Jim Allen

1969 MASSY-FERGUSON 1130 The early 1960s marked the beginning of the large scale application of turbocharging to diesels in the tractor world. Massey-Ferguson’s (MF) first […]

OLIVER POWER UNITS Like most Tractor manufacturers, the Oliver Corporation looked for other venues in which to sell diesel engines. One that kept them pretty […]

1966 CASE COMFORT KING 1032 WESTERN SPECIAL The 1960s had not been good to J.I. Case. Besides the ag market being a little wonky, they […]

MACK-LANOVA ED & END DIESELS Some companies often step ahead of their competition. At times, that’s a step too far and requires two steps back, […]

1955 Allis-Chalmers WD-45 Diesel Allis-Chalmers followed the trend to diesel power in October of 1954 when they introduced the WD-45 diesel tractor. The WD line […]

The Nissan SD and a 1968 Chrysler New Yorker The 1973 oil embargo scared Uncle Sam right out of his red-and-white striped pants. With a […]

When a country goes to war, it’s army needs more than bombers, tanks, cannons, rifles and ammunition. Those are part of what makes the tip […]

1927 CUMMINS MODEL P When 1927 rolled in, the Cummins Engine Company was in it’s eighth year of operation. Founding engineer Clessie Cummins had started […]

PINT-SIZED POWERHOUSE THE FARYMANN LDS While small diesels are relatively common in North America today, many decades ago they were found mostly in Europe. Such was […]

A 1955 Caterpillar-Powered Lincoln Welder If you hear the word “Caterpillar,” your first thought is probably a bulldozer. However, you might be surprised to know Cat […]

1967 Minneapolis-Moline G1000 Row Crop By the mid-1960s, Minneapolis-Moline had a long history of success behind it, but in all that history, they had not […]

1958 Fordson New Major E1A The Fordson tractor line started in 1916 as another chip off the old Ford block. Henry Ford Company was dominating […]

CAST 435L Tractor When you think of products from Italy, tractors probably don’t immediately come to mind, yet over the years some of the most […]

Fairbanks-Morse 36A Engines Fairbanks-Morse was a well-established engine manufacturer when they started the development of their first four-stroke, high-speed diesel in 1932. The term “high-speed” […]

Euclid TC-12 Dozer Companies take a big risk when they introduce something radically different than the norm. When the historical smoke clears, which might be […]

A 1943 Military Generator With 69 hours Barn finds are the big thing these days and rare muscle cars or exotics usually get the hoopla. […]

1965 Farmall 504 What International Harvester called the “New World of Power” launched them into their first line of six-cylinder tractors in 1958. These were […]

1972 FORD 8000 Ford Tractor Operations turned a major corner in 1968 when the new 8000 debuted. It replaced Ford’s First six-cylinder tractors, the 6000 […]

A 1940S CATERPILLAR OIL TEST ENGINE Special thanks to Lee Fosburgh at Cat Historical, Braden Reddall at Chevron, and Jim Rush! It’s easy to forget […]

RAMSOM OLDS, THE HILL DIESEL ENGINE COMPANY & THE HILL MODEL R Most of you know the Oldmobile name. And since you are a diesel […]