[AT] McCormick Tractor

[Richard Strobel]

Thanks for taking the time and effort gentlemen.  I will check it out some 
more.

Take Care,
RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Fay" <fayguyma at execpc.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] McCormick Tractor


> Louis is right.
>
> International Harvester brand naming is something that just confuses the
> heck out of people today. There wasn't one set of rules that carried
> over time- what name a tractor received depended on when it was built.
>
> IH used the "McCormick-Deering" name on all farm tractors starting in
> 1923. The Farmall was officially the McCormick-Deering Farmall, although
> people seldom called it that.
>
> Somewhere in here tractors sold to industrial markets started receiving
> the International name.
>
> In 1949, the Deering was removed, and tractors became McCormicks.
>
> In 1954, the Non-Farmalls started using the International name.
>
> Louis Spiegelberg wrote:
>
> >I might be off base, I am not much of an IH guy, but I will take a stab 
> >at
> >this.  I think McCormick tractors are the standard model tractors that 
> >were
> >built by IH.  Such as the W4, O4,etc...  I think the 4 series used the
> >Farmall H powertrain. The Farmall name was used on row crop tractors.  I
> >don't know if this helps you, but this is about my extent of knowledge of 
> >IH
> >history.
> >
> >Lou
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard 
> >Strobel
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:59 AM
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >Subject: [AT] McCormick Tractor
> >
> >
> >Howdy all;
> >  Did Cyrus build a McCormick tractor?  Been told there's no mention of
> >Deering anywhere?  From a distance it appears red and is on rubber.
> >
> >  How would you rate it on the "Desirable Scale" of 1 to 10 for an ole 
> > iron
> >collector?
> >
> >
> >Thanks much
> >RickinMt.
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