Funny you mention the 454 and 574, because even those were backward compared to US-built tractors from 10 years previous...
As I understand it, hydraulics on UK-spec 454's and 574's were typically a single one-way remote, if the tractor had auxiliary hydraulics at all. In the USA, that kind of hydraulic system was obsolete by 1955.
Here again, these tractors did not have a TA, or powershift of any sort, in a 1970's era tractor.
There was a lot of technology that revolutionized farming in the USA during that period. It just seems funny that IH didn't even *TRY* to introduce it in the UK.
What was the difference? Did IH just not care? Were there cultural differences? Were there political issues (i.e. tariffs, patents)?
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