Case 970 1070

Some recent posts here of tractors getting scraped, here's a short story... About 13 years ago a guy in Nebraska was running an ad in the Farm & Country trader looking for 9 & 1070's...need not run. I called him and we got talking, he said he was sending them to Mexico, overall condition wasn't that important. He said he had sent 150 Case tractors down there, mainly 9's & 10's. About a year later he called me & said he might have something I'd be interested in. A 1 owner 970 & 1070. The story goes the owner was in his early 70's when he bought the 970 new, his wife liked running it so he bought the 1070. Not sure what happened to the folks but the jockey owned the tractors now. The 970 had 1987 hours & the 1070 1323 hours, the 3 point balls on the 10 were still factory painted in place & the PTO had never been used. The tin cover over the PTO shaft was still on it. We paid $8000 cash for the pair. I sold the 970, come to find out it was a Black Night repainted for some reason. Dad still has the 1070, 2300 hours now.

His agent who was a Dane would take just about anything in trade. Vodka, religious artifacts, weapons, fighter aircraft etc.