In the 1950's, 1960's and into the 1070's combines and other harvest machines were sometimes equipped with industrial gasoline engines from other manufacturers instead of tractor engines.
Deere used some Chevy 292 six engines. Case used Chrysler 318 V-8's. Massey used Chevy 350's are a few examples.
Industrial engines cost less and were a good match to the higher horse power, lower hours of machine life requirements of those combines. Tractors were designed for 10,000 hours average life. Combines were designed for 2,000 to 3,000 hours average life. On midwest livestock farms some combines were only used 100 to 200 hours per year. The combines became obsolete or were worn out before the engines needed their first overhaul.
The cost of the engine was a higher percentage of the cost of a combine back then. A lower cost engine that still did the same job was attractive to many farmers back then.
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