IH v8's

Jacarlson260 · Jul 15, 2014

I have a chance to buy a 1468 bareback and a 1568 v8, they both are very nice originals, all numbers match and everything. Does it hurt the value of the 14 because it is a bareback or does it make it more rare? He is wanting 40k$ for the pair. They are very clean, but needing tires, the paint has been shedded for most of its life.

David G · Jul 15, 2014

What is a bareback?

mab570diesel · Jul 15, 2014

no 3pt. no pto hence bareback.

notjustair · Jul 15, 2014

Our 856 was a wheatland (bareback). It was used to pull the disk and cultivator. It still had remotes, but it was sure limited as to what you could do with it. Right now is haying season. It was in the shed as it had no pto. What's still a great tractor though.

That seems high for both of them. If they has new tires all around maybe, but you have $6000 in tires coming your way. I haven't owned one with a V8 but there's just something about that I don't like. I think they look like an afterthought.

big jt · Jul 15, 2014

For me personally I would consider a bareback to be a pretty rare version. Thusly in the collector world they would be more valuable.

Now if you want to put them to work it pretty heavily diminishes the value.

jt

DaninKansas · Jul 16, 2014

I really don't see them gaining in value. They are big to store and expensive to operate. They were never very popular and as fewer and fewer people farm the demand will continue to drop.

BANDITFARMER · Jul 16, 2014

The 1468 bareback is a rare tractor for sure, But I think the price for the pare is to high. Dad traded for a 1568 that to tell you the truth I didn't think much of it, Big heavy and loud. Not many people want that series of tractors, Dad had it for sale for 2 years before a guy made an offer of $6500 and dad took it. Like I said not many people want to buy them, There neat to look at but once you own one that changes real quick. Bandit

mkirsch · Jul 16, 2014

(quoted from post at 05:42:38 07/16/14) I really don't see them gaining in value. They are big to store and expensive to operate. They were never very popular and as fewer and fewer people farm the demand will continue to drop.

You're basing your opinion on these tractors as farming tools. People don't buy the V8's to farm anymore. They're quite popular as collector's items because there are so few of them.

Jim CIn. · Jul 16, 2014

These are collectors, (if not wore out and with high hours),they will be better then cash in the bank.

DaninKansas · Jul 16, 2014

Actually I base it on collector value also. As said they are big to store and expensive to work on and and operate (and these things always need work). Fewer people will "collect" farm tractors in the future as ever fewer people farm or even grew up on a farm. People that haven't farmed with them are far less inclined to collect them.

Its like the old Model As and Ts and other cars from the 20s, 30s, and even now into the 40s. The generations that drove and used them are getting so old they can nolonger mess with them and those cars are losing value every year with a few exceptions. Right now the hot models are the 60s and 70s as the boomer generation tries to relive its youth. Another 20 years and those cars will in general decline in value too (with a few exceptions).

The V8 IH's are probably at the height of their value or maybe slightly past it. In another 20 years the people interested in collecting them will down to such a small number their value with decline accordingly. The guy with 20 acres and an extra garage can't keep one of these the way a guy can with an 8N or a Super C.

ss55 · Jul 16, 2014

Do your homework and find out what similar units have actually sold for. Nether tractor was popular and now they are not practical for farming, especially the bareback one. The collector market for something that large and heavy is mostly limited to able bodied retired farmers with big money to burn.

If you like them - get them or get one of them, but I think $20K for the pair would still be a high price. $15K for the pair might start to be OK as an investment: buy low, sell high.

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