Re: SMD-TA original?

Posted by Wardner on March 23, 2007 at 09:25:39 from (4.154.243.219):

In Reply to: Re: SMD-TA original? posted by Janicholson on March 23, 2007 at 07:35:03:

JimN,

You kinda hit home with item #3 "A 400 top cover on a SMDTA would be an example".

Contempoary accessories or attachments always add value to a vehicle. They are even better if they do not irrevocably alter the vehicle.

There is only one reason a 400 lid would find its way onto SMTA. Lids do not wear out or break. The 400 lid would only find its way on a SMTA if an owner, in 1954-1956, wanted to convert his tractor to fast hitch. I have seen a few SMTA's with 400 fast hitches. The rockshaft mount always looks jury-rigged. A proper conversion in '54-'56 would require a new lid (or factory engineered bracket) along with the new fast hitch hardware. It also requires a steering column mounting plate which is easily fabricated.

I have altered one of my SMTA's with a 400 lid and fast hitch. I don't think it has depreciated the value of the tractor. If I were to sell the tractor, I would not put it back to original condition. It would be offered with the original lid and drawbar on a pallet. I think the tractor is more useful and interesting with the conversion.

This is the reason why I have asked this board, on several occasions, whether IH offered a retrofit kit for the SMTA. If they did, the conversion would have high value if all the kit parts were still on the tractor.

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