[AJD] Styled A "Cut Away"

[Steve W.]

My local JD dealer had a contract through Deere to make a few Cut away
tractors. They were sent all the parts for the tractor and a diagram of
what to cut out during assembly. According to the man I spoke to there
were a lot of dealers who did this stuff, it was also a training tool
for the shop.

Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <greg at theoldtractorcompany.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
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Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Styled A "Cut Away"


> Yes the cutaways were Deere items and many different versions were
made. I have cutaway B but don't believe it's a JD item. Still
"potentially" a neat item anyway.
> Most were chromed/painted in various sections for display and had an
electric motor underneath to slowly motor the internals over.
> A friend of mine has a 60 I think it is and others survive.
> Recent observations are that a Western Coast JD club recently sold a
cutaway 20 or 30 series on Ebay for less than $3000! Sure it needed
restored but I was floored. If it was a genuine Deere item, which I
believe it was, it was worth far far more than that. Even New
Generations had cutaways. Also different pieces of equipment.
> And 2-3 years ago I was amazed to see a modern cutaway on the floor of
the JD dealer's Expo. It was a fully cutaway 6000 series utility tractor
with chrome. Talk about chrome! A full dress Harley had nothing on this!
It had been brought over from the Manheim, Germany factory and in fact
the employee in charge of it even came over with it! He told me it
travels all over Europe to farm shows, etc.
> I may be nuts but I thought I had covered some of this in a Green Mag
article?? If not I'm far worse off than I thought!
> Greg
>
> Greg Stephen
> The Old Tractor Company
> Stephen Equipment Company
> Box 709
> 7460 E Hiway 86
> Franktown, CO 80116
> 303-663-5246
> 303-688-4170 fax
>
>
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Just got back from Pioneer Village in Minden, NE.  Saw an early
styled A
> > > with cut out areas all over so you could see the internal workings
of
> > > the engine, clutch, tranny, etc.  No explanation about where it
came
> > > from or anything.  Was this something that Deere put out to
dealers, or
> > > something someone made?  The Serial # plate had 412549, but I
doubt that
> > > was the correct plate, as that would make it an early unstyled,
and the
> > > rivets were loose.
> > >
> > > Anyone shed a little light on this?
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> > >