Vintage Ads

[Loadstar]

The last I knew the 580 prototype was owned by an Ohio State patrolman right here in Ohio. The story was Cockshutt actually made 3 of these 580's but there was only 1 known to exist & it was this one. I have seen it myself completely restored.

I'd heard the 580 had been restored and located south of the border. The name will live on. The last of the old Cockshutt factory buildings was burned/demolished at Brantford this past weekend.

http://www.brantford...uildings-begins

Late fifties model 428 Cockshutt.

[Loadstar]

Some more images I have found showing how the cutting plat form is attached to the John Deere 1051 pull type harvester sold in Australia.

I wonder if the designer of the JD 360 Swinger disc was involved in designing this system - has many similarities.

That is a unique header system that I have never seen here. It would have been a good method of getting more acres per hour straight cutting with a pull type combine..

This Cockshutt #2 pull type swather was how we got the cereal crops ready to put through the combine years ago. After the crop layed in the swath for a few days (or weeks depending how dry the weather was) it was ready to put through the combine.

[A554]

An ad for the Chamberlain range of tractors available in the late 1950s.

The Super 70 is powered by a 3 cylinder two-stroke GM diesel. The Countryman is powered by a Meadows 4 cylinder diesel and the Champion has a Perkins 4 cylinder.

All tractors have a the driver sitting on the right hand side of the tractor.

[A554]

Two more ads for Chamberlains from 1959

[Loadstar]

Two more ads for Chamberlains from 1959

That Countryman with the half cab and front bumper is almost a truck. 30 mph top speed , not bad.

This was a Chevy truck ad from 1953.

[Loadstar]

And just to get back to IH tractors, here is an IH McCormick W600 from the pages of the Country Guide. This was the big one, top of the line that only the big farmers would buy. Smaller farmers might be happy with the W400.

On closer observation I notice that the name "McCormick" does not actually appear on the hood as it did on the earlier models of IH tractors.

[IKS]

And just to get back to IH tractors, here is an IH McCormick W600 from the pages of the Country Guide. This was the big one, top of the line that only the big farmers would buy. Smaller farmers might be happy with the W400.

On closer observation I notice that the name "McCormick" does not actually appear on the hood as it did on the earlier models of IH tractors.

Edited April 3, 2012 by IKS

[matbush]

Good evening,

here´s the way to more than 2000 german IH brochures (main title pages)

Regards

matbush

www.ihc.de

http://www.ihace.de/20_prospekte/prospekt_index.htm

[Loadstar]

Good evening,

here´s the way to more than 2000 german IH brochures (main title pages)

Regards

matbush

www.ihc.de

http://www.ihace.de/...spekt_index.htm

That is quite an impressive collection of IH advertising from Germany. The old 15-30 McCormick Deering from 1929 looks just like mine.

I never drove anything other than the standard dual range drive but Case used to advertise their Case-o-matic drive quite a bit in the fifties.

[Loadstar]

I never realized that CASE made crawlers as large as the 1010 model (100 gross HP) (Which is slightly larger than a D7, which, IIRC was 93 drawbar ? HP)

I would also bet that if ANY were made of that size, exactly ZERO are left.

I guess I have already posted this ad for the 1010 Case crawler but just to refresh our memory, here it is. Case bought the American Tractor Corporation in 1957 and started selling them under the Case name. I recall my Dad hiring some bush clearing back in the sixties and they were running a Case 1000 crawler to bulldoze the native bushland. I have no photos or memory of it but it was a fair sized machine from what I have heard. What I remember most about it was that it nearly burned up when a tree poked into the battery compartment, shorted out the cables and started a fire in there. Thanks to some quick response from neighbours and fire department they saved it but the Case was out of commission for a while til they got it running again.

[Loadstar]

A little more on the Case line from 1957 showing the little 42 horsepower 310 crawler and the handy little loader backhoe tractor.

[A554]

An ad from the mid 1950s for Case tractors and machines.

[A554]

A couple of ads for Case 900 tractor from 1950s.

[Loadstar]

An ad from the mid 1950s for Case tractors and machines.

Nice looking old Case equipment. And pretty much identical to what they sold here right down to the numbers. Even the pull type combine is right hand cut.

That 500 diesel was a milestone tractor, Case's first diesel powered tractor. Big slow and smooth running six cylinder diesel, the fore-runner of the 900/930.

[A554]

An ad for rotary grass slashers.

As a small boy I can recall seeing one with chains being used to cut grass in an orchard just before the fruit was picked. Clearing the grass assisted the pickers.

The health and safety issues from these machines are not worgth thinking about. A bare pto shaft to start with.

[A554]

An ad for Vickers hydraulic pumps.

Some manufactures seemed to like associating their equipment with other brands.

[Loadstar]

I've got another Cat ad here showing their impressive fuel economy. 5470 acres worked on $185 worth of fuel with the Cat RD4 crawler. Not sure what fuel prices were in 1937 but must have been cheap.

[A554]

I am impressed he had time to do some custom work after all that work. I wonder if the Cat was allowed to stop at all!!!

[A554]

Loadstar, I drove a Case 830 with the Case-o-matic transmission. This was on a farm in Manitoba in 1979, I was on an exchange program.

I used the Case to spread fertilizer, spray and harrow in the spring. I found the transmission to be very confusing and when working with a big load, harrowing, it took quite a while for the torque converter to lock up.

A good old tractor but not the trtansmission.

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An ad for IH B250 tractor

[664 CDN]

This is not an add, but is vintage.

IH book to help sales sell more tractors.

found this one at a antique tractor show.

Ray

[Loadstar]

This is not an add, but is vintage.

IH book to help sales sell more tractors.

found this one at a antique tractor show.

Ray

Ray, it sure looks like advertising to me.

Regarding Case-o-matic, I never drove one but know there were a few of them sold here. I'd think it would be handy for light duty chores but probably not so well suited to heavy field work. My 730 is the standard gear drive.

Here is an ad for Case-o-rama 1958.

[Loadstar]

An ad for the International torque amplifier from the mid fifties. I'm guessing it was similar to the Case-o-matic?

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Two ads for IH 434 tractors and speed amplifier system.

The 434 tractor followed the British built B414 and the Australian made A414 models. The 434 was built in Australia.

I presume a speed amplifier is the same as a tourque amplifier.

These ads come from Power Farming Annuals and other models of IH tractors are described as having torque amplifier systems available. Just a bit confusing.

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Ad for IH B46 baler from the late 1950s and one for A8-2 harvester and A1-2 disc plough.