[john hall]

I remember red and yellow on the showroom floor at the same time, or do I?
The dealer dad worked for lost the IH tractor sales contract sometime in the late 70's or very early 80's They were allowed to keep the parts contract until they closed in 91, however that was about to be revoked, Case-IH extended it to work with them through the close of business. Anyway, I remember 382, 982, 582 special and maybe regular 582 all on the floor in red. Also remember yellow, 382, 682 and 782. Maybe some red in the 6 and 782 as well. Maybe they got everything in red until Tenneco bought out IH? I'll have to ask dad that one.

Every other Cadet dealer I knew of (5 to be exact) was still a full line ag dealer. Of those 6 dealerships, only one is a full line Case-IH dealer, one is IH parts only. The other 6 have been gone for 15-25 years.

This was about the time the local grass mowing market was handed to Deere on a silver platter.