[Farmall] Fw: 1967 IH 2424

[Mike Schmudlach]

Don,
I have delt with these people on this tractor a bunch of times.  Lee Grady
at the archives has also.
They think this tractor is worth 10s of thousands of dollars.  When we told
them about what it was worth they basically ignored us and are trying to
find someone to tell then they have a rare and valuable tractor.
As we all know a 2424 is not rare and a 4549 serial number is not a
prototype serial number.
I gave up.........

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Henderson" <donhendew4 at msn.com>
To: "farmall" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Cc: <courtneyv2 at excite.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: [Farmall] Fw: 1967 IH 2424


Could somebody respond to this fellow's inquiry?  I know nothing about his
question.
Donald Henderson,
Aromas, CA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: CourtneyV<mailto:courtneyv2 at excite.com>
To: donhendew4 at msn.com<mailto:donhendew4 at msn.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:04 PM
Subject: 1967 IH 2424


      Dear Don,

      I found your site while researching info on our recent purchase. It's
a 1967 International 2424.


      I was told that this particular tractor was believed to be a
prototype, one of five built for each branch of the military. We've been
stumped trying to prove that this tractor is a 'one of five' tractor, but
recently received info supporting this theory. Our tractor is stamped US
Army and we found pictures of an identical tractor, stamped US Airforce. The
owner has not found another tractor like his until we contacted him about
ours.

      Pictures of our tractor are located here:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/courtneyv2/IMG_00741.jpg<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/courtneyv2/IMG_00741.jpg>


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/courtneyv2/IMG_00751.jpg<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/courtneyv2/IMG_00751.jpg>

      A picture of the air force tractor is located here:


http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/Shows/2002Penfield/2/12.jpg<http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/images/Shows/2002Penfield/2/12.jpg>

      We've spoken with people at International, Case, Komatsu, several
departments of the government, the Wisconsin Historical society, and tons of
individual collectors, but haven't been able to track down anything
confirming the "one of five" theory. I was hoping you might have seen one of
these tractors in your dealings.

      Here is the technical info:

      The model # is I-2424-G, serial # 4549 and we do know that it was
built in 1967. The government ID tag has the model #, serial # and some
other info but does not have the FSN number, which I was told all government
property had. It does have the number 39000 1148 on the bell housing. Our
tractor is sort of yellowish orange color and it does appear to be the
original paint. It has US ARMY, UCO30B, GOVERNMENT OWNED, CONTRACTOR
OPERATED stenciled on it. Many people have suggested it is the industrial
version of the 424, but it does not have a clutch, has a reverser; 1 brake
pedal, runs on gas, a cab which opens from the back, no PTO and no 3 pt
hookup.

      I'm trying to find out how many of these were actually made and where
(what plant) they were manufactured. Doncaster, England and Louisville, KY
have been suggested as the latter but I can't confirm it.

      If you know of anything, I would love to hear from you. You can reach
me at courtneyv2 at excite.com<mailto:courtneyv2 at excite.com> or give Jerry a
call collect (early morning is best) at 920-684-9999 at the shop. You can
also try his mobile at 920-323-7432 but collect calls don't go through on
it.

      Thanks for your time; hope to hear from you!

      Courtney VandenRidge









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