[AT] serial number

Sat May 22 09:48:41 PDT 2010

Bruce,

I'm a JD guy and a long ways from being very knowledgeable about Farmalls. But.... The only time
I've seen different seats on M's or H's they are aftermarket seats or demonstrator seats. 

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

Confidence is the feeling you have before you completely understand the situation!

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
Of Bruce Moden
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 9:35 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] serial number

Hey Dean, 
Thanks for the "link" it is good to see other restorations, but it is confusing that the seat is
different on mine and that I recently read an article indicating there was a time frame where a
"different" seat was used.  
thanks again,
Bruce

--- On Fri, 5/21/10, Dean Van Peursem <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

From: Dean Van Peursem <deanvp at att.net>
Subject: Re: [AT] serial number
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010, 12:33 PM

Bruce,

Here are quite a few 1939 Farmall H pictures. None show a bench seat.

http://tinyurl.com/3523x4n

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

Confidence is the feeling you have before you completely understand the situation!

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
Of Bruce Moden
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 8:26 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] serial number

I know now that it is an early edition, a few months ago I asked on AT if anyone knew why it had a
different seat configuration (it looks like a John Deere bench seat) someone offered that it was
prehaps an after market ad on, I read recently that the seat was different in the 1939 H's but have
yet to see a picture of one like mine to see if it is original.
bruce

--- On Thu, 5/20/10, drupert at seanet.com <drupert at seanet.com> wrote:

From: drupert at seanet.com <drupert at seanet.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] serial number
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 9:18 PM

Bruce,

Dean has weighed in with what I am sure is a good reference book (although
I've not seen a copy of it) and Guy has responded and there's nothing I
can add to what they've provided.  But I am curious ... what is the suffix
part of your' H's Part Number?  "International Harvester Tractor Data
Book" (another of Guy's books) indicates the serial number of the first
Farmall H was 501 so you've got one of the very early Farmall H's.

Dudley

Don't have an answer on the FB part of the H prefix but the book: Farmall:
> The Golden Age, 1924-1954
> By Lee Klancher, does refer to the V part of the prefix as calling out a
> "High Clearance" or
> vegetable  Tractor.
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> Confidence is the feeling you have before you completely understand the
> situation!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
> Of Bruce Moden
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:04 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] serial number
>
> Hey Dudley,
> Thanks to you for keeping the book for reference for all of us!  The book
> indicates FBH is an H
> tractor, it would be nice to know what the letters mean, presumably F
> means Farmall & H the tractor
> style- but why the B?
> Thanks again.
> Bruce
>
> --- On Wed, 5/19/10, drupert at seanet.com <drupert at seanet.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: drupert at seanet.com <drupert at seanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] serial number
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 8:05 PM
>
>
> Don't know about hammer size but ... according to page 9 of "FARMALL
> Letter Series Tractors" by Fay and Kraushaar and published by MBI, the
> prefix FBH denotes Farmall H.  So, since it has provided the answer to
> your' question, we should thank Guy for writing the book and I should
> thank my still a friend Mike for buying it, loaning it to me some five
> years ago and my refusal to give it back to him.
>
> Dudley
>
>>
> Does it have anything to do with the size of a hammer?
>>
>> Perhaps Dave will know.
>>
>>
>> H. L.
>>
>> On 5/19/2010 5:44:58 PM, Bruce Moden (brucemoden at yahoo.com) wrote: > Hi
>> All, > My Farmall H has a serial number of FBH 1272, I believe the
>> number
>> > indicates that it is a 1939, however cab anyone tell me what the FBH >
>> stands for? > thanks, > Bruce > > > >
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