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Re: casting dates
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Posted by CNKS on July 23, 2006 at 17:32:12 from (204.249.178.138):
In Reply to: Re: casting dates posted by Dave Slater on July 23, 2006 at 14:48:56:
Unless IH had a strike or something about the time your tractor was built, IH was producing about 700 M series a week (722 according to 1951 serial numbers). Using 285100 as the starting serial in 1952, your tractor (285597) should have been produced the first week in January 1952. I don't understand how it could have February castings? Don't interpret this as me disputing what's on your tractor, but I must be missing something. Guy Fay says the M/MD was discontinued March 27 1952, surely IH wasn't slowing to a crawl in January for the changeover to the Super M.
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