One-Year Reign of the Curtis: Curtis Baldwin’s Limited-Production Combine

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Tharran Gaines
April 2010

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“We’ve never been able to find any kind of record on combine production, so we thought maybe we could get an estimate by finding out how many engines the Waukesha company shipped to the Ottawa factory,” he explains. “Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to find a number that way either.

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“About the only thing I’ve been able to learn is that the serial number on the engine in one of Ed Larson’s combines is one number away from the serial number on my machine,” he says. “So it’s either a real coincidence or there weren’t that many of them built in the first place.

“We may still have a few things to discover about the Curtis machine,” he concludes. “But at least it’s not going to disappear into history.” FC

For more information:
– Gilbert Vust, Box 937, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada R1N 3C4; (204) 857-5826.
– Ed Larson, 657 S. Milan Rd., Milan, KS 67105; (620) 435-6869; e-mail: larson67105@yahoo.com.
 
Tharran Gaines is author of five books on antique tractor restoration and writes a variety of materials for AGCO Corp., including brochures for Gleaner and Challenger combines. He is also a contributing editor to the AGCO Advantage and Massey Ferguson Farm Life magazines for AGCO. E-mail him at gainescomm@yahoo.com; online at www.gainescommunications.com.
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  • Ron Long 12/29/2010 3:54:29 PM

    In July of 2009, I purchases a 50% interest in a storage container that
    had been on a moving companies back lot for about 30 years. My
    share was $50.00. All we knew was that it contained Model A parts.
    After delivery, we found it contained a very complete Model A stationary
    engine. This engine has a Twin Disc Clutch, Kingston Carburator and
    Governor. I have restored the engine to running condition. On ebay I found a Gleaner Baldwin parts book and operation instructions for the engine. The diagrams are definitly for a Model A engine and the combine model was A or R. The container came from Lompoc, CA.
    Is it possible that there was a Gleaner Baldwin Combine used in the
    flower fields of Lompoc?

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