International Harvester HT340 Turbine Tractor We installed an electro mechanical governor, made a new wiring harness, installed the correct gauges and fixed the hydraulic system. Easy and fun to drive😀 Just a little noisy 😳 | JC Tractor Restoration and Repair

International Harvester didn’t build the Whitney tractor, but for a brief moment, they sold a few. The real story runs deeper. #AntiqueTractorLife #WhitneyTractor #InternationalHarvester #Tractor #OhioBuilt | Antique Tractor Life

I’ve gone down a bit of a rabbit hole… I’ve been doing research about the Solar Aircraft Company that was purchased by International Harvester in 1960. Solar was in the aerospace industry and known for fabricating hard to machine parts that could tolerate high temperatures. Harvester purchased Solar mainly for their gas turbine technology. In about 1963 Solar secured contracts with NASA to build components for the Apollo Spacecraft and the Saturn V Rockets. I had no idea how extensive their expe