[Farmall] Fw: 1967 IH 2424

[Mike Schmudlach]

The worst part is he has the young girl in the office doing all of his
footwork and she is nice enough but doesn't have a clue about tractors.
Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Becker" <jim.becker at verizon.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Fw: 1967 IH 2424


> Maybe we should start jerking him around.  Everytime another email from
him
> shows up, we have a few people email him asking a bunch of questions and
> feigning great interest.  Probably should all use identical emails.  Then
if
> he replies, don't follow up.
>
> Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Guy Fay" <fayguyma at execpc.com>
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Fw: 1967 IH 2424
>
>
> > This guy's been spamming everybody possible for the last year, convinced
> > he's got a big find. Can't convince him of anything.
> >
> > Donald Henderson wrote:
> >
> >>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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