[Farmall] Texas B450 on eBay

[Justin Weber]

I have sources for lower cost overhaul parts.  The exchange rate in the UK
is a killer as far as purchasing anything there...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marvin May" <filmmann at swbell.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Texas B450 on eBay


> 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
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Jacobs" <Carrowor at comcast.net>
> > To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 10:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Farmall] Texas B450 on eBay
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Farmall/IHC mailing list
> > Date: 09/11/04 11:30:44
> > To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
> > Subject: [Farmall] Texas B450 on eBay
> >
> > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI
> > dll?ViewItem&category=50920&item=3838064984>
> >
> > 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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