was somehow able to expand his farming operation during the depression, many other farmers lost their farms simply because they couldnt make a $500.00 per year mortgage payment. Grandpa did it by doing custom work. He bought a new Caterpillar RD-4 in 1936 along with a 5 bottom plow and a new IHC 12 ft field combine (the first in our county) They also milked, bottled, and delivered home grown milk. How He got financing to do this during the depression, I'll never know, but it did allow our family farm to prosper somewhat in extreemly hard times. Now for the kicker. My uncle managed to squander it all in the 80's and eventually had the farm forclosed. Goes to show ya that you cant be buying cottages at the lake and not paying the fertilizer and seed bill.
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