[AJD] Serial # 60002 JD B sells for $4,602.00 on eBay

[Dean VP]

Randy:

I have several pictures of the 1939 through 1947 Hand Start B's on a picture
site. Some show the flywheels. 

I seem to recall there were flywheel changes but now I'm confused as to if
I'm thinking of the H rather than the B. 

The Pictures are at:

http://public.fotki.com/deanvp/tractors/jd/styled/b/

I need to get to bed but maybe you can dig through these pictures and see if
any show different flywheels. 

The Parts Catalog does show a change in flywheel part numbers at Serial
Number 96000 (1941 model year) from B660R (AB705R) to B1848R (AB2756R) which
is much larger than that used on the 1939 and 1940 models. That probably
happened when the HP increased.  The hand start flywheel doesn't show
another part number change. 

Right now I'm too tired to think straight but is it possible yours is the
earlier flywheel? Maybe the later hand start flywheel was bigger in diameter
but thinner than the earlier flywheel. I have a 1939 hand start flywheel
here but not the later one.

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

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Randy Ralphs
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Subject: Re: [AJD] Serial # 60002 JD B sells for $4,602.00 on eBay

I looked at that tractor after you pointed it originally. I noticed the 
flywheel was about twice as thick as the one on my '42 'B'.
Was that common on earlier styled B's? Or was that some prototype thing 
that ended up on this tractor as it was maybe preproduction?

    Randy

Dean VP wrote:

>Wow, is this 1939 B possibly the earliest known styled B to still be in
>existence? I had heard that first and last model year tractors commanded a
>higher price but this is very surprising. I suspect a few zero's are going
>to end up on serial number plates suddenly. :-) 
>
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