[Farmall] Brand new IH 140---saw it with my own eyes

[John Hall]

A couple years ago Al Jones asked me about a rumored 140 that was bought and placed in a building never to be used. It was built the last year IH made them. A salvage yard was said to own it. Well yesterday found me at the salvage yard getting some suicase weights for my no-till drill. The weights were outside beside an industrial 140. I commented that you just don't see many of those tractors. then I remembered about the rumored new 140 so I asked about it. The fellow said yes they still had it. Then he said "Want to go see it?". Of course I replied yes  so we walked over to a small building and went inside. Nestled back beside an old Mustang sits a 140 with less than 5 hours on it. It has Never done any work. It has the cultivator and fast hitch on it but no sweeps or shanks have ever been installed. The owner said they bought in 1980 if he remembered correctly. It looks great with no rust. some of the paint is flaking off the air cleaner pipe but otherwise nothing major that I could see wrong in a quick inspection. I notced that the front wheel lug bolts were not painted. There was also no paint on the oil filter, plug wires, or distributor cap.  There is even a tag tied with wire to the cultivator with the part number on it. I did notice that the steering box has sweated grease. We got a chuckle when I mentioned that even the new ones leak grease. It has been about 10 years or more since it was last run. He has been approached about selling it but the answer is no. Can't say that I blame him.

John Hall