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Photo credit: TractorZoom This Massey-Harris Pacemaker vineyard tractor is extraordinarily rare.but what’s up with the cowbell on the front? The Massey-Harris Pacemaker isn’t super-rare. They’re not super-common, either. There were about 3,000 built over two(ish) years. They were a great little Depression-era farm tractor. They have an interesting history, though. The Pacemaker was a direct descendent of a pretty groundbreaking tractor with ties to the Case family. Sort of.
Wallis Tractor Co. The Pacemaker’s bloodline began with a company called Wallis Tractor Co. Henry Wallis was Jerome Increase Case’s son-in-law, and he started the company in 1912. Wallis Tractor Company pioneered the uniframe, a revolutionary concept in tractor-building.
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The 1468: It Was All Marketing s Fault. To be fair, there were likely a lot of reasons why the 68-series tractors didn’t sell well. It’s wasn’t all Marketing’s fault. But. Harvester’s Marketing execs did start the ball rolling.
These bad boys were ill-suited for the field, but boy they sure look good! You can bid on that one on the left right now! Click the photo for the details! (That s a 1568 on the right - it ll cross the auction block soon!) Basically, this whole deal started because Massey had attacked the horsepower race with the 1150. The 1150 used a 510-inch Perkins V-8 (a motor built for a city bus) dialed up to 146 horse. It was a handsome tractor with all the right stuff, and it sold fairly well to young farmers. Not only that, but it sounded good, too – way better than any city bus motor should! Adding insult to injury, the 1150 made 2 more horse than the 1456. In 1970, it was the 2WD king of the horsepower hill!