The 1955 Mysterious Massey-Harris 33D 1955 Massey-Harris 33D When you talk to Massey-Harris tractor collectors, one 1950s model stands out as a proverbial “hen’s tooth” tractor, the Model 33 diesel. […] Jim Allen July 25, 2022 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
The Caterpillar 1935 Diesel Forty 1935 Caterpillar Diesel Forty By the mid-1930s, Caterpillar had only been a company for ten years but was dominating the crawler market. They had also […] Jim Allen June 13, 2022 Diesel Tractors
The Dirty Porsche 1953 and 1959 Porsche Designed Tractors Close your eyes and say the name “Porsche!” What pops into your mind is likely not the tractors you […] Jim Allen May 23, 2022 Diesel Tractors
EVOLUTION OF A HEAVYWEIGHT 1961 Minneapolis-Moline GVI At the dawn of the 1960s, Minneapolis-Moline (M-M) had an aging but well-regarded line of heavyweight tractors that had evolved from a […] Jim Allen May 16, 2022 Diesel Tractors
A KING OF AG 1978 Case 1570 Agri King Case was within sight of the top power tier of the tractor market when it debuted the 70 series tractors […] Jim Allen March 28, 2022 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
1964 INTERNATIONAL 2806 There is no doubt the 06 series tractors, particularly the 706 and 806, brought International Harvester out of a tailspin induced by several serious engineering […] Jim Allen February 14, 2022 Diesel Tractors
The Orange & the Green 1970 Allis-Chalmers 220M Military In 1970, the United States Air Force announced it’s first operationally ready Bare Base squadron, the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Part […] Jim Allen January 17, 2022 Diesel Engines Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Little Six Gun 1959 International 460 Diesel Utility In July of 1958, the fortunes of International Harvester changed forever. Starting on July 18, the New World of Power […] Jim Allen December 13, 2021 Diesel Tractors
Tractor Talk - 1961 Case W5 Terraload’r 1961 Case W5 Terraload’r By Jim Allen In the mid 1950s, ongoing market research at J.I. Case determined they needed a line of wheel loaders […] Jim Allen December 06, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
JIMMY & JOHNNY 1960 John Deere 435 and 440 John Deere was just couple of years away from debuting a completely new line of tractors when they found […] Jim Allen September 20, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Small, Tall Tractor 1967 Massey Ferguson 165 Hi-Hi Consult the books on Massey Ferguson tractors and you will see no high clearance model of the MF165 listed. So […] Jim Allen September 07, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Little Orange 1961 Allis-Chalmers D-15 Series I Allis-Chalmers went all out in 1957 to start a total refresh of their tractor lineup. The first to appear in […] Jim Allen August 30, 2021 Diesel Tractors
Red Heavyweight 1966 International Harvester Farmall 1206 The Farmall 1206 was International’s first over-100 horsepower tractor as well as being the first over-100 horsepower rowcrop tractor on […] Jim Allen August 16, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
The Perky Massey 1962 Massey Ferguson 65 Dieselmatic The Massey-Ferguson 65 Diesel debuted for 1958. The DNA for that tractor started with the 1939 intro of the Ford-Ferguson 9N, […] Jim Allen August 09, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
When Jeep Went Diesel The 1961-68 Jeep CJ-5 Perkins Diesels In 1960, if you were on of the very few Americans who wanted a diesel in a car, light […] Jim Allen July 26, 2021 Diesel Engines Diesel Tractors Diesel Trucks Vintage Diesels
Tractor Talk Last Scream of the Jimmy In 1954, when Oliver needed a powerful diesel to one-up their competitors, they went to General Motors. The Detroit Diesel […] Jim Allen June 08, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Short Timer The John Deere 2630 The 1970s would bring about one of John Deere’s biggest model line updates, the Generation II tractors. The previous New Generation […] Jim Allen May 25, 2021 Diesel Tractors John Deere Vintage Diesels
1949 Sheppard SD-2 Classy Tractors With this, we will have covered three of the four Sheppard tractor models built from 1949 to 1956. We covered the SD-3 in […] Jim Allen May 12, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
The Super Beast Lives 1978 Allis-Chalmers 8550 In the early 1970s, Allis-Chalmers joined the ranks of the manufacturers offering articulated four-wheel drive tractors. They started by rebadging the Bearcat […] Jim Allen March 25, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Barn Find Gold! 1949 Cletrac ADH Cletrac created a new market segment in 1916 when it introduced the diminutive model R crawler. When Rollin H. White founded Cleveland […] Jim Allen February 09, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels