[AJD] late B

Dean VP deanvp at att.net
Mon May 30 12:10:48 PDT 2005


Here is what the 1918 to 1987 version looks like:

http://public.fotki.com/deanvp/reference/asae_books/1918-1987/


Bill:

I have found my version of the book.  It is the 1918 to 1987 version, with
the embossed D on the front cover. 

This is the text on page 60 preceding the serial number lists:

"The following serial numbers provide a means of determining a tractors age.
The number opposite each year designation is the beginning serial number for
that year for the model designated in the headline. Years are product years
(usually August 1 of the preceding calendar year to the following July 31)
unless noted as follows: *Calendar Year; **Fiscal Year (November 1 to
October 31). For convenience, tractors are listed alphabetically and
numerically, rather than chronologically."

I scanned a few models and for example the JD 50 serial number and year
doesn't seem right to me. I have been led to believe through JR's books that
there were no 1952 model year (product year?) 50's shipped to customers.
Some were built but not shipped to customers and the 50 release was delayed
to only 1953 model year due to a steel strike. But this book shows that 1253
(1952) 50's were shipped. I was aware that there were 1952 model year 60's
shipped to customers but not 50's. 

I need to dig out my Lyle Cherry production records book and see what is up.


I don't yet appreciate why this is so confusing unless we are dealing with
different author interpretations of the same hard copy records. 

Right now I am so confused that I suspect there is a different
interpretation of Model year vs Product year vs Production year. That would
really mess things up. I suppose some of next years tractors could have been
built in the previous product year due to production scheduling issues. 

Is it really all that important?  No, but I have stumbled at shows
occasionally when looking at an owners sign and questioning where they got
their year designation vs the serial number. For example I've seen signs at
shows that define a 50 as a 1952 model.  I just wrote it off as the owner
defining it as the calendar year it was built. However the above book states
there were 1952 models shipped. 

Vely Confusing!

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


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Dean VP
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Subject: RE: [AJD] late B

Bill:

Thanks for posting this serial number list. I'm confused as to why this list
is being called a list based on "Calendar Year". If I understand what
"Calendar Year" means the first B made on January 1, 1939 was serial #
60000. That isn't true.  So then I would call this list based on production
or model year. 

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

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