The tractors from the 1940's regardless of color were comparatively cheap for most to acquire in terms of collectors. I would have to check but I believe the widest production volume and hence sales volume were the 1940's and most of the 1950's. They were traded as farmers were trying to more farm work with the same manpower per farm. A market was there for those used tractors to take care of smaller farms or help the wider number of suburban folk that needed something to mow a small lot, prepare a garden, plow the driveway in winter, and other chores. As the decades past, people who had been away from the farm were looking to reconnect with their roots via purchasing a farm tractor and a lot of those folks had connections to those tractors of the 1940's and 1950's. Overall production dropped domestically from the late 50's on but sales volume was more than offset by the 1980's with the advent of the compact diesels. There is certainly nothing wrong with the 450. IH's finances were getting distressed by the late 1950's therefore the 460 and 560 design were adversely affected by cutting corners. This hurt IH's reputation at a critical time. My dad knew a fellow years ago that had a brother at IH corporate in Chicago at that time. The indication was that management and some of the stockholders from that point forward wanted the focus to change from farm equipment to trucks and that ultimately happened (Navistar).
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