[AJD] Unusual 430 "W"?? on ebay

[Ronald L. Cook]

Dean,
         I can't answer any of your questions, but I have my opinions.  The 
tractor does appear to be a 430 W.   It may have left the factory as a 430 
W.  I don't think the serial plate was intended to be a W.  Probably a 
U.  My 40 U has the "U" in black like the 40 is and the 430 is on this 
one.  It looks to me that the serial plate has been modified from a U  to 
indicate W.  More than likely at the factory as there is not much 
difference between the two and could easily have been changed on the 
assembly line.  Heck, they might have made the wrong tractor and just fixed 
the serial plate to match what they built.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

>Maybe in my medication induced stupor I have missed a clear answer to this
>question. But I too believe this serial number tag was originally something
>different than what it now appears to be. It appears to me that the "W" has
>been scratched over something else. Was it a "U"?
>
>This probably sounds like a dumb question to those of you who are intimately
>involved in the Dubuque tractors but I am not.  Was there a 40 "W" serial
>number tag issued by the factory?
>
>
>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290