[Farmall] O-12 Progress

[Dean Vinson]

I don't have any real historical data to draw on, John, but the F-12 and
F-14 tractors seem pretty rare to me around here (Ohio/Indiana).  I do see
them at tractor shows and occasionally as yard ornaments, but I think the
F-20s were much more common (maybe it's just because that's what my dad grew
up with, so my memories are influenced by his stories).  But certainly the
big flat soybean and corn farms would have been more likely to use the
bigger tractors, I think.  And the big majority in row-crop form, too.  I
didn't even know there were O and I and W series tractors!

Saw a heck of a nice little O-12 or something at the IHC collector's auction
in Sydney, Ohio, several years ago.  Straight and original and clean, and I
should have bought it--seems to me it didn't bring that much, but I was just
standing there looking at it as something of a curiousity since it didn't
look like an F-20 or an M.  Duh!

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John Hall
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 7:00 AM
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
Subject: Re: [Farmall] O-12 Progress

Got to thinking about the concentration of 12's in my area. We are fairly
heavily populated with F-12's and some F-14's. Not too many of the other
versions besides an occasional W. Appears they are plentiful in Karls neck
of the woods also. I guess you could say they were good sellers on the east
and west coast since I'm in NC and Karls in California. Are there any
sections of the country where, compared to other tractors of the same
vintage that were sold there when new, that these were not popular? I would
venture to guess maybe the midwest since they were so small?

John Hall

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Olmstead" <olmstead at ridgenet.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] O-12 Progress


>I can't imagine where you got that idea, John!  But just for you, I went 
>out last night and performed an inventory.  Lest you think that these are 
>all pristine tractors, you should know that most have stuck engines, and 
>many are obviously just parts tractors.  Two of the F-12s exist only on my 
>parts shelves, and several more are just frames and transaxles.
>
> O-12 : 7
> O-14 : 0
> I-12 : 1
> I-14 : 1
> Fairway 12 : 1
> Fairway 14 : 0
> W-12 : 1
> W-14 : 0
> Regular : 1
> F-20 : 2
> T-20 : 5
> F-12 : 24
> F-14 : 1
> 22-36 : 1
>
> That's the majority of my collection; in addition there are dibs and dabs 
> of newer Farmalls, Olivers, JDs, A-Cs and a Ford.
>
> I'm concentrating on filling the most obvious voids... the -14s.
>
> -Karl
>
> ------------------------------
>
>> Dang it Karl you got so many of them things that I (and probably half the

>> others on the list) can't remember which one you are working on!!!!
>>
>> I got to ask---how may  12's and 14's do you have including F, W and O 
>> versions?
>>
>> Seems to me you are by them like I am by chainsaws---I think we have 51.
>>
>> John
>
>
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