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jdemaris
01-06-2004 13:31:50
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Re: Re: Guy Fay B-275 info question in reply to Guy Fay, 01-06-2004 05:57:27
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That's interesting if it's all true. I've read a number of histories written about the B series of I.H. tractors (B for British I guess) from various sources, and not all the information coincides precisely. I've haven't read anything, though, done with academic or historical style source citations, so it's not always easy to tell which one has the most truth content. I've never been to England or India, now, or back then. So, about all I've got to go by is what I read. I can attest that most of the parts I've bought for my tractor, that came over the counter from my local Case dealer, were in Mahindra boxes. I crossed paths a while back with another British - Indian parts situation. I was restoring my old Royal Enfield Meteor Minor motorcycle. 1959, 500 c.c. A British bike and company, that later took on the American "Indian" name and became Indian Enfield. Now, the Indian was from the original Indian motorcyle company in the U.S., not the country of India. Anyway, here I was buying up new-old-stock from prior dealers trying to fix my bike. And, I come to find out that a company in the country of India bought the tooling for the bike, adopted it as a standard military bike (in India),and now is selling the bikes back here in the U.S. brand new. I saw one at a show, and basically, it was identical to my 1959 except for a modern carburetor. So, guess I could of have bought new parts right from India. Who knows?
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