Dealership Decal Collection

[Alan Dinan]

1 hour ago, 766 Man said:

  Lamb and Webster was a single location IH dealer until they bought Ortner's in North Java during 1983.  I was in college at Alfred, NY and recall the buzz behind that purchase.  KG Richmond in Dansville, NY was an IH dealer near Alfred that closed in 1984.  

In 1983, IH wanted Sparta Equipment in Sparta, Illinois to build a new building outside of town, they told IH that they were barely keeping the doors open as it was. With the farm economy in the 80’s, they had several farmers cancel orders on several new tractors and a combine or two. IH wouldn’t cancel the orders and the owner had to pay for them and wasn’t in any financial condition to build the new building. IH took their dealership away. They stayed open selling Kubota and Steiger, until that merger, and short lines for 6-8 more years.

[766 Man]

1 minute ago, Alan Dinan said:

In 1983, IH wanted Sparta Equipment in Sparta, Illinois to build a new building outside of town, they told IH that they were barely keeping the doors open as it was. With the farm economy in the 80’s, they had several farmers cancel orders on several new tractors and a combine or two. IH wouldn’t cancel the orders and the owner had to pay for them and wasn’t in any financial condition to build the new building. IH took their dealership away. They stayed open selling Kubota and Steiger, until that merger, and short lines for 6-8 more years.

  I think that even in the best of times it is very difficult for most dealers to undertake a new facility.  IH was in very dire shape in 1983 and very badly needed to sell factory production.  Most of the IH dealers around here during the 1980's did not have modern facilities and was another reason that Tenneco bypassed most of them in favor of the regional JI Case dealer when it came time to redraw the dealer map.  

[acem]

Eldridge was the biggest IH dealership in Arkansas back in the 70s with multiple locations. Still a large dealer but others are bigger now.

Here's the pair of stickers from one of my W&A levee plows. They sold several lines of equipment including IH and Case (before the merger).

I remember seeing one of their advertisements (in the Delta Farm Press or fastline?) with 10 1466, 2 post canopies, $7500 each.

[766 Man]

18 minutes ago, acem said:

Eldridge was the biggest IH dealership in Arkansas back in the 70s with multiple locations. Still a large dealer but others are bigger now.

Here's the pair of stickers from one of my W&A levee plows. They sold several lines of equipment including IH and Case (before the merger).

I remember seeing one of their advertisements (in the Delta Farm Press or fastline?) with 10 1466, 2 post canopies, $7500 each.

  Pretty rare to have had IHC and JI Case under the same roof in those days.  I recall one dealer (don't remember the name anymore) who carried Case and White and another dealer who carried JD and Ford in the same location.  JD went away during the mid-1980's and that location (Sheridan, NY) is a NH dealer.  There was a dealer near Watertown, NY (Widrick) who carried both JD and White.

[acem]

Eldridge was a very large dealer for it's day. Still is a large dealer with several stores but times have changed.

The local Case dealer (pre merger) also sold AC, New Holland and others. It got the CIH dealership and the long time international truck/tractor/construction dealer (Carco international) lost it. Major mistake. They went bankrupt in a few years while Carco is still going strong with Navistar trucks. Haven't had a local CIH dealership since. CIH lost alot of business with that move. Oddly enough Carco international picked up the JD dealership after the local JD dealership went bankrupt. They were the JD dealership for a few decades until the old man died and the younger generation wanted to get out of AG and focus on trucks.

[1256pickett]

Putting some new teeth and a grease job on the NH 258 last night and found this. I picked it up a couple years ago up near Alexander? 
did a quick google search for Otis Jorolemon and sons and thinking weedsport ny, but didn’t find much info on them. 

[766 Man]

14 minutes ago, 1256pickett said:

Putting some new teeth and a grease job on the NH 258 last night and found this. I picked it up a couple years ago up near Alexander? 
did a quick google search for Otis Jorolemon and sons and thinking weedsport ny, but didn’t find much info on them. 

  They sold Oliver/White-Gehl-NH.  They had a considerable presence in the Finger Lakes area.  Then Ford bought NH and established a few new dealers around here.  That was the beginning of the end for Jorolemon.  They have been gone for at least 15 years and most likely longer.  Time marches on.  

[Diesel Doctor]

Go back in time to 1944-1948.

Here is a listing of all dealers, by state, during this time.

Very interesting!

https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/ihc/id/30464

[Drysleeves]

On 6/17/2024 at 12:14 PM, 766 Man said:

  I think that even in the best of times it is very difficult for most dealers to undertake a new facility.  IH was in very dire shape in 1983 and very badly needed to sell factory production.  Most of the IH dealers around here during the 1980's did not have modern facilities and was another reason that Tenneco bypassed most of them in favor of the regional JI Case dealer when it came time to redraw the dealer map.  

Tenneco owned most of the Four Letter Word stores while the majority of Harvester dealers were independents with company 'floorplan" financial arrangements. Forty years ago, IH had recently upgraded R&D using massive amounts of borrowed capital, rolling the dice hard. Since nothing in the current line was moving, debt service was impossible and even Mother Deere was selling it's snowmobile line to cut debt. Somehow the wizards of stupid in Racine decided that rebranding and reworking the soon to be introduced IH product line thus delaying it's introduction was a brilliant marketing ploy. All things Harvester were to be minimized or ignored and IH dealers were openly taunted with reversed color IH logo hats at dealer meetings. Only the sheer dominance of Harvester in the merged dealer network voicing their objection to the proposed color changes on the coming product line prevented another unmitigated marketing disaster.

Sparta Implement was featured in the 1967 movie In the Heat of the Night.

[766 Man]

1 hour ago, Drysleeves said:

Tenneco owned most of the Four Letter Word stores while the majority of Harvester dealers were independents with company 'floorplan" financial arrangements. Forty years ago, IH had recently upgraded R&D using massive amounts of borrowed capital, rolling the dice hard. Since nothing in the current line was moving, debt service was impossible and even Mother Deere was selling it's snowmobile line to cut debt. Somehow the wizards of stupid in Racine decided that rebranding and reworking the soon to be introduced IH product line thus delaying it's introduction was a brilliant marketing ploy. All things Harvester were to be minimized or ignored and IH dealers were openly taunted with reversed color IH logo hats at dealer meetings. Only the sheer dominance of Harvester in the merged dealer network voicing their objection to the proposed color changes on the coming product line prevented another unmitigated marketing disaster.

Sparta Implement was featured in the 1967 movie In the Heat of the Night.

  The regional Case dealer here was always privately owned.  Their timing was excellent as they sold (and sell today) Case Industrial and construction which was doing fantastic during the early 1980's.  New home construction, commercial buildings, and road construction were very healthy then.  The mom and pop IH dealer was truly fighting Goliath.  

[Long Farms]

[CRutt]

[KyleM]

 

[Long Farms]

[Absent Minded Farmer]

It reads:

                   Lochen's

Newburg              Phone ORIOL 5-2751

 

Mike

 

 

Just noticed a third. It's on, what is referred to as, the grill. Top left sticker remnant.

[Alan Dinan]

Decal on a friend’s 5120. It has one covered with a different dealership.

[SDman]

We just had this genuine Red Power 1086 show up for us to work on...complete with the dealership decal where it was sold brand-new. 

Chipman's was the long time IH dealer in Miller, SD. Not exactly sure when his family started the dealership, but Duane had it in later years. He was a CaseIH dealer after the merger for several years....IIRC, he got out in 1995 or so. He was what I would call your typical IH dealership in this area...not big by any means, but had a pretty loyal customer base. After getting out of the dealership business, he became a regional representative for Farm-Oyl, which he handled back in his dealership days.

Seeing this decal brings back a lot of memories with my Dad stopping at various IH dealers around our area if we went on a trip somewhere. 

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

On 10/12/2024 at 10:04 PM, Alan Dinan said:

Decal on a friend’s 5120. It has one covered with a different dealership.

The sticker underneath that one is for Carrico Implement. They are a John Deere dealer only now, but I believe they once sold CNH and AGCO products. 

[IHandJDman]

Anyone know anything about this dealer?  Came in a pile of stuff from an auction.

[Long Farms]

[yellowrosefarm]

Here is one I've never seen before, from a Cub that's at auction now. There is still a Wilbar truck company in existence, not sure if it's the same company.

[acem]

A little different but the same.

Pickups didn't used to come with a bumper. Typically they were supplied by the dealer. Round here thr dealers ordered bumpers with their name on them.

Here's a bumper from a dealership in Melbourne near @MacAR

[TN Hillbilly]

1 hour ago, acem said:

A little different but the same.

Pickups didn't used to come with a bumper. Typically they were supplied by the dealer. Round here thr dealers ordered bumpers with their name on them.

Here's a bumper from a dealership in Melbourne near @MacAR

I've seen those before, but it's been a while!

[acem]

Some dealers would order you one with your name and town on it for an extra charge.

I knew several people with the custom bumpers when I was a kid.

[MacAR]

10 hours ago, acem said:

A little different but the same.

Pickups didn't used to come with a bumper. Typically they were supplied by the dealer. Round here thr dealers ordered bumpers with their name on them.

Here's a bumper from a dealership in Melbourne near @MacAR

You're not gonna believe this - the Campbell was my great uncle! His name was Weldon Campbell, no finer man lived. His son and grandson have a used car dealership in Melbourne, I go by and visit them just about every day. The Miller is Paul Miller, and is still living. He was our state senator for 10 years between 2000 and 2010 I believe. Another fine man, if he was a politician. Talk about a small world! Where'd you come up with the truck?

Mac