[Farmall] Farmall Super C

[Charles D. McCombs II]

Larry, let's see some pictures!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Hardesty" <ebony51 at frontiernet.net>
To: "'Farmall/IHC mailing list'" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:20 AM
Subject: [Farmall] Farmall Super C


>
>
> Folks,  Just got back my dad's older Farmall Super C.  He purchased it new
> in 1951 or 1952 (need to check the serial to be sure) from Lowe's IH
> Implements in Mullen, Nebraska.  My mother sold it at the auction in the
> fall of 1962 after my dad died that spring.  My uncle purchased it.  He 
> sold
> it has his retirement auction in 1981 to a neighbor.  I have been trying 
> to
> get it from him for the past 15-16 years.  He finally had his retirement
> auction this past Monday.  Probably paid too much but got it.
>
> The old tractor hardly has a speck of paint on it but tin work is fine. 
> It
> spent is life in the Sandhills of Nebraska where fairly arid.  It was used
> in the hayfields for pull a sickle mower until three or four years ago.
> Smokes a little and been converted to 12 volts.  Gauges are not working. 
> A
> remote hydraulic system running off the touch control system had been put 
> it
> on it to operate the hydraulic cylinder on the mower.  I plan on taking 
> that
> off.  I did get yesterday from a salvage yard the hydraulic pipe for the
> touch control and reconnected it.  Touch control works but missing the 
> right
> hand rod from the control lever.  Needs a new air cleaner.  The original 
> was
> plastic and long since broken up (although pieces still there).  Shutter 
> and
> shutter rod missing.  The tractor has front wheel weights and the extra 
> long
> axles (Dad was not going to pay for it, and told the dealer to cut them 
> off;
> dealer decided not to charge for them).
>
> Plenty of grease, missed up wiring, broken gauges, etc. to work with for
> quite awhile.
>
> Larry Hardesty
> Kearney, Nebraska
>
>
>
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