[AJD] 1939 John Deere AW

[J.R. Hobbs]

Misleading?  How?  As I said before, at some point, you have to go with what the records say, irregardless of what your personal beliefs are, or the stories you've been told.. The records say that 30 Model "AW" Tractors were built in the 1939 model year. If you want to believe that 75 or 150 were built, fine, believe what you like---but it's not true, and it's misleading, in my view.  But that's just my opinion
 
 
. Frank <gremaux at tein.net> wrote:
true enough about the rarity of the tractor but what I am saying is that 
your statement of 30 tractors is misleading!!

could have been 150 of them
or 75 of them

I just don't think we should say a specific number when actually no one 
knows!!
I have visited at length with the people in the archives and that's why I 
am always against using specific numbers...

Frank
gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.R. Hobbs" 
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Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] 1939 John Deere AW


> That did happen on occasion, to be sure, but at some point, you have to go 
> with what the records say----and I've checked the numbers in the 
> Production Log versus the Serial Number Registers on several different 
> occasions, and the differences if any, are miniscule. Since the records 
> were kept by human beings, no doubt some mistakes were made. Tractors 
> sometimes got changed at the Branch House level, and at the dealer level, 
> as well, since front end assemblies could be ordered as Whole Goods. In 
> some cases, those changes were reported to the factory, and the changes 
> were recorded---I've seen some of those instances. In others, they were 
> not, no doubt. There are cases where tractors are listed as being shipped 
> without front end equipment, for whatever reason.
> As I recall, the original question concerned the rarity of a 1939 "AW". 
> Whether they made 30, as is recorded, or a few more were changed 
> afterward, really isn't an issue, is it? A 1939 "AW" is still a rare 
> tractor.
>
> Frank wrote:
> providing no A's that were built and in the yard were not change before 
> they
> left the factory and not recorded..........happened a lot more than some
> people think!
>
> Frank
> gremaux at tein.net
> Central Montana
> http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J.R. Hobbs"
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
>
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] 1939 John Deere AW
>
>
>> Kyle,
>>
>> A 1939 "AW" is a pretty rare creature, since the 1939 Model "A" Series
>> tractors were rather unique, being basically an unstyled "A" 
>> mechanically,
>> with the styling features and with a number of parts unique to only the
>> 1939 model year. Only 30 "AW" tractors were built in the 1939 model year.
>>
>> JR
>>
>> Kyle Sands wrote:
>> Hello guys - does anyone have an idea of how many AW's (factory 
>> adjustable
>> wide front end) Deere produced in 1939? I don't think this is a
>> particulaly rare model variation, but I have have only seen one other
>> exactly like my grandfather's (even in pictures). I've seen several of 
>> the
>> unstyled variety and of the late styled variety.
>>
>> Any guesses?
>>
>> Kyle Sands <>< Alexandria, MN
>>
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