The White Motor Corporation entered the decade of the 1970’s focused on meeting the needs of the modern farm with big iron. When White entered the farm equipment world in 1960, a large tractor was just 70 hp, but in just ten years, the 100 hp mark was broken and even surpassed.
White knew that having a big row crop tractor in the emerging high horse power tractor market of the 1970’s was they key to staying at the forefront of the agricultural field. The company looked to its subsidiary brands to create the ideal high horse power tractor. Minneapolis-Moline’s large cubic inch engines met the requirements for a rugged and proven power plant.
Minneapolis-Moline was a proven builder of advanced engines. In 1965 White’s Minneapolis-Moline division introduced its first modern high horse power tractors. The Minneapolis-Moline G-1000 was powered by a 110 hp 504 cubic engine. In 1967 Minneapolis-Moline further enhanced the G-1000 by moving the fuel tank behind the operator’s station and moved the driver’s seat forward for better visibility. The new model was known as the G-1000 Vista. Moline’s new Vista tractor offered the first modern work station with the controls and gauges integrated into the tractors platform. In addition to the G-1000 Vista’s introduction in 1967 a smaller 98 hp model known as the G-900 was released to the Minneapolis-Moline dealer network.
In 1969 the Minneapolis-Moline G series received a facelift with a bolder appearance. The tractors had a new hood design, prominent grill with a protruding cowl imprinted with the Minneapolis-Moline initials MM. The new models were the 110 hp G-1050 and the 98 hp G-950. Both models incorporated the older G-1000 set up with the fuel tank placed in front of the engine behind the cowl. White offered an optional factory installed cab with air-conditioning for the new G-50 tractors.
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