Re: WWII Era Farmalls

Posted by LAW/MN on July 25, 2004 at 20:36:12 from (67.2.185.22):

In Reply to: WWII Era Farmalls posted by Hope Farmer on July 25, 2004 at 16:30:48:

My grandfather purchased a new H on steel in Oct '42.He waited for it nearly a year. Sold a perfectly good '40 A John Deere on rubber for 2.5X what the H cost new. Ceiling price on new items but used were fair game for what every price you could get. Our neighbor bought a '40 H on cut down rubber for $2000 in 1943 and was offered more money for it after the sale, sold it in 1944.
My father finally got permission from our local ration board to cut down our H and install 2 used and 2 new tires in 1944. I grew up with this tractor and it is still in the family. The only
problem I remember was with the magneto,wet weather
it would reverse direction at cranking and I think
the shed on our farm still has the dent in the roof where the crank flew and hit. I was not allowed to
crank it until the IHC magneto was exchanged for
an American Bosch. No problems after that.

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