Vintage International Harvester Tractors: The Ultimate Tribute to International Harvester, Farmall, and McCormick-Deering Tractors

by Sanders, Ralph W.

• ISBN13: 9780896584792
• ISBN10: 0896584798
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

International Harvester's Farmall tractor revolutionised farming around the world. Introduced in 1922, it was an inexpensive, lightweight, general-purpose, row-crop tractor that could literally farm all. Through the years, the Farmall became one of the world's most popular tractors. This book showcases collectible International Harvester tractors from the 1910s to the 1960s, including the famous Farmall, as well as other International Harvester and McCormick-Deering models. Readers will be captivated by Ralph Sander's detailed history and outstanding colour and black-and-white photographs, historical ads, and brochures of what was the world's best-selling tractor as well as a leader in innovation and engineering.

Table of Contents

Introduction Goodbye Horses, Hello Farmall	9	(4)
The Virginia Reaper	13	(12)
Power for the Prairies	25	(18)
The Tractor War	43	(12)
To Farm All	55	(14)
The Farmall Family	69	(28)
``Crawling'' TracTracTors	97	(14)
Facelift for the Farmalls	111	(24)
The Horsepower Race	135	(14)
Bold Moves Toward the Future	149	(7)
Bibliography	156	(2)
Index	158