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Farmall models D thru G

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Carden

06-13-2007 18:50:15




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Sitting here discussing with my father and knew someone here would know. Why did they go from C to H with no in between?




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moseed

06-15-2007 15:34:37




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 Re: Farmall models D thru G in reply to Carden, 06-13-2007 18:50:15  
Models D & G were stolen by John Deere...IHC was only half way finished with the draft plans when the plans were stolen by John Deere executives, they thought IHC engineers were finished with them and THATS why only two cylinders!



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SiouxFan

06-14-2007 17:39:09




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 Re: Farmall models D thru G in reply to Carden, 06-13-2007 18:50:15  
What was the order that the ABCHM were introduced to the market? I am sure the C was last but don't know about the others so they skipped C as well in the late 30's / early 40's.



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CNKS

06-14-2007 19:41:50




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 Re: Farmall models D thru G in reply to SiouxFan, 06-14-2007 17:39:09  
H and M were introduced on July 3 1939, according to Guy Fay, although Guy says that one source has the M appearing on July 15. The A appeared on June 21 1939, the B on Sept 5, 1939, the BN on Oct 31, 1940, the AV Jan 10, 1941. So the sequence is A, H/M, B, BN, AV. The C replaced the B in 1948, Guy does not list the date.



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Wardner

06-13-2007 20:24:17




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 Re: Farmall models D thru G in reply to Carden, 06-13-2007 18:50:15  
When IH came out with the K series trucks in '39-'40, they used K-1 thru K-14. They skipped K-9 for obvious reasons.

The reason may not be so obvious for D thru G on tractors but some committee probably figured they needed to pass them by.

Who cares anyway? It doesn't bother me that George Forman has five sons all named George. Why wasn't Nikki Hilton named New York Hilton?

What's in a name? Not much. Look at my weird name.

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Dave BN

06-13-2007 19:18:51




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 Re: Farmall models D thru G in reply to Carden, 06-13-2007 18:50:15  
D usually means Diesel so would be confusing to use it for letter series, imagine a DD (modle D diesel)! I think there was an E but it never made it into production. F usually refers to the older tractors (F-12, F-20 etc.). Not sure about G but that does usually stand for Gas as L or LP stands for Liquid Petrolium. Actually all of the letters are used for something. R stands for Rice, V stands for Vegetable or High Crop, S stands for Super like Super A or Super C. There weren't actually that many letters left to choose from in 1939. Dave.

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Hugh MacKay

06-13-2007 19:45:46




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 Re: Farmall models D thru G in reply to Dave BN, 06-13-2007 19:18:51  
Dave: That is decent reasoning, and you are very likely right. However, remember one thing, IH were never noted for straight forward reasoning. Well, probably they were until mid 1950s.



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Buzzman72

06-14-2007 15:14:55




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 Re: Farmall models D thru G in reply to Hugh MacKay, 06-13-2007 19:45:46  
Hugh, as an International truck guy, I can tell you that the D-series trucks were still in production in 1939 and '40...so my guess is that, corporate-wise, D was already in use. In 1950 the L-series truck debuted, and since the M tractor was still in production in '53, the truck division christened their '53 model the R-series. I figure they skipped N because that letter was already associated with Ford tractors, O was already in use for orchard tractors, and nobody getting their truck serviced would "take a P" to the dealer...which left R as the next truck series.

Not sure if that's how they thought, but it's as logical as anything IH ever did.

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