[AT] What's the "rarest" tractor you own?

[Al Jones]

Our Farmall 230 is a three-digit serial number, in the 800 range.  That, and 
it has a single front wheel.  I guess that's about as rare as we get around 
here. :)  I am an oddball--I don't like wide fronts, wheatlands, LP or 
diesel variations.  Just the plain rowcrop versions that they made a million 
copies of!

Al

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From: "Dean Van Peursem" <deanvp at att.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] What's the "rarest" tractor you own?

> My rarest tractor (JD production records) used to be an unstyled 1936 AO 
> with only about 800 made.
> Sold it a year or so ago. However, I have a few that many were not made 
> but there are no JD
> production records to prove it. Such as: Two 1940 Slant Dash B's. Slant 
> Dash B's were only made at
> the factory for one year, the 1940 model year. However, upgrade kits were 
> sold for 1939 and 1940
> model year tractors that didn't leave the factory with Slant Dash features 
> so there are no records
> of how many actually existed then and for sure no one knows exactly how 
> many exist today. As an
> example Serial #60000, which is the first styled JD B in 1939 has been 
> upgraded to the Slant Dash
> features. Not many, if any, are seen at shows. It is estimated that 
> considerably less than 1000
> exist today. My 1958 JD 620 is a High Clearance model as is the 1957 JD 
> 520 which it is estimated
> that less than 50 were made. The 1957 JD 520 has an interesting serial # 
> 5205200.  All of us
> collectors own very rare one of a kind tractors. There was only one made 
> of each serial #!  :-)
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> Confidence is the feeling you have before you completely understand the 
> situation!
>
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