While this idea has some merit, no major company is likely to invest in the equipment to produce a product having such a limited propsective customer. The number of farmers is on a decline and has been on the decline for decades. Those who were kids and grew up on the H and M Farmall, as an example, are getting older, since the last H or M was built 66 years ago. As an avid tractor fan, who is 51 years old, I grew up on those tractors built in the 1960's and 1970's, and our H Farmall was used on a belly mount mower, and not in the field to any extent. I did pull a 10 foot grain drill one time to seed in some oats in my youth. Not a great many people my age are into that vintage tractor. My father, who is 75 years old, holds 3 tractors in high esteem. They are a Super M Farmall, a 4320 John Deere, and a 6030 John Deere. He has the 6030. I have a Super M. It seems most of the guys his age who grew up on farms hold the tractors from the mid to late 1960's into the 1970's as their "classic tractor" and I think the most popular are the 4020 Deere's and the 806 or 856 Farmall/IH. While I have read comments about how it would be nice to have a no-frills tractor these days, these are not going to meet the mainstream demand. No frills tractors are going to be smaller and produced by foreign firms. I cannot see a 21st century H or M Farmall, or an A or B John Deere, or other make. As was stated, engines have computer controls and smog control equipment on them and we also have OSHA standards to meet, which no tractor from that era would come close to meeting today's safety standards. I fear, a "retro 1950's" style tractor built today would either look so drastically different from what they are supposed to resemble due to safety and computerized controls, or the manufacturer would be "shut down" or "sued" once the first tractor was released to the public.
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