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IH had actually discussed going to six cylinders in the Farmall F-Series replacements in the mid-1930s, in an article coming soon. IH engineering was way maxed out in the mid 1930s, same time as Oliver was bringing forward many new designs. IH had the same design of PTO in experimental tractors around 1943, original patent was from neither company.

The IH Archives now has the Corporate annual reports online. They're playing around with the website design, so the best way to find the annual reports is to search them. Lee Grady has been promoted within the Historical Society. He's still covering the IH Collection, but there should be a new archivist in the new part of the year. I did donate my service bulletin collection and spreadsheet to the archives, so if you are looking for them, hit up the Ask McCormick email!

Some replacement pistons...

And a Heisler ad....

Hopefully this turns out okay. From an old dealership magazine.

Discussed in a few. Lookinglike a major factor in the trauma was unfunded pension liabilities.

They certainly wanted to get into a CVT at least by 1960!

Finding lots more interesting stuff. The strike in 1979 was really only the final straw, the big ag downturn in 1980 would probably resulted in the same results. Better management 1977-1982 might have kept the company together, but still might have needed a miracle.

Saw some interesting stuff in the archives today. IH took a massive financial downturn in the 69,70, 71 era which triggered the string of events that led up to 1085 ( and is still going today, for that matter). Digging into what happened in that era. Anybody know?

Errr....two bailouts....they did pay back every penny on the first one, government made a profit on the deal.

Starting to reada boo, The Rise and Fall of the US Auto Industry" by Brock Yates. The problems that IH had in the 70s and 80s were very similar to GM,