The Farmall A was built between 1939-1947. This is one of those instantly recognizable tractors for it's offset engine. The design of the A was to allow a full unobstructed view of cultivating right in front of you. With the engine, frame, and drive train off to the left side of the tractor and the seat and steering on the right side right above and behind the cultivator. This allowed the "cultivision".
There were two other variants of the tractor the AV and the AI. The AV was a high crop version of the A, the V standing for vegetable. The AI was an industrial version of the A, the I standing for Inudstrial. It also had no PTO and had a stronger rear end.
The A had an IH 1.9L 4 cylinder gasoline or kerosine (distillate) engine. The transmission was 4 forward and 1 reverse. It ran on a 6 volt system. It was claimed to be a 13-16 HP 1 plow tractor, however the Nebraska test revealed it to be a 16-18. The belt pulley allowed a 8.5 x 6 belt to run at 1156 RPM. The A had a standard set of 4-15 4ply front tires and 8-24 4ply rear tires.
From 1939-1945 it was advertised under the McCormick-Deering Farmall banner, in 1946 it was changed to McCormick Farmall banner. It was built in both the Chicago and Lousville factories, with Louisville only making it in 1947. The engine was a updated version of the F-14's 113ci engine. The distilate engines were only in 1939 and the later years were only the more powerful gasoline engines. The tractor also had a attatchment for a pneumatic lift called a "lift-all" system it was powered by the exhaust of the tractor. It was made to compete with the Allis-Chalmers B which was released in 1937 as a pilot run and 1938 in full production. International Harvester seeing the success of the B saw the need to compete in the small tractor market. Improving on the concept IH offset the engine, increased the transmission gears from three to four, and increased the horsepower Not to be outdone Allis put a bigger engine in the B, Farmall responded with the Super A in 1947. Options for the A were electric start, Pneumatic "Lift-All", and adjustable front axle. Tires could also be swapped for 5-15 front; 9-24, 10-24, 11-24 rear; and 4-30, 5-30 duals for the rear.
Serial Numbers below are for A, AV, AI, B, BN
1939 FAA501-6743 (6242)
1940 6744-41499 (22023)
1941 41500-80738 (22950)
1942 80739-96389 (9579)
1943 (105)
1944 96390-113218 (8177)
1945 113218-146699 (18494)
1946 146700-182693 (19739)
1947 ch 182694-198298 (20937)
1947 lou 200001-220829 ( 20828)
Total Built 128,246
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