756 custom add

[harvey hall]

Anyone know about the 756 custom tractors, what was different about them , and they would not be made in 79 , have seen 856 as a custom but not any other models
 

[mkirsch]

56 series was only made from 1967 to 1971 so definitely not made in 1979 if that's what you meant by "79."

756 Custom had the same cost-cutting measures as the 856 Custom. Smaller-than-stock tires, two fewer headlights, one remote instead of two.

Overall it knocked a couple hundred dollars off the cost of the tractor. Even back then, that was a tiny part of the overall cost of the tractor, and meant only a couple dollars more per month on the payment. Why IH would bother with such insignificant cost-cutting measures has always bothered me.
 

[Bermuda Ken]

There is a good story about the IH Custom tractors in Red Power Magazine from a couple years back.

The reason IH built these was to compete with the green 4000. The 4000 was a stripped down verison of the 4020 also known as the "poor mans 4020". Not wanting team green w/ yellow wheels to get all of the "poor man market", IH built the customs.
 

[harvey hall]

Thanks , those are small items to take off and only few hundred dollars less . The add said it is a 79 model .