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It appeared at HCOP last year, but it was prototype sn 501. There were several of those. Production #7501 has not surfaced.

Both Andy Anderson in Harvard and Phil Freund in Hampshire were clients and ended up as lifelong friends with my uncle who was a Blockman for IH in the 1960's. He operated out of the massive IH Broadview IL sales / transfer facility, which encompassed some 26 acres under roof with a rail spur on the East side of the building.

Mechanic told me it's basically the same exact setup lurking under the dash of the 71, 72, and 89xx tractors with a few modifications. The ROPS version of the Magnum in the Operators Manual photo had an IH style steering wheel all the way through the 89xx. Never sat in one of those out in the wild to confirm the setup but in the pic it's clearly an IH style wheel. They finally got over the Case style by the 8900's but still couldn't bring themselves to use tapered spokes for a better view of the dash.

He sold it to the guy who has #502, which is a Diesel. Larry Eipers (sp) I believe. I know of a guy who had one of the first 806 D's produced. He was part of a factory connected promotion where he turned it up for tractor pulling in the summer and back to something more normal for farming. It was a real early production number, maybe even 503. His son couldn't recall for sure but it was definitely single digit. IH was tired of getting walloped at tractor pulling and wanted local guys to advertise at County Fairs.

What's the blade spacing on the 480? That will impact how it pulls but mostly what it's going to look like after you're done. A 1086 should have no problems with either a 7 & 1/2 or 9" spaced 480 folded or not.

The first Gold Demo was a 1456 painted at Hickory Hill. That tractor is in Ralph Baumheckel's Product History and the guy who painted it told me the paint was the same as Cadillac used. Truck division may have supplied it but was in fact Cadillac's choice for gold paint.

Gas poured in with water and drop a match. Best done after dark to make sure everyone's home and prevent retaliatory air strikes. Tried just water once after dark and one of the guards followed me into the back room and got me. No mercy after that incident. Went to a picnic yesterday and they were everywhere at that place. Several of us got nailed including me and I was minding my own business at the time of attack.

That sounds like a typical standard rotor. Key stock grates tend to knock stray kernels out of the husk as was their purpose. Best rotor for corn, arguably better than the hybrid setups made to handle tough stemmed crops like soybeans because the more aggressive profile will easily crack corn when not monitored as conditions change. I'm so old I remember having to pull the standard separator grates for small grain to bolt the bars on the outside in order to save the straw for baling and then reversing the procedure for fall. Still have those grates as they've been on a shelf for decades after the key stock variant arrived. For a time we'd exchange them for the smooth grates in small grain but now they just rest comfortably since the 24" rotor has left the building.

It was an order based time limited build where no serial number ranges were retained. Dealers were "encouraged" to participate in the fall 1970 program and since 856's were moving without a promotion the close in size 826 became the logical choice to satiate the Blockman. When the program ended all unsold Gold tractors were supposed to be painted 2150 Red by the dealer. This typically resulted in a sheet metal respray with the dash / steering wheel casting remaining black. Cadillac Gold didn't fare very well in the sun over time which also led to sheet steel respray jobs out in the wild. Good on you for painting your tractor appropriately!

I've had no experience with the Triple R sentry module but everyone will attest it's the best option. Too good of a tractor to destroy with a cheap fix.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/the-price-of-enough/

These companies roll in and make every local "official" sign an NDA, which means everyone is really super smart about how this will all work but they can't talk about the details. They always promise a giant windfall to the local community yet they seek Tax Increment Financing schemes to make it all possible and for that they declare productive farmland as "blighted" to justify the TIF. I don't know what you guys know about TIF but it's like most Ponzi schemes where the cost is socialized and the profits are private. There's a "meta" facility not far away from these locales that has been in operation a few years. Local police, fire, and EMS personnel are not allowed access to the premises. Couple months ago, one of the scant few who work there had a medical emergency so the others hauled them to the front gate to be transported by EMS. There's a big stampede for something not completely explained and extremely expensive. Reminds me of MRNA and remdesivir.

Firestone 11x16's on the 12 haven't rubbed on the knees and they're ready for replacement after many moons of service.

Tricycle front? They will fit on a stock 8 bolt 16" rim as we currently have 11x16's on our 1206 WF.

Have one with exactly the same engine setup. The original D436 finally gave up due to a very minor casting flaw that would no longer hold the sleeve in place after 15,000 hours. Hair dryer was junk on the truck engine so we just made it an NA. Someday maybe we'll dyno it to see what's lurking.