The way I understand it, Product miniture co. who made the red toy plastic M in the 50s also made a white version to go with the demonstrator program. The reason they used the M to make the white toy was because the M was the only IH tractor toy they were making.
People have seen that antique white toy M and started thinking that because there was a toy, there must have been a real one. So these modern white M toys are actually "toys of toys".
A similar thing happened with the "sprit of 76" cub cadets. The real SO76 was a model 76 Cadet LAWN tractor. But when Ertl made the toy they used the 129 GARDEN tractor casting rather than tooling up a model 76 lawn tractor toy. People that aren"t familiar with the real Cadets vs Cub Cadets wouldn"t know the difference.
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Today's Featured Article - George's Fordson Major - by Anthony West (UK). This is a bit of a technical info to add on to the article about George's Major in the "A Towny Goes Plowing" article. George bought his Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00. There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken by Harold alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that the major was produced late 19
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