[AJD] 1939 John Deere AW

[Frank]

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" <jrhobbs2004 at yahoo.com>
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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 <gremaux at tein.net> 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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