[Farmall] Texas B450 on eBay

[Marvin May]

I found one in San Antonio, Texas and was asking around about it and 
received this info. It has a Schwartz wide front. In Texas there are 
not many wide fronts on M & H Farmalls.

These tractors are hard to find parts for and they are expensive an
overhaul kit has to come from Great Britan and it is $1895.00 new glow 
plugs
$125.00 a cylinder or $500.00 for a set if you see what I mean and I 
have
way more in mine than can ever be gotten back. These tractors were 
Imported
from farmalls plant in Great Britan to three states here in the United
States and they were Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi. They never did go
over very well so they abanded this Idea and quite selling them.

  The B450 was a british version built in Doncaster England. It had the 
same sheet metal as the American M , also had a direct start diesel. 
Production of this tractor did not begin until late fifties and ended 
around 1965. They had the BMD and Super BMD before the B450. The Super 
BMD and the B450 had a factory 3 point hitch. Some of these B450 were 
imported into the southern US in early sixties. They were not taken 
north as like the B250 and B275 they wouldn't start in cold weather.

I Found this on a British Farmall(McCormick) site; 1958-One of 
Doncaster Works' most successful farm tractors, the 55 h.p. B-450, was 
introduced. Available in regular, Farmall rowcrop and four wheel drive 
versions, this machine was evolved from the BMD and Super BWD-6 
tractors. Because of its great pulling power, it won a reputation in 
many progress-conscious countries overseas and was also popular in 
Britain with farmers who had heavy land to cultivate.


On Sep 14, 2004, at 8:36 PM, Mike Schmudlach wrote:

> Almost all of the B450 had wide fronts.  I would guess it came to
> Texas via Mexico.
> Mike
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> Date: 09/11/04 11:30:44
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> The hitch alone would make me want this one... if I (a) was closer to
> Texas and (b) had any money, I'd bid.  Don't know anything about fixing
> that diesel but it's sure a neat tractor.  Do you suppose it came from
> the factory with that narrow front?  Wonder how it got to Texas?
>
> Dean Vinson  --  Dayton Ohio
> <http://my.voyager.net/~vinsond/>
>
> Yeppers,
>
> That would be a fun and challenging project.  Ya only go  round once,  
> go
> for the gusto!!!
>
> Bob
> Some people call me Sweet Ole' Bob,
> others just use the initials!
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