Serial# and dealership 1st sold from ?

[oldfarmkid]

I have no history of the Farmall H I bought at a local auction. The only info the auction house would give me was that they purchased it from an estate sale. Is there such a thing as a data base you can enter the serial# and find out the dealership it first sold from ? I've googled it several times and no luck, so I may already know my answer. I'm not going to use it as a work tractor. Hopefully a couple local parades and shows. I'm just one of many who grew up as a farm kid. Was working the fields on a Super H all day, by myself by the age of 11. So this is a tribute to the past, and memory lane purchase for me. This old 1940 H is like an old friend I didn't meet till recently. Just trying to find out a little history of it's 79 years of mechanical life.

Thanks

Tim

[Barnyard]

IH never kept any of the records telling where a particular tractor was sold.

[ajhbike]

Gotta pic of your old friend?

[oldfarmkid]

Thanks Barnyard, thats what I thought. ajhbike, have belonged to motorcycle forums for many years. Ran out of patience trying to post a pic years ago and never tried again. I saw a post a pic section as I was checking out this forum. Will research, and try again. Your right, I won't know it's history, but at 79, I can at least introduce it to everyone.

[oldfarmkid]

My 1940 H

[oldfarmkid]

Please forgive photo editor ad, it was a free trial.

[Don McCombs]

That's a nice one.

[Barnyard]

Nice H.

[oldfarmkid]

Thanks Don. its coming along nicely. Just got a carb kit, and some seals in yesterday, time to get back to work.

[oldfarmkid]

Thanks for the compliment Barnyard. Also need to thank you for your post on uploading a photo.

[Barnyard]

Thanks for the compliment Barnyard. Also need to thank you for your post on uploading a photo.

Glad it helped.

[ajhbike]

She's a real beauty! Another way to post a pic is to open it in Paint and resize it, save it and voila

[oldfarmkid]

Thanks ajhbike, a good wash down and about 20 coats of wax on the grill, hood, and gas tank brought the shine factor up a few notches. Looks like some one repainted it many years ago, then at a later date took the parts I've been waxing down to bare metal, primed and painted. PM's have been long neglected. Engine oil,filter, and transmission gear lube was just horrible. Built a tool from a piece of three foot half inch flat iron to scrape about a gallon of old gear lube jelly out of transmission. Good news, no water. I take it that Paint is another photo editor? If it works with a Mac I'll check it out. Thanks for the added info.

[ajhbike]

It is a part of MS Office

[oldfarmkid]

Very good, Thanks. Happy New Year.