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International TX-178 Prototype

This TX-178 Prototype was developed by engineer Rich Hale at International Harvester in 1977 and 1977. The machine appears in TRACTOR by Lee Klancher. This blog offers official IH documentation, photos, and drawings of the tractor, tracing its design evolution. Scroll all the way down for factory documents talking about the concept and it's performance. If you would like to receive content like…

Who is Alexander Botts?

This fall, Octane Press published the first installment of Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor, a series of humorous short stories about a bumbling salesman's trial and tribulations selling crawler tractors. His unusual sales tactics send the machines through seemingly impervious swamps, murky lakes, and high snowbanks. His schemes consistently backfire but, in the end, he never fails to…

Binders In Uniform

Enthusiasts will learn all there is to know about Scouts in the revised edition of the International Scout Encyclopedia. This book gives the only Scout book you'll ever need a shelf-mate! The companion edition features new information on the most collectible trucks, a new section identifying all the appliqués offered, an expanded index, and tweaks and updates throughout. This blog salutes the…

First 844, Last 844

Enthusiasts will learn all there is to know about Scouts in the revised edition of the International Scout Encyclopedia. This book gives the only Scout book you'll ever need a shelf-mate! The companion edition features new information on the most collectible trucks, a new section identifying all the appliqués offered, an expanded index, and tweaks and updates throughout.  Here we look at some…

The First Six Terras

Enthusiasts will learn all there is to know about Scouts in the revised edition of the International Scout Encyclopedia. This book gives the only Scout book you'll ever need a shelf-mate! The companion edition features new information on the most collectible trucks, a new section identifying all the appliqués offered, an expanded index, and tweaks and updates throughout.  This installment gives…

Anatomy Of An IH Vehicle Appraisal

​Enthusiasts will learn all there is to know about Scouts in the revised edition of the International Scout Encyclopedia. This book gives the only Scout book you'll ever need a shelf-mate! The companion edition features new information on the most collectible trucks, a new section identifying all the appliqués offered, an expanded index, and tweaks and updates throughout.  There…

First of the Breed

​Enthusiasts will learn all there is to know about Scouts in the revised edition of the International Scout Encyclopedia. This book gives the only Scout book you'll ever need a shelf-mate! The companion edition features new information on the most collectible trucks, a new section identifying all the appliqués offered, an expanded index, and tweaks and updates throughout.  This post discusses…

Cracking the Books

Enthusiasts will learn all there is to know about Scouts in the revised edition of the International Scout Encyclopedia. This book gives the only Scout book you'll ever need a shelf-mate! The companion edition features new information on the most collectible trucks, a new section identifying all the appliqués offered, an expanded index, and tweaks and updates throughout.  To Scout collectors—any…

Bad Boys of IMSA

This excerpt is from Chapter 10 our award-winning book IMSA: 1969-1989.  It’s no secret racing takes talent and money – lots of it, especially if you want to compete for the top step of the podium. Most of the team owners at the sharp end of the grid in the Camel GT Series made their money by legitimate means and many developed beneficial sponsor deals to support them. But no history of the…

I Had the Hots for Irma Harding

The following is the foreward from Canning, Pickling and Freezing with Irma Harding, a guidebook narrated by a fictional spokesperson for appliances produced by International Harvester during the 1950s. The book features vintage art and photographs of Irma back in the day, as well as a brief history of Irma and her ever-so-collectible vintage appliances and memorabilia. Michael Perry is a New…

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