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Hi, FOWLER MAN.
I think I may know something about them. If my suspicions are kee-wrecked, they ain't around any more. Could be there's a message in that.

Just my 0.02.

Wottizzittt????? The title on the last 'pitchyer' is incorrect. The year in the date should read '1950'.

"Europe's Best Tractor"???????????????????? They don't mind blowing their own trumpet, do they?

Hi, Fowler Man.
Nice photos. Thanks for sharing. Would your second mystery crawler be a Breda?

A kew-ree-yus mind would like to know.

Hi, Darklegend. I wuz gunna say sumpin like Mrsmackpaul but had to go out and 'She' beat me to it. You also have tha weird blade out front that would make a good anchor point for a couple of 'come-alongs' to pull from. Personally, if a replacement spring can be found, I think I'd look at doing the r...

Hi, TC. Well, you probably see more of 'em than I do anyway. I'd reckon it would be 20 - 25 years since I have even seen one from a distance, never mind gotten up close and personal with one. I think there was a song that was somewhat related to this current situation. IIRC, it was called, "Mov...

Hi, Darklegend. Hmmmmmmmmm???????????? Int'restin'. The steering lever set-up that you describe was more commonly found on the smaller IH track loaders, i.e., B100. B125, etc.. I found them quite comfortable to use thataway too, the limited time that I had on them. And that was WAY before Cat ever p...

Hi, Folks. Int'restin' foters - and conjectures. To turn the thread back a bit, I suspect that the loader in the early 'foters' would have been an AC HD6G. The HD5, 7 10 and 14 were all GM-powered and all had flat hoods over the engines. The smaller AC's didn't get the up-sloping hoods until they st...

Hi, TCTractors. Nah, M8. I just figgered that somebody had done it deliberate-like 'cos they were doing a LOT of turning one way. Also, if one track is already half off and some of the controls are seized, the other track being on bass-ackwards is hardly gonna be his biggest problem at the start. Hi...

Hi, Darklegend. WoooHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I suspect that you have the extended track frame version there. As for that dozer blade, I have a feeling that somebody had a bright idea while on a HYOOOOGE drinking binge and tried to translate it into iron and that is the result. I have NEVER seen ...

Hi, Jiminoz and Fowler Man.
Thank you both for the ID. I suspected that it was Fowler going by the track frame treatment but could not name the model.

Thanks again.