Jim Allen

BETTER FARMING WITH ELECTRICITY International Harvester in the early 1950s was innovative and unafraid to market new things. One of those things was called Electrall […]

1963-68 IH C1100-1300 Diesels Scattered around the country are a small number of ’63-68 model year IH light trucks with factoryinstalled IH D301 diesels. Collectors […]

POWER STROKE-POWERED ALTERTED DRAGSTER This is a story about one man’s quest to find the limits of the 7.3L Power Stroke. HEUI, Hydraulically-activated, Electrically-controlled, Unit […]

1936 AND 1946 WITTE DIESELECTRICS Witte, pronounced “Witty,” is a storied name, in both the diesel and gas engine realms. The origins of the Missouri […]

BIG BUD ‘NUFF SAID! We’ve talked a lot over the years about how the big, high-powered tractors evolved. Nowhere were they needed more than in […]

1970 MASSEY FERGUSON 1080 In the 1950s, Massey-Ferguson had a line of tractors that were near the top of the quality and performance curve. Massey-Ferguson […]

1989 WHITE AMERICAN 60 By the end of the 1980s, White Farm Equipment was in trouble. The company had begun in 1960, when White Motor […]

THE INTERNATIONAL/NAVISTAR DT466 Legend! That’s a powerful word that might be used a little too often these days. When it comes to the DT466 diesel, […]

THE OTHER GM DIESEL The ’70s TV talk show host Tom Snyder was known for asking, “What goes through their minds?” when confronted with inexplicable […]

WALKING TALL 1965 FARMALL 806 FWA When it debuted for 1963, the Farmall 806 was one of International Harvester’s high points. The company was still […]

1969 FORD 5002 ROW CROP Prior to 1961, Ford’s worldwide agricultural engineering, marketing and production operations were scattered all over the globe. That year, the […]

THE OTHER TWO-STROKE Four-stroke diesels have long been the norm. Two-strokes? Sure, we all remember the “Screamin’ Jimmys” of years past… sometimes even fondly… and […]

1963 OLIVER 1600B For the 1963 model year, Oliver fleshed out its modernized and restyled lineup by adding the 1600. It replaced the 880 model […]

 1958 INTERNATIONAL W-450D In 1958, International Harvester heralded a big update of its tractor line with the new, restyled hundred series. While there were major […]

JOHNNY POPS NO MORE 1961 JOHN DEERE 4010 John Deere completely and utterly changed its tractor model lines for the 1961 model year. Gone were […]

THE RARE AND ELUSIVE GENERAL MOTORS 1-71 The General Motors 71 Series two-stroke diesels are iconic and legendary members of the Black Smoke Hall of […]

1956 COCKSHUTT BLACK HAWK 40PD By the middle part of the 1950s, Cockshutt Farm Equipment, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada, was feeling the pain of being […]

HISTORIC WWII SHIP WITH A HISTORIC CATERPILLAR ENGINE The Caterpillar Tractor Company wasn’t the first American engine maker to offer a diesel, but their engines […]

1999 Massey Ferguson 271 In every walk of life there are people who work in the background and just get stuff done. Nothing about them […]

Still Exceeding Design Specifications at 81 Years Old Back in the November 2015 Tractor Talk we showed you a 1935 McCormick-Deering WD-40. The WD-40 has […]