King Massey Harris 44
The Massey Harris 44 was built by the Massey Harris tractor company in 1947 and continued in production for 8 years until 1955. A total of over 80,000 Massey Harris 44′s were built. They featured one of 4 different engines, depending on the time of manufacture. The first is a tractor fueled Massey-Harris 4 cylinder engine with a displacement of 4.3 liters. The next is a Continental, 4 cylinder diesel engine with a displacement of 4.3 liters and is cooled via a liquid cooling system. There was also a 4 cylinder gasoline engine that also had a 4.3 liter displacement and is liquid cooled via a cooling system requiring 21.8 liters of coolant. The final engine is a Massey Harris manufactured 4 cylinder engine that is a little bigger than the others with a displacement of 4.5 liters. These engines produced a power output of up to 49 horsepower.
The King toy company produced this in 1950. Two versions were offered, one in two halves or one casted in one piece. The one piece version is quite rare. The 1/16 sandcast toy in these pics belongs to my dad. My uncle worked at a farm dealership in the late 40s and early 50s and bought this for my dad who at the time was about 6 or so. My dad proceeded to customize it a bit by painting the grill black, the battery box yellow and the rims silver among other things.
Somehow a 2nd copy of the same model ended up at my grandparents house so dad has two copies of this left from his childhood. He said that a metal plow could be purchased with the 44 and that it actually worked. You can see how hard he pressed down on the rear axle in an attempt to gain some 'traction' while plowing as the wheels have quite the wobble. It originally had a driver, but dad said he quickly fell off. A metal exhaust stack was also on this one.
ERTL John Deere 5020 (1/16 Scale)
The 5020 was built between 1965 and 1972 in Waterloo, Iowa. According to Tractordata.com, nearly 13,000 were produced.
The 5020 replaced the 5010 model and both were part of the 'New Generation' of tractors that John Deere began building in 1960. 1960 was a magical year for Deere as they ditched their old two cylinder gas engines/tractors in favor of six cylinder diesels in much larger tracctors which caught Deere dealers off guard as well as their main competitor, International. Up till 1959, John Deere was basically still using the same basic frames and engines that they had used beginning in the 1920s.
ERTL began producing this 1/16 casting in the early 1970s. The early versions have an air cleaner along with the rubber exhaust muffler. I've had this toy as long as I can remember and it most likely dates to about 1985. It's by far the toy tractor I've owned the longest and does show a few paint chips some muddy tires. It was made in the Dyersville, Iowa toy plant which is now the warehouse for RC2/LC.
ERTL Farmall Super AV (1/16 Scale)
The Farmall Super AV was built by International Harvester from 1948 to 1954 in Chicago, Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky.
Scale Models' Minneapolis Moline (Twin Cities) J (1/16 scale)
More than 6,000 Model J row crops were produced with tricycle fronts and adjustable rear tread width. Just 469 JTS (standard) and 156 JTO (orchard) were produced in 1936 and 1937, making these two models very desirable with collectors today. The Waukeshaw engine that MM purchased for the model J proved to be unsatisfactory for heavy use. Dealer service bulletin D-33 listed a factory parts package to install a later MM side valve engine in the Model J. Hundreds of these kits were already in use throughout the `40s making this conversion kit one of the most popular ones ever issued by a tractor manufacturer. 37 Model J row crops were fitted with MM’s new 185 cubic inch side valve engine in 1936. This would be the start of MM’s new model Z and the end of the Twin City era .
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