[Farmall] Red Tractors 1958-2013

[Al Jones]

Didn't Solar supply the turbochargers for the 1206 Farmall, and maybe other models?

Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Pletcher <hrpletch at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 6, 2014 9:29 PM
>To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [Farmall] Red Tractors 1958-2013
>
>Yes, Solar Turbine Division, purchased by IH in 1960, sold to Cat in 1981.
> There were Solar Turbines in the HT-340 tractor and in the Turbostar, at
>turbine powered CO like the CO-4000.
>
>Generally it was said that Truck and Ag seemed to operate in markets that
>had opposite cycles, when one was down, the other was up, helping to keep
>overall profits more level.  But if both happened to hit a down cycle, I
>could easily see Solar being the money maker as I see that as a relatively
>high profit business although I've never seen this info.
>
>Interesting bit of trivia, many years ago I was watching a History Channel
>program on Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis.  The plane was
>built on the second floor of a  factory and they were showing shots of it
>being taken out of an opening in a wall onto the top of a semi-trailer so
>it could then be moved to the ground.  The film identified the building as
>being offices for Solar Turbine at the time the film was made (Solar did
>not exist when the Spirit was built.)
>
>
>On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:35 PM, <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> I read somewhere, probably A Corporate Tragedy, that the jet engine sales
>> were a huge part of the bottom line one year. What was the name of that
>> division, Solar? Didn't they build the engine in that weird looking utility
>> tractor that went to the Smithsonian?
>>
>> John Hall
>>
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