Identify Combine please

[rvanpelt]

Can anyone identify this old combine. I found this pic in a bunch of pics just after my dad passed away last month. He talked a lot about the Twin City tractor but can't remember what make the combine was.
Thank you for your help.
Rod van Pelt

 

[rvanpelt]

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Maybe this will work.
Rod

 

[RevJJ]

Looks like a model P case....I am not sure its a model P, but I am sure it is a Case.

 

[rvanpelt]

Thanks for your help,RevJJ. Any idea on the approximate year 20s, 30s?

 

[JD 5020 guy]

Would be from the 30s. I have a brochure for P. We had the same setup back in the day. Twin City 21-32 and Case model Q. Same combine as the P but used a rasp bar cylinder and a Case CE engine instead of the Waukesha.

 

[Straw Boss]

Could be anywhere from the mid-twenties to late thirties.
Definately a Model P (Prarie) machine.
Dual wheels under the 60 bu. tank.
Also look at the man standing on top. His foot is just above the sloped tin for the return elevator. You don't see either items on the picture posted below as it's a smaller machine. Most likely the H. They also made an A, B, BB, and C during this time among others such as the Q and W.
Also the angle of the drive belt indicates a P and most I've seen run the 12-20 cross motor tractor engine on the P and the Wauk on the smaller machines, not the CE engine until well into the thirties and on newer models such as the Q and K.
Had a chance to purchase a complete machine 25 years ago and passed it up. No money and too far from home. Last time I checked on it the motor was gone and the rest of it pushed around with a loader tractor. Can't save em all I guess but it would have been nice to have it survive. This was before the age of computers and access to other collectors. I'm sure someone would have taken it home.

 

[rvanpelt]

Thanks Straw Boss and JD5020 Guy for all of your info. This really helps.

 

[Curtis Rink]

Not to switch subjects but tell me more about the Twin City tractor. It appears to be a 2-speed 21-32 or a 17-28 with FE engine. Is this in Oklahoma?

 

[rvanpelt]

Curtis,
I'm sorry I don't have any info on the Twin City tractor. Don't remember the size Dad said it was but it was probably the biggest they could get. My uncle sold it in the early 70s. They added an IHC Regular in 27 and Dad bought an F30 in 37. They upgraded to MM U tractors in the mid 40s after the war.

 

[rvanpelt]

Curtis, I forgot to mention the farm was in western Nebraska.
Rod