Heritage Iron Issue #74

Heritage Iron Issue #74 Mar/Apr 2021

• FEATURING: International Harvester 1566: More Power for the 66 Line. The tractor horsepower race in the 1960s was taken to an all-new level in the 1970s. None of the tractor manufacturers wanted to be left behind and IH was ready to roll out the most powerful row crop tractor (to date). Feature tractor owner: Butch Begle - Huntingburg, IN.

• Allis-Chalmers D 21 Front-Wheel-Assist: Putting the Puzzle Together. While the puzzle that is the D 21 FWA Experimental models is not yet complete, we're getting a better idea of what it looks like.

• CASE Chisel Planter: Optimum Tillage for the '60s.

• Birds of a Feather: Four different White Motor Company tractors share the same basic chassis. If you're familiar with tractor history at all, you already know that White Farm Equipment marketed the same tractor under different brand names through much of the 1970s, having already merged Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline and Cockshutt under one banner.

• Machinery Milestones: The tractor scene from 40, 50, and 60 years ago. 

• Mini Muscle: Jim Malone's Wood Crafted Tractors, Scratch Built to Perfection.