+1 A fellow I work with has a IH 1066, bought it new in the early 70's.I like the 1066 and 1466 IH open station models, and don't know of too many tractors that I WOULDN'T want to own.
He's to modest to say it himself,but I've always had a soft spot in my heart to Ken Sweets "Old Maude" ! :thumbsup:
Might make him an offer on it before he sells it to The Smithsonian Institution.
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Maude's a great one for sure!![]()
I don't think i've seen one of those before. That looks pretty awsome. Looks fun to work on too. I like that gray F-20 too. Has a steampunk look to it.My favorite tractor is this wood burning steamer built by The (Daniel) Best Manufacturing Company in San Leandro, CA. The company was founded in 1871 and also built horseless carriages with a seven hp gasoline horizontal twin cylinder engine. They later merged with the Holt Manufacturing Company and later became the Caterpillar Tractor Company.
This particular turn of the century tractor was entered at our local antique tractor show for several years and the owner told me that in order to clear under all of the highway overpasses they had to remove the stack while transporting on the lowboy.
While I was taking the first photo, an old guy parade marshall (I was 61 at the time) yelled at me to "get out of the way or I'll be run over!". My camera lense was on a low telephoto setting, I was about twenty yards in front it and the tractor was cruising at about a half mile per hour.