Farmall Tractors: The Golden Age 1924-1954

by KLANCHER LEE

• ISBN13: 9780760308080
• ISBN10: 076030808X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-04
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

The Farmall tractors of the first part of the 20th century brought the Industrial Revolution to the farm, playing a key role in America's transformation from a primarily agrarian society to an industrialized nation. In Farmall Tractors 1924-54: The Golden Age, author Lee Klancher weaves the story of the development of the Farmall with the story of the American farm in the early 20th century. The reader will discover the Farmall's role in America's early 20th century exodus from the farm and how those that stayed on the farm used modern equipment _ particularly the Farmall tractor _ and contemporary business practices to become the world's most efficient agricultural producers. This book details the history of Farmall tractors and includes information about the original Farmall, the Regular, to the merger of the International tractor division with Case in 1984 using color photographs of original and restored Farmalls.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(1)
Introduction The Age of Revolution	7	(6)
Prologue Tough Times Plant the Seed	13	(8)
Farmall Roots
Homely as the Devil	21	(12)
The First Farmall
Tractors for the Savvy, Dust for the Rest	33	(16)
Farmall's F-Series Tractors
Style Comes to the Farm	49	(12)
The Letter Series Tractors
The Hobby Farmer's Boon	61	(10)
The Farmall A And B
The Styled Standards	71	(10)
The W-Series
A Silver Lining in Dark Clouds	81	(6)
International During WW II
Going South After the War	87	(12)
The Farmall C, Cub, and Super A
Tractors for the Nuclear Age	99	(10)
The Super Series
Tracking International	109	(18)
The TracTracTors
Epilogue The Long Slide
From 1955 to the Tenneco Sale in 1985	121	(6)
Index	127