The International T-9 and TD-9 replaced the unstyled McCormick-Deering T-35 and TD-35. The new models continued the styling theme introduced in 1938 on the big TD-18 crawler. All of the new International crawlers had engine side screens with horizontal silver stripes, matching three silver grille bars dividing sections of red cross bars. The T-9 looked almost identical to the T-6, except scaled up. The main visual clue from a distance is the presence of two top track idlers on the T-9/TD-9 vs. one on the T-6/TD-6. Instead of the 6-cylinder gasoline engine of the T-35, the T-9 used a new 335 ci 4-cylinder gasoline engine, governed at 1400 rpm, with a 5-speed transmission. This engine and transmission were shared by the McCormick-Deering W-9/WD-9 series wheel tractors. In 1940 the T-9 compet