There are a lot of opinions on this, but only one set of facts.
The whole "Stage I, II, III" thing was never used publicly by IH. That is either internal marketing/engineering terms, or something historians came up with to differentiate the major changes in the tractors. If you bought a Super M in 1952 or 1953, whether it had the battery under the seat or under the gas tank, whether it had live hydraulics, belly pump, or neither, it was still just a "Super M" period. In 1954, you bought a Super MTA, not a "Stage III."
Stage II Super Ms were available with either the live hydraulics or the belly pump. There was no "transitional" phase per se.
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