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Jim, I would like to add to what Mr. Starr said in his post. On February 24, 1971 a letter was sent by H. D. Ralph, director of services at Charles City, to all regional sales managers, supervisors, and any other regional or territory managers. Part of the letter states: #1 "We will immediately cease to affix the certified horsepower decal on production tractors." #2 "When advertising literature is reprinted we will remove the paragraphs that play up and explain certified horsepower." #3 "We will continue to show on the specification sheet 'Horse-power (certified)', and show the same ratings. For example 86 horsepower on a 1755 model. This practice will continue until a new model is introduced that could be sent to Nebraska and tested. When a new model is introduced the first advertising literature would show in specifications 'manufacturer's horsepower rating' and then after the Nebraska test figures are available we would show the Nebraska test horsepower figures in all future advertising literature." The letter goes on to say that Oliver would continue to test every tractor coming off the Charles City production line. The only change would be the decal. There was another letter from M. L. Grimm in sales planning dated April 29, 1971. That letter was shorter, but said nearly the same thing. We all know when certified horsepower started, and now people will know when it ended.
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