S designation on H and M tractors

He comes out and proceeds to extoll the virtues of this "Super H" over an ordinary H. I told him I wasn't interested; didn't even get to price. He belligierently asked why? I said it wasn't a Super H and showed him the serial number guide. He said the guide was probably wrong and told me to leave. This behaviaor told me a couple of things: 1) either he got stuck and bought it thinking it was a Super H or 2) he was dishonestly trying to sell it as a Super H.

My philosophy is keep them correct and original as possible. Yes, you can do whatever you want with your tractor, but would you tear the grille off a Ford F-150 and replace it with a grille from a Chevy Silverado? (Maybe that's a bad analogy--because some people probably would do that!!)

The seller was dealer to, not IH but Belarus. He told me he had known the Super H since his neighbor had bought it new. He said the owner was an 84 year old in a nursing home, and I shouldn't be degrading an old man's tractor.

If it's YOUR tractor, and you have NO intentions of selling it--EVER--then go ahead and decal and emblem it whatever way makes you happy. But if you intend to SELL it some day, make DARN sure that when you sell it, it's exactly what you say it is. That way, nobody gets "taken" just because they didn't know any better, and ther are no hard feelings...or at least none on THIS issue.