This Tractor Is NOT What It Seems! One Of A Kind Experimental J. I. Case Tracor 

All us J I Case guys miss you Nick. I'm so thankful for the little time I got to spend with you.

Nick was a wealth of knowledge on these Case tractors. He was also more than willing to share his knowledge and help others when he could. He helped me so much when I was restoring my VAI with the Ross steering setup.

I miss this guy. Gone too soon. Hopefully his sons carry on the tradition. See you on the other side, Nick

Thanks Aumun Auction and Classic Tractor Fever. Love these old tractors.

Beautiful tractor! I grew up with JI Case and as a kid loved my 530 with the 188 Diesel engine. Would love to find another like it. Those Case engines sound great .

You found a tractor nerd that loves his hobby and is articulate about his knowledge. I would have been delighted if you had chosen to publish more of this interview. His facts sounded trustworthy, something that the hobbyist cannot cannot always present well. I spent a career in manufacturing working for the same manufacturer and working in the same "mother ship" plant. This allowed me to be intimate with our developmental process, although I was not in a developmental capacity. I find all aspects of manufacturing fascinating, especially machining. I was a maintenance technician and ended my career having served as the department head for many years. I would like to see what Case was doing internally and what was outsourced in the era of the 300. I imagine that they controlled more functions internally in that era than is done today. My former employer has finally gone the modern route and has eliminated internal production fabrication and machining. Fortunately I was already retired and was not tasked with laying off my coworkers and friends. A friend of mine inherited a library full of documentation from a IH development engineer from the IH hey days of 1950's and 1960's. He talked with me years ago about inventorying this material, but we never did anything with it. Of the bigger tractor brands of this era our affections have favored IH, JD and Allis. So I feel odd around Case folk. Bring this guy back! This was a great interview and you didn't need an interviewer.

Great vid! Really amazing to see the experimentals with the proposed improvements. Cool!

I love it! Thanks for sharing!

Hey there buddy, you finding a tractor like that is luckier than winning the state lottery!!! Nice toy , thanks for the video

Sure Do Miss Nick ,,, This was filmed at Lanesville Heritage Grounds

É uma raridade gostei !! Thank for you 👍👍

I love the case 300, I’ve got 4 most are late 50s early 60s

We have 2 VAC and one VAS. This experimental tractor looks like a beefier VAC.. I learned a bit from you on this video

Nice to see this restored and running. I have a 51 Case VAC-14 in the process of getting it running....just rebuilt the carb and starter, but I think the distributor is the wrong one put in.... Bought it out of CoPart in Houston last year.

This gentleman got me interested on Case VA’s with all of his forum posts, now I have a VAC, a VAO, a VAC-13 and a VAS with mounted cultivators. Also found an Eagle hitch plow, scraper blade and corn planter. Now I just have to get everything working…

Enjoyed the video. I have three CASE VAC's 1949,1950 and 1953. Would like to converse further about them with you.

The long round shaft near clutch, is this a hand clutch ? If so, i like the concept.

My friend has an experimental case sc. I keep telling him to get it off the farm and into a collection Who do I talk to

I thought case tractors were developed and produced in Racine, the man said Rock Island that was the Farmall plant. I know the 2 compainies merged, but am i missing some thing or did the man misspeak?

Strange that I see a lot of the details on my VAC that are on your Case, but you say they were experimental. My steering - at least up to the tierod, is the same with all that Monkey Motion that goes through the under dash pedestal and then along the engine and makes another turn into the central steering box. I have the Eagle Hitch too and I also noticed that the door to the toolbox area under the battery is on the driver's right side - like mine and I thought that was odd as every Case I've seen has it on the driver's left side. Odd. But - I have 11.2/12x34 R-1 tires and rims and the high pedestal front spindles. I also believe I have a Continental engine with the built-in hydraulic pump, gear driven and no pump inside the flat belt drive assy. I have been told mine is a "Loyal Employee's Bonus, Last-Of-The-1955-Run" tractor, built from whatever parts were on the shelf. I dunnow. It also has the one-piece hood without that front curved bullnose piece added on.

The tool box door is on the opposite side

Ever heard of a Vai I own one anyone got any fact could you tell me?

Uncle had 300, Dad had 350; later on, uncle got 400. Didn't like single shifter.

Sadly, Nick recently passed on.

real crap welds!!

Lose the billboard.