Looking for Information on these One of a Kind Case Pieces

mjm1967

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Acquired these pieces from the estate of a long time Case employee/dealer. Got limited information from the family but would be interested in anyone that could provide additional information or an approximate value on any of the pieces. Whatever you can tell me would be most helpful. Thanks
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My guess is if you say they are one of a kind, what makes them that? Appears to be "600" Case, we don't know any markings, also appears to be a Magnum, so I assume to no markings as you didn't comment, my guess they are both worth 100 bucks. They Eagle again with no idea I cant tell you. The 4994, never seen anything like that, seems odd, actually bizarre. Your asking for value? Frankly with the information you gave, I wouldn't be interested.
 
I have done a lot of searching and can't find any pieces like this, that's why I called them one of a kind. The display case was made for William P Simpson, who spent 30 years with Case and there is information that his name is quite well known in the Case community. There is a letter of authenticity from William's son as to the extensive work he did for the Case company and the items that he received. I don't see any specific marking on the Case 600, 7130 or Case eagle. The plaque reads William P Simpson In Recognition of 30 Years of Dedicated Service 1958 - 1988. The 4WD mounted on the round base is definitely unusual. I am only interested in hearing from those who might be able to help with the history of these items and what they could possibly be insured for. Thanks
 
Ok that is a bit different, I personally knew Bill Simpson, he was one of the best, he was the big guy. I'm shocked the family would sell this, but then nothing surprises me anymore. Everyone liked Bill.
 
(quoted from post at 20:20:12 04/24/18) Ok that is a bit different, I personally knew Bill Simpson, he was one of the best, he was the big guy. I'm shocked the family would sell this, but then nothing surprises me anymore. Everyone liked Bill.

We were surprised to see the items for sale also. In the letter that came with the items, his son spoke very highly of Mr Simpson but I guess no one had interest in keeping the pieces. His son expressed that when Bill passed away there were condolences sent from many areas of the world. If you have any memories or history of Bill Simpson I would be grateful to hear about it.
 

The word Piffle means nonsense or ineffective and the way they displayed the tractor on the turntable, it would never move on its own in reality.
 

Because of the change to the axles/drive assembly on the tractor, I believe they added an extra 9 to make it a unique model #.
 
Bill Simpson was "MR.CASE" in every way. He was the mover and shaker within the Case organization, and many of us dealers had personal dealings with him.
In the 70s we were having problems competeing with Oliver/White, JD and IH. They all had conventional tractors with front wheel assist, be it hyd., or mechanical. Bill always had time to chat with dealers at national sales training events,and introductions. I got to sit down at lunch time with him and express my disappointment that Case had nothing in it's offerings to compete.
when finished with lunch he handed me his business card and told me to call him the following week.
I gave him a call and he asked what model tractor would be best for us in this market here in the North east. I suggested a 1070PS.
He said that he would arrange one to be sent to Dnyer Systems-Mud Hog and let them see what could be done with a hyd. assist. The tractor was sent there and within about 6 months the 1070 arrived at our dealership with the Mud Hog installed. I guess he had authorized more than one to be sent to them, as several others also became available. They also offered the hyd. assist on the to be introduced 90 series, until the mechanical Corello front assist was made available.
I find it quite disheartening that his family is willing to part with these items, but I' m sure that they have many many more items.
He single handedly made Case the Tractor Specialists.
Loren
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(quoted from post at 09:26:27 04/26/18) Bill Simpson was "MR.CASE" in every way. He was the mover and shaker within the Case organization, and many of us dealers had personal dealings with him.
In the 70s we were having problems competeing with Oliver/White, JD and IH. They all had conventional tractors with front wheel assist, be it hyd., or mechanical. Bill always had time to chat with dealers at national sales training events,and introductions. I got to sit down at lunch time with him and express my disappointment that Case had nothing in it's offerings to compete.
when finished with lunch he handed me his business card and told me to call him the following week.
I gave him a call and he asked what model tractor would be best for us in this market here in the North east. I suggested a 1070PS.
He said that he would arrange one to be sent to Dnyer Systems-Mud Hog and let them see what could be done with a hyd. assist. The tractor was sent there and within about 6 months the 1070 arrived at our dealership with the Mud Hog installed. I guess he had authorized more than one to be sent to them, as several others also became available. They also offered the hyd. assist on the to be introduced 90 series, until the mechanical Corello front assist was made available.
I find it quite disheartening that his family is willing to part with these items, but I' m sure that they have many many more items.
He single handedly made Case the Tractor Specialists.
Loren
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Are those pictures of Bill Simpson? Thanks so much for sharing that story? I didn’t get any info from Bill’s son about what other pieces they have that they are keeping. I will contact him again to see what they have and see about more info. Thanks
 
Yes those picture are of Bill Simpson. He was the type of person as many other "old School" Case people were. When we were Case dealers 1932-1986 we got to know a lot of Case management. They did not distance themselves from their dealers like the new regime, after the merger. Most of them retired as did Bill.
Most people on this forum do not know how the old CASE Co. operated. We were all part of a family until the merger took place.
The IH people were a different breed, and bitter that they had to "lower themselves" to our standards. They were arrogant to say the least.
Do I sound bitter??? We made the cut no problem, but we didn't have fancy buildings and a "better than the rest" attitude.
Loren
 
Just another story about Bill Simpson.
Back in the winter of 1971, Dad and I were down in Ocala Fla. for sales training and new product introductions.
Case Co. had rented a tract of land where dealers could drive Case and Competitive tractors and see what the tractors and implements could do.
They had training stations set up.
Bill was giving a presentation on tractors, comparing them to the competition. We and other dealer personnel were siting on portable bleachers under a tent as Bill was making his presentation.
Out in the distance behind Bill, a 1470 was striking out a plot for us to drive the tractors. About half way across the field the 1470 started belching bunches of white smoke from the stack, and came to a halt. All of us had seen this happen, but Bill had his back to what had happened.
Finally after all our attention and finger pointing we got his attention.
Bill only took seconds to see what happened and quickly turned back to us and said, "Gentlemen, that is why you need to cap off the exhaust on a Turbocharged engine when trucking it.
He then continued on with his presentation like nothing had happened.
Like PT Barnum said "The show must go on"
Loren
 
Honestly, this should be in the Case museum, I still cannot believe they sold this off for money, grrrr, but thank you Loren for finding the literature, somewhere I have some pictures of him.
 
Loren,
I have heard you speak of the 1070 before but never the whole story. Thanks for telling us about this unique tractor.I would love to have it in my collection.
Sounds like Bill was a great guy.
Nick
 
I'm afraid my dealer list will be of no assistance to you in your quest for more information on those items. I only met Bill once, for a few short minutes, and he was very gracious to us. Loren gives you a good idea of how highly thought of he was. I guess this should serve as a lesson of how treasured our personal awards are after we pass on. Don
 

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