The Case VAC is one of the small Case farm tractors of the years before the Second World War. The film below shows a working example.
Case VAC at a glance
| Maker | J. I. Case Company, Racine, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Type | small farm tractor |
| Period | the 1930s and 1940s Case range |
| Company then | out of steam engines and cars; petrol tractors the main farm product |
| 1937 | Case took over the Rock Island Plow Company |
| 1942–1950s | construction equipment became the company’s main line in the 1950s |
| Engine and output | not stated in the sources used here |
The model is not described in the sources; the page gives the company background and the film.
History of the Case VAC
The small Case tractor
After Case gave up steam in 1927 and cars in the same year, it concentrated on petrol tractors and farm machinery. The VAC belongs to the small end of that range, the machines bought by mixed farms that could not justify a big field tractor.
A working survivor
The film shows a VAC running, which is the best evidence of the model available here: a small, simple tractor kept alive by its owner. The sources used for this page describe the company and its purchasing of Emerson-Brantingham and Rock Island Plow in those years, not the VAC itself.
Design and features
- Small tractor: the size bought by mixed farms rather than large estates.
- Case in the 1930s: built while the company was assembling a full farm range.
- Surviving example: the machine in the film still runs.
- No specification: the sources give no figures for the model.
Case VAC versions
- Case VAC: the tractor shown in the film.
- Case L and LA: the larger tractors of the same years.
- Case D series: another line of the period.
The larger tractors of the period are on the Case L and LA and Case D series pages. Earlier machines are on the Case 10-18 page, and everything is in the Case section.
Video: Case VAC tractor
Video by Asacasetractor on YouTube.
Sources
- Case Corporation, English Wikipedia: company history
- Case Corporation, German Wikipedia: company dates
- Case IH, English Wikipedia: company timeline
