Hey Don Rudolph - Dealership book

Ran across this book on eBay and it reminded me of you.

Did you ever do anything with the list of J.I. Case dealerships that you were gathering awhile back?

-Schotte

• Farm Tractor & Implement Dealerships

but i ran into the following names:

Isham's Hardware in Coffeyville sold Case Implements in the 40's and 50's, but i don't know about tractors...it wasn't listed on the ad i saw!

Orville W. Carter, Inc., Coffeyville also sold "many makes of farm equipment".

Standard Motor Service, La Cygne, Kansas sold "J.I. Case Farm Machinery".

sign me "still looking"

rick

This is getting to be long winded. Here is my plan: I am going to retire in a year and a half from my full time plus business and then I can just farm and write this book (and restore old Case tractors, of course). In the early 50's Case had somewhere around 4000 dealers, 1 every 7-10 miles on average-sometimes closer. There just doesn't seem to be any way to find them all. That means I have to narrow the scope of the book to a select few that have extensive information still available. By the way, my wife thinks I'm nuts. Thanks for asking, Don

Do you have a dealership listed in Fairfield, Nebraska?

I purchased some Case papers on eBay awhile back and one is a Sales Contract to a Warren M. Wilson. The contract is dated February, 1936 and shows a CC-3 tractor, a plow, Lister cultivator and a Dealer Sign.

Dave Olson - East-Central Illinois

Ps: Yes Mike it is Great to have you posting again, you were missed!

• Historic Farm Days, Penfield, Illinois, July 10th 13th 2008

Had you seen the book that I linked to before?

-S.