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ben camp

03-11-2002 19:27:25




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I have a B I am secound owner the first owner has cut of the serial number for some unknown reason
is there any other eay of finding out the year?




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Glenn(WV)

03-11-2002 20:00:32




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 Re: missing serial in reply to ben camp, 03-11-2002 19:27:25  
Take a look at the engine. There should be a number stamped into a raised pad on the right-hand side of the engine above the distributor/magneto. If that number is below 201000, it's the same as your serial number. If it is above 201000, look at the big castings(wheels, transmission, torque tube, etc.) for a date code. Date codes look like this:

12*15*P

where the star(*) represents what looks like the head of a screw. It is read day*month*year(the year is a letter). Post your findings and we'll tell you the year of your B.

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Tim Malin

03-12-2002 21:59:15




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 Re: Re: missing serial in reply to Glenn(WV), 03-11-2002 20:00:32  
Although I have my serial number plate for my SM, my casting dates fall between two different years. As a matter of fact, my engine was cast on Dec 31 1952 and my frame Jan 14 1953. My platform was Dec 23 52, and then my axle was cast Feb. 15 1953. My Dad told me they probably made parts in different factories and installed them all together at one time, resulting in a mix. He says it is the first and only tractor he has ever seen with different years of production on a completely original tractor.

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Jim Becker

03-13-2002 18:24:29




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 Re: Re: Re: missing serial in reply to Tim Malin, 03-12-2002 21:59:15  
Dec 23 to Feb 15 is less than 8 weeks. You don't expect them to empty the factory of all work in progress just because January 1 was in there?



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Tim Malin

03-13-2002 19:24:09




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: missing serial in reply to Jim Becker, 03-13-2002 18:24:29  
Of course not!! Just there are 52 weeks in a year and around 56000 tractors made (in 2 years)leaves only a couple tractors to be mixed and matched. It is just interesting that it has X and Y plates on the tractor. How many people can really say that?



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Jim Becker

03-13-2002 19:42:07




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: missing serial in reply to Tim Malin, 03-13-2002 19:24:09  
If 8 weeks is a typical spread for date codes on one tractor (and it is probably at least that), then 8/52 or about 15% of the total production (or 1 in about 7) will have date codes crossing any particular date. Since winter is prime time for building tractors, it would be at least that many. Holidays disrupting production could make it higher yet.

So I would guess that any collector with a fair number of tractors can say it for some pair of years.

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2 Tim

03-13-2002 13:15:49




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 Re: Re: Re: missing serial in reply to Tim Malin, 03-12-2002 21:59:15  
more common after LATE 1940's to mix and match parts which were cast at various times. The serial plate is KEY item.



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