Grandfathers H

boberjagel · Jul 31, 2015

grandfather purchased new H in 48 or 49 . Would there be anyway to find the serial number from his name only. Don't know where to turn to start.

fastfarmall · Jul 31, 2015

Isn't there a tag on the clutch housing, it might of got ripped off, but there are date codes to on the casting that will give u a good idea.

boberjagel · Jul 31, 2015

don't have the tractor but want serial number so I can start search for that tractor

Janicholson · Jul 31, 2015

Serial numbers were not collected in association with owners. Individual dealerships may have had records, but few if any have survived the transitions of IH into caseIH into Corporate Fiat. If the original selling dealership exists, and if the dealership still has records, that is where I would start. Best of luck, I would suggest, with no malice, that a H of the same year be used instead. getting a nice correct year H and making it good, is spiritually an equivalent. (opinion) Jim

FBH44 · Aug 1, 2015

I have found at my Case-IH dealer, if I ask the youngest guy, the answer may be on an old 1950 Farmall is Nope, no more, NLA, sorry. If I ask the old guy, the answer is I think I have that under the counter here.... wait.... Yep, here it is.

davediehl@hotmail.com · Aug 1, 2015

Where was it sold new? Sometimes just a location is a start. I found my great grandfathers John Deere by talking to people who were at the farm auction in 1967. Some of the older fellas knew who bought it. By the time I found the guy that bought it, the tractor had been sitting in his barn 24 years. He is in his 90's now and had photos taken with it after the restore. Its now in my barn. I also have the original bill of sale and all of the notes in my great grandfathers handwriting about maintenance.

fastfarmall · Aug 1, 2015

Did you or if you find the owners manual it might be in there, or in his documents. My neighbors had their dads tractor, but found the bill of sale when going threw some of their parents documents.

NoNewParts · Aug 1, 2015

chances are slim, but if he was a farmer, I agree to talk to all the older people locally and follow their lead to the next old guy.
It's amazing what they know and remember from neighboring farms. If it stayed in the area,
....ya..Clem sold it to Joe, Joe sold it to Hank...I think Hank's son has it in his barn now.....they know...

If you can't find it, like said, buy a clone.
Look over old pictures to find the right model/year and most importantly...make it like he had it....farmerized something? you do it too when you make it like his....

rhtx55 · Aug 1, 2015

If you can determine when & how he sold it by talking with family or friends. That would be the best start.
I was able to find out my Grandfather's tractor serial numbers when my cousin & I went through an old box of papers and found the sale bill of when he sold out in 1958. Check the surrounding counties & area very closely, the usually don't stray too far.

kossuth · Aug 1, 2015

Another item to perhaps think of looking at is taxes. It might have been used in a tax write off. While the government records have long since been destroyed the records your grand dad kept might still be in a box in the attic/basement. Just another angle.

cleddy · Aug 1, 2015

I was trying to find out when my Granfather bought his 1940 "H" and how much it cost and I have the tractor with the serial number on it and the farm records & Dealer may still be around and the answer was was still a mystery. I remember as a small child (maybe around 1958)driving by his place and my Dad saying looks like Grandpa got his new tractor which as I barely remember(at 4-5years old)and it looked like a brand new tractor. We had always assumed he got in on a Old-new stock deal since A 1940 tractor is a long ways from 1958.

The old farm records I found never indicated they ever bought a new tractor in the years close to that period but in 1958 Lots of repair work was done on a tractor at the dealership like seals-radiator-bearings- paint-pistons-valves and then again in 1959 the same stuff done again on what I think was a "c" bought new in 1950. Maybe Grandad bought the Refurbished "H" for the repairs made so he could send the old wore out "c" in to be worked over. It very hard to piece this old history together at this date when these farmers had almost no money to work with and made deals to just get by.Cleddy

Paul from MI · Aug 1, 2015

If it was sold at action and you can find the auctioneer there's a possibility that he has the serial number in his records. I am lucky enough to have two family tractors that were bought new and never left the family. I know what they mean to me, so keep looking for Grandpa's H.

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