The most common gold demo by far was the 826. It was the ONLY gold demo with a choice of transmissions. The second most common is the 1456 because it was IH's big tractor. I'd say the 656 and 1026 were about even as gold demos. And the 544 had the smallest production numbers. I don't agree with half of the 1456s being gold demos. The gold demos would have been made between June and September 1970 to have them shipped out to dealers for the fall demonstration program. The dealers got to choose what tractors were their demos for their area. For example Byrum Tractor & Truck/Edenton,NC Hedgepeth Equipment/Conway,NC &Riddick International/Ahoskie, NC each had 656 utility row crops as gold demos. Josh Tunnell/Elizabeth City,NC had a 826 gear drive. Martin Tractor & Truck Williamston, NC had a 826 hydro. Herring Tractor Wilson,NC had a 544 Farmall diesel hydro. Bone International Rocky Mount,NC had a 826 gear drive, 1026, & a 1456. As for Coleman equipped tractors it's impossible to tell because you could order Coleman front ends complete through whole goods. First Colonly Farms in the mid 70's ordered 150 IH 1066, 1466, and 1566's 2wd to clear up peat land in eastern NC. They found out they needed FWA and Mitchell Tractor orderd complete coleman FWA and converted 3 per week for approximately 1 year. Eason
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Today's Featured Article - Bad Vibes - by Curtis Von Fange. One of the strangest ways to communicate with our tractor is to ask it how it feels. "Ask it how it feels," you say? Yup, ask it how it feels. Now, as with the other articles in this series one has to be able to hear what 'ole blue' is trying to say in response. The nice thing about our old iron friends is that they are usually quite consistent in their response, rather unlike some people I know who might change what they say due to the weather or other mitigating circumstances. But since t
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