[AJD] JD - Model "C"

[Bill Brueck]

There were some pics passed around the list a couple of years back when a C
sold at auction.  I usually cabbage these for future reference, but I don't
find them in my folders.  Does anybody still have those shots?

B²
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, Minnesota USA

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G.Dombaugh" <gdombaugh at 1kms.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] JD - Model "C"


> Thanks everyone for educating me on the JD model "C".
> Would it be to much to ask if anyone has an emailable photo of one
> of these (original) rare tractors ??  Or is there a web site where I could
> down load a picture?
> Garrell
>  gdombaugh at 1kms.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane Larson" <jdlarson at comcast.net>
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] JD - Model "C"
>
>
> > Well, not quite indistinguishable.  Most of the C's had a wooden
steering
> > wheel, and a post/spring type seat rather than the dual arched springs
> > attached to the rear of the transmission case.  The exhaust manifold was
> > cut
> > off straight rather than angled, and there were some differences with
the
> > block/case clearances and wheels.  But I'm sure Paul O will weigh in
here
> > and give us the straight story.  J.R. Hobbs has a nice section on the Cs
> > and
> > GPs in his book on the Unstyled JDs.
> > Duane Larson
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
> > To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> > <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AJD] JD - Model "C"
> >
> >
> >> It is my understanding that they are indistinguishable from the early
> > GP's.
> >> The model designation was changed because of the difficulty in
> >> differentiating between the D and the C when parts were ordered over
the
> >> phone lines of the day.
> >>
> >> B²
> >> Bill Brueck (brick)
> >> Chatfield, Minnesota USA
> >>
> >> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "G.Dombaugh" <gdombaugh at 1kms.com>
> >> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> >> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:28 PM
> >> Subject: [AJD] JD - Model "C"
> >>
> >>
> >> > Can anyone tell me what a JD model "C" looks like?  They were
> >> > apparently
> >> > only made for two years.
> >> >
> >> >       Model C
> >> >       1927 200001
> >> >       1928 200103
> >> >
> >> > Garrell
> >> >
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