McCormick 161 Windrower

McCormick 161 Windrower in Superman, Movie, 1978

Class: Others, Farming vehicle — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Merc64 ◊ 2009-11-18 02:07	massey fergison swather mid 1960s
lightninboy ◊ 2012-09-29 15:18	I think this swather could be a Versatile, especially if this was filmed in Canada and you don't normally find swathers in Kansas.
lightninboy ◊ 2012-09-29 16:20	Or it could be a Cockshutt or a Co-op or a Killbery. Looks like it has steering levers instead of a steering wheel, doesn't it? Looks like it has a water-cooled engine? Not a Massey Ferguson 36 or a Versatile 400. -- Last edit: 2012-10-03 01:04:20
lightninboy ◊ 2012-10-03 01:10	This is a hard swather to track down. It seems that if it is a Massey Ferguson, it would be a model before the 36 which had lever steering. As far as I know, all Versatile self-propelled swathers had steering wheel steering.
lightninboy ◊ 2012-10-03 07:11	It looks like there's a round yellow decal on the side. Massey-Harris Clipper combines had round yellow decals. It seems like this swather could be a Massey-Harris from the 1950s. -- Last edit: 2012-10-03 07:11:50
lightninboy ◊ 2014-08-18 03:17	I found it. It's an McCormick 161 windrower. Link to "www.redpowermagazine.com" Could possibly be a 163. -- Last edit: 2014-08-18 16:35:13
mike962 ◊ 2014-08-18 09:01	lightninboy wrote I found it. It's an McCormick 161 windrower. Link to "www.redpowermagazine.com" so this was MIS ID