Hi Art, just visited the tractorbynet site and saw your reply. I've bought some hard-to-get NOS parts from Steve via you fellows before. I don't believe this was entirely a dealer add-on. I am aware of Pippin and the others. I've seen 300's/340's/350's with forklifts, and they are not out-of-the-ordinary. What makes me think this greatly involved the IH factory and their engineering/R&D departments is that the IH gas tank is mounted vertical, has a specially-located filler hole, and the engine hood is specially made to wrap itself around the tank's unusual mounting style. It is an IH factory hood with the same body lines and style as all other IH factory hoods of the time, yet is shaped entirely different at the gas tank area. The steering gear is not like a normal w-4's, but yet has IH casting numbers. The seat and mount are also IH-made and reflect the pan-seat and suspension of the time, but yet are not of the standard production run. In short, IH obviously produced special sheetmetal and mechanical parts for this tractor, so that the forklift could then be attached. It seems that there should be some kind of mention of this in IH history. I have yet to find that mention, or how many of these exact units were sold or how many even exist. Thanks. jd
