[AT] HOTLINE ANTIQUE Tractor Guide.Farmall 140

[yestergears at intrstar.net]

George and all:
     While I agree with your opinion on the Hot Line Guide, ( I once sold 
them in my store)  I do have one experience with them that I have yet to 
get an explanation for.
The serial number  listings they published for the Farmall 140 were more 
accurate than anything else I have found.  Info I had from someone who had 
supposedly researched the archives and has written books ( Not Mr. Fay)
showed an ending serial number for the 140 production that was much earlier 
than  a 140 that was owned by a local equipment dealer.  The researcher 
justified his info by saying that Hot Line didn't know what they were 
talking about and they shouldn't be trusted.  When I contacted the folks at 
Hot Line, they couldn't tell me where they got the info either because the 
person who did those listings didn't work there anymore!
   Either way the later serial number tractors existed and we later 
confirmed when they were built though former IH plant employees who built them!
Later
Travis
At 11:37 AM 4/1/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Walt,
>
>What value is a guide that lists a Ford 9N as being 27% heavier than an 8N?
>If anything, it is very slightly lighter.
>
>Prices listed are complete nonsense, regardless of area or day of the week.
>
>Why bother to look it up?
>
>George Willer
>
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>Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:07 AM
>Subject: Re: [AT] HOTLINE ANTIQUE Tractor Guide. Vol III 2003/2004
>
>
> > Remember its a guide not the gospel so you have to take it as its written
>and
> > use a little common sense to see what the prices are in your area. Tractor
> > prices really vary a lot from state to state and day to day at auctions.
> >
> > Walt Davies
> > Cooper Hollow Farm
> > Monmouth, OR 97361
> > 503 623-0460
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