1964 INTERNATIONAL 2806 There is no doubt the 06 series tractors, particularly the 706 and 806, brought International Harvester out of a tailspin induced by several serious engineering […] Jim Allen February 14, 2022 Diesel Tractors
1929 Otto KV 50 You Otto Know The engine in this story is one of the last built in the United States with a direct connection to the beginnings […] Jim Allen January 17, 2022 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
The Orange & the Green 1970 Allis-Chalmers 220M Military In 1970, the United States Air Force announced it’s first operationally ready Bare Base squadron, the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Part […] Jim Allen January 17, 2022 Diesel Engines Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Endurance 1977 EMD 16-645E6 Anybody here think their truck will still be in service 111 years from now? Here’s a 118 year old tugboat that remained […] Jim Allen December 13, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
Little Six Gun 1959 International 460 Diesel Utility In July of 1958, the fortunes of International Harvester changed forever. Starting on July 18, the New World of Power […] Jim Allen December 13, 2021 Diesel Tractors
Tractor Talk - 1961 Case W5 Terraload’r 1961 Case W5 Terraload’r By Jim Allen In the mid 1950s, ongoing market research at J.I. Case determined they needed a line of wheel loaders […] Jim Allen December 06, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Vintage Opposed Pistons Fairbanks-Morse Model 38 By Jim Allen How do you fit ten pistons into five cylinders and make a running diesel engine? Well, the diesel engine […] Jim Allen November 29, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
Middie Minnie 1964 Minneapolis Moline 602E The M-Series Minneapolis-Moline tractors debuted in 1960, replacing the 5-Star tractors of the late 1950s in the middleweight tractor role. It […] Jim Allen October 18, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
Coolspring Power Museum Where Vintage Engines Come to Live Again If you follow Vintage Smoke you will know we’ve covered engines from the Coolspring Power Museum several times […] Jim Allen October 18, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
Vintage Smoke - Ford 6.9L IDI 1983-87 International/Ford 6.9L IDI Public and governmental outcry after the oil shortages of the early ‘70s forced U.S. auto, light truck and commercial truck makers […] Jim Allen October 11, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
JIMMY & JOHNNY 1960 John Deere 435 and 440 John Deere was just couple of years away from debuting a completely new line of tractors when they found […] Jim Allen September 20, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
FLYING DIESELS Whether you’ve seen them in person or not, you know there are diesel in ships and boats, road vehicles of all types, off road vehicles […] Jim Allen September 13, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
Small, Tall Tractor 1967 Massey Ferguson 165 Hi-Hi Consult the books on Massey Ferguson tractors and you will see no high clearance model of the MF165 listed. So […] Jim Allen September 07, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Little Orange 1961 Allis-Chalmers D-15 Series I Allis-Chalmers went all out in 1957 to start a total refresh of their tractor lineup. The first to appear in […] Jim Allen August 30, 2021 Diesel Tractors
Black Hole Cummins 1964 Cummins VT12-825-M Not all diesel engines have glamorous jobs in fancy places… like under the hood of your pickup. Some toil in the dark, […] Jim Allen August 30, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
Red Heavyweight 1966 International Harvester Farmall 1206 The Farmall 1206 was International’s first over-100 horsepower tractor as well as being the first over-100 horsepower rowcrop tractor on […] Jim Allen August 16, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
The Perky Massey 1962 Massey Ferguson 65 Dieselmatic The Massey-Ferguson 65 Diesel debuted for 1958. The DNA for that tractor started with the 1939 intro of the Ford-Ferguson 9N, […] Jim Allen August 09, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
The Giant Swiss Watch 1944 Kahlenberg B-5 The name Kahlenberg may inspire only quizzical looks from a modern diesel pickup enthusiast. If you operated boats on the Great Lakes […] Jim Allen August 02, 2021 Diesel Engines Vintage Diesels
When Jeep Went Diesel The 1961-68 Jeep CJ-5 Perkins Diesels In 1960, if you were on of the very few Americans who wanted a diesel in a car, light […] Jim Allen July 26, 2021 Diesel Engines Diesel Tractors Diesel Trucks Vintage Diesels
Last Of the Old School Muscle Tractors 1972 and 1974 John Deere 6030- Standard vs Rowcrop The 1960s had been very kind to John Deere but it was not dropped into their […] Jim Allen July 19, 2021 Diesel Tech / How-To