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Comfort King Cab Company
| Name: | Comfort King Cab Company |
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| Dates: |
1968 - 1977 (Life/Active Dates)
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| Biography/History: | Mike Johnson built his first hillside combine cab in an old Colfax garage as “a matter of survival.” He suffered from extreme allergies at a time when combine drivers had no shelter from the dusty wheat harvest. In 1968, he formed the “Comfort King Cab” corporation, gradually improving models to include air conditioning and filtering. During winter months workers from local families helped him manufacture the cabs, as many as 100 per year. Production stopped in 1977, just after the John Deere company began producing combines with cabs already installed. |
| Related Objects: |
4262.1 (Coveralls, Comfort King Cab Company Coveralls, 1968 - 1977)
4262.10a (Photograph, Comfort King Cab Company Combine)
4262.8a (Decal, Comfort King Cab Company Logo Decal, 1968 - 1977)
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