[AJD] 1939 John Deere AW

Frank gremaux at tein.net
Mon Aug 29 04:13:11 PDT 2005


It is  also not be true that 30 were built......
All it tells you is that at least 30 were built........
and as I say.....it is a place to start

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 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] 1939 John Deere AW


> 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"
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
>
> 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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