966 IH,s

Here is dad's 1256 with the Exel cab, Exel also made a slightly different version of this cab for IH and IH sold it as their custom cab. Main differences was the IH version was welded together while the Exel was bolted together and the IH version had one more entrance step on each side. Other than those differences, the cabs were pretty much identical. Exel was painte red, the IH version was painted white.

These tractors have now passed the 30 mark, and some of them are plain wore out, I expect some folks call that pulling too much. If had owned them from new, they'd all have 35,000 hours on em by now and would all be worn out.

We need parts for ours on our 1256... I'm going to make a new post. :o)

Here are models of the different cabs IH used.

The left one is the Exel.

Next is the diamond cab.

Then the IH factory cabin white,theres a red of the same cab in the left back.

The right one is a Hininker Cab.

Reasons for this could have been trade duties or tarrifs which ended somewhere between 1972 and 1975. In 1972 I bought my first Case Skid steer, it had duty charged on it, however Thomas was the only manufacturer making skid steers here in Canada, an because they were not supplying 10% of market, I was able to recover that duty. When I bought the second Case skid loader in 75 the duty was gone. Up until that time we also paid that same duty on US built farm tractors. This resulted in companies adding items like cabs, tires, etc. after the tractor arrived in Canada.

Going back into the 50s and 60s we paid about 10% to 15% more for a Farmall than you folks did, using a common dollar for calculations.

And no the the far right white one is a Hiniker and says so right on it.But maybe the toy company screwed up when they built it and modeled it after the Year Around cab.

Gary

I just thought of that other name for Diamond or Excell. We quite regularly saw that same design on Allis and those Fiats that were built for Allis, White, MF, Heston, etc., and it was called a Simms cab. Simms cabs were quite common on backhoes and dozers, numerous makes here in Canada.

Seeing as how that 3rd cab from left in your photo was the only true IH cab, history now tells us the after market caught on that farmers wanted cabs long before tractor manufacturers got the message. Even John Deere's first cabs were built by an assortment of the same after market suppliers. They may try to claim otherwise, but sound gard in the mid 70s was the first true Deere cab.

Here is a rear view of the same in the same order.

Is the Exel the one with the hinged doors? I hate those, had door open and backed up one time with a 1456... not a pretty sight.

I may be wrong on the diamond cab it maybe the first one. And the second one is A Year Around.

I'm not sure now.

I'm sure somebody will set us straight.

But I beleive these are the only cabs used until the 86 series.

There were other after market cabs like the cozy and others.