140 or is it???

so far I seen a frt end styled like a 560
a frt end styled like a 656. and was there a frt end styled like a 66 series?
looking to trade a super H for a 140 styled like a 560.

It started off with the same grill as 460-560, etc. That changed in mid 1963 to the same grill as used on 504 and early 656. Near as I can tell it never changed after that, at least not until after 1975. Yes the decals did change a bit but I don't think the sheet metal or grill changed between 63 and 79. I have a 1963 model with the 504 type grill. I also have 1968 and 1975 buyers guide and each and every one of those have the same sheet metal and grill. I have looked at countless numbers of these tractors, and have never seen any differences other than the 58 to 63 models. With the 58 to 63 it is actually only the grill different from post 63 tractors, the sheet metal is the same.

Two commercial vegetable farmer friends of mine bought these 274 new for work on their farms. Both tractors had to have engine rebuilds within 3 years. One of these guys could have written a check for 10 new 274's any day. The other guy it hurt badly in the pocket book. Both had to wait 6 months for parts. Today these guys are using a Super A and a 130 in their respective vegetable patches.

The 274 does have features that caught the attention of quite a few folks in the early 80s; factory 3 point hitch, dual range transmission giving nice creeper speeds and the diesel. Problem is IH just chose the wrong diesel. That parts item could be much better by now as I suspect nothing was in the system closer than Japan when those premature engine failures occurred in the 1980s. I'll still bet there are a higher percentage of SA, 100, 130 or 140 still in operation than 274.

I might add, my farm also went on to use tractors like 560, 656, 1066 and an articulated Deere. By 1976 there were 9 tractors on the farm. The H was gone but the offsets remained.