[AJD] JD - Model "C"

Thu Dec 9 09:54:54 PST 2004

Duane:
    I sent this message (below) on 12/8/04 (5:35 PM) as you can tell.
It arrived on the list on 12/09/04, at 1:04 AM...
pretty fast compared to a dog sled......   lol

Garrell


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G.Dombaugh" <gdombaugh at 1kms.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] JD - Model "C"


> Duane:
>    That book would have to be worth about as much as the JD "C" sold for 
> in 1927-28 ? :-)
> Thanks for the tip..   I will start looking for that copy among the JD 
> book vendors at the
> next swap meet in the area.  eBay would (again) be a good place to watch, 
> but doubt that it would go cheap as most of you guys are there too.  :-0 
> lol
> Have a great evening...
>
> Thanks,
> Garrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane Larson" <jdlarson at comcast.net>
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] JD - Model "C"
>
>
>> If you really want to get into the C, there is a nice 111 page book 
>> titled
>> "The John Deere Model "C" Farm Tractor" published by Two Cylinder in 
>> 1993.
>> I think it came with their toy C tractor from the Two Cylinder Grand 
>> Opening
>> in 1993.
>> Duane Larson
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "G.Dombaugh" <gdombaugh at 1kms.com>
>> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AJD] JD - Model "C"
>>
>>
>>> Thanks Bill and Dean.... and others...
>>> I will email JR directly and most likely purchase the book....
>>> I hate to bother you with all the work of scanning pictures here. 
>>> Thanks
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>> I don't happen to have that book.... Ironically, if I had this book to
>> begin
>>> with,
>>> I would have known the JD "C" story ...  :-)   Most be the missing link
>> that
>>> I needed.
>>>
>>> I appreciate all the help from the LIST....
>>> Thanks again to everyone.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Garrell
>>> KS
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
>>> To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
>>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:47 AM
>>> Subject: RE: [AJD] JD - Model "C"
>>>
>>>
>>> > Garrell:
>>> >
>>> > JR Hobs has several pictures of the Model "C" in his book on unstyled 
>>> > JD
>>> > tractors. If you don't get something better I will scan some of these
>>> > pictures and send them to you. Just holler if the scans are needed. I
>> have
>>> > done a google search on the Web w/o success.
>>> >
>>> > Dean A. Van Peursem
>>> > Snohomish, WA 98290
>>> >
>>> > I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>> > storeroom door
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > www.deerelegacy.com
>>> >
>>> > http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> > [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
>> Of
>>> > G.Dombaugh
>>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:42 AM
>>> > To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>>> > 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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