Posted by Mike (WA) on March 16, 2015 at 21:32:09 from (174.31.192.111):
In Reply to: Blackhawk tractor posted by svacinas on March 16, 2015 at 15:09:00:
I don't have my Cockshutt books handy, so this is from (sometimes faulty) memory.
Cockshutt was a Canadian company with a long history in farm equipment. From the late '40's to mid '50's, they shipped some tractors to the US which were sold through agricultural cooperatives, were painted orange, and were called Co-ops.
Cockshutt had models 20, 30, 40 and 50 in the early 1950's, and the Co-op 3, 4 and 5 were the same tractors as the Cockshutt 30, 40 and 50, respectively.
In 1956, they wanted a bigger presence in the US, and bought the Blackhawk Company, a US farm equipment manufacturer. So in 1956, the "deluxe" tractors they sent to the US were called Blackhawk tractors. The deluxe tractors were cream and red (vermillion, actually, but it sure looks red to me), rather than the solid red tractors made earlier. I think the Blackhawks came in models 20, 35 (new in 1956), 40 and 50, but not 30, which was still solid red. Not positive about the 30 not coming in Blackhawk nameplate. So if the serial number checks out to a 1956 model of anything but 30, it could have been a Blackhawk. I have a 1956 Model 35 that is awaiting restoration, and the jury's still out on whether it well be a Cockshutt or a Blackhawk. There are no factory records to link the name to serial numbers, so its kind of up to the individual, if there is no evidence of a name decal remaining.
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