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'54 DC CASE...?

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Glenn F.

10-12-2005 06:58:52




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Were any DC's manufactured in '54? I know many '53's and probably some '52's were re-tooled with foot clutch and sold as '54's, but were any '54's built from scratch? Thanks, Glenn F.




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dctom

10-12-2005 07:50:12




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to Glenn F., 10-12-2005 06:58:52  
dont think so tom



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John Saeli

10-12-2005 11:48:04




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to dctom, 10-12-2005 07:50:12  
Hey Fellas: My Dad said that as late as '57, New DC's were still listed for sale by CASE. They were on sale & surplus sheets sent to dealers.



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Richard E.

10-16-2005 04:35:03




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to John Saeli, 10-12-2005 11:48:04  
John, I think your cousin Mike still has a couple at his farm yet. 1 with a narrow front and 1 with a wide front, if I remember right.



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dctom

10-12-2005 17:28:37




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to John Saeli, 10-12-2005 11:48:04  
yes jjohn that is true butt hey were still built in 53 and stored in warehouse tom



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Don Rudolph

10-12-2005 18:26:01




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to dctom, 10-12-2005 17:28:37  
Hey Guys,
How do you spell CORPORATE MISMANAGEMENT? They should have seen that sales were tailing off in 1952. You can see that just by looking at your build cards Tom. And they let the 400 cat out of the bag and nobody wanted a DC, even at severe discounts. I shouldn't complain though, thats how my Dad could afford his 1st new tractor: a 1952 D he bought in 1954.



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tomturkey

10-13-2005 06:06:19




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to Don Rudolph, 10-12-2005 18:26:01  
SOOO! How much did a 1952 D cost as a "new" tractor in 1954. Does anyone have any sales literature or sales reciepts to show how much they were discounted to get rid of them. This is all very interesting to me.



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Don Rudolph

10-13-2005 18:01:01




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to tomturkey, 10-13-2005 06:06:19  
I can't tell you the cost, but my Dad traded bred heifers, oats, baled hay, and an old RO on steel with full orchard tin plus a little cash. Let me share this anecdote with you. An old Case dealer from Iowa told me that they were instructed to attend a tent meeting at the largest Case dealer of their block and attendance was mandatory. They arrived and there was obviously a tractor under a tarp. He said they were all excited. This had to be the new model everyone had heard rumors about. The block man made a small speech about engineering and competitiveness and instructed an assistant to remove the tarp. IT WAS A DC WITH AN EAGLE HITCH. Everyone sighed in disappointment and they had to sell these models for 3 more years. Case lost quite a few dealers in this time period. Additionally farm prices went down drastically in the early 50's and this contributed to the difficulty moving farm machinery. Case did not help themselves by waiting to add horsepower to the DC until the very end. Remember also that Farmall M's were superized and had 5 speeds. JD had 6. Every body wants more.

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dctom

10-13-2005 09:45:52




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to tomturkey, 10-13-2005 06:06:19  
It really was due to LABOR problems that they didnt sell many in late 53 and 54 than the 400 came out and people wanted them so there were DC's left in storage, I cant say for sure but i dont think they discounted them much tom



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tomturkey

10-14-2005 06:07:45




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to dctom, 10-13-2005 09:45:52  
It probably is some where on this site, but the labor problems? I had heard that there was a very long work stoppage. Was that in "54" ? I had also read that this strike cost them customers that wanted bigger and better. So IYO did the strike and Research and Development Engineering keep them from becoming the Giant they might have been?? A little history lesson for me. thanks



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Don Rudolph

10-14-2005 08:37:53




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 Re: '54 DC CASE...? in reply to tomturkey, 10-14-2005 06:07:45  
Case had a strike that lasted for more than a year starting in late 1945 and lasting through 1946. It was an ugly one and dealers still tell stories about sneaking into Racine and past the picket lines to get parts and what little machinery they could. It probably permanently crippled Case company. They could sell anything on wheels after the war as farm prices were excellent and there was the pent up demand for equipment. So Case was really vulnerable and the union knew it. Leon Clausen was also a stubborn, and somewhat arrogant individual who was going to show the union who was boss. He is the one who opposed giving Case a small tractor (the R series),he is also the one who opposed rubber tires on Case tractors, and he famously said "Sell em what we got, not what they want" in regard to farmers demands for more modern tractors. Farmall made the M superized in 1949, I believe. Case could have easily done the same but didn't. A very late model DC is quite a bit better than an early model, but they waited until the very end before updating them and then it was too little too late.

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