I didn't intend to open a can of worms. We didn't make a Super A or did we ever claim we did. We never once changed or altered a serial number tag, and always went to great lengths to point out that this was NOT a true Super A. We merely put hydraulics on a straight A to make it more salable with the Woods mower deck.
We originally put a new Woods mower deck with the Woods-provided hand lift on a good-running, repainted and correctly decaled straight A. We couldn't sell it, as the handlift was extremely awkward and you had to have the arms of a longshoreman to lift the mower deck without stopping and standing up, as I recall.
We then did the so-called "conversion" with parts from a junked C and left the straight A decals on it, which we felt was correct. Several guys stopped to look at the completed outfit and told us that we had the wrong decals on it--- to them, an A with hydraulics was a Super A.
I repeat, we never once changed or altered a serial number tag, and always went to great lengths to point out that this was NOT a true Super A. I even would point out out the notch in the bell-housing/engine joint ot a prospective buyer when we used a power unit motor. It turned out that most buyers didn't care, as long as it ran well, looked good, and the touch control worked to lift the mower deck.
As for finding enough donor tractors, it's been 25- 30 years ago, but as I recall we literally bought several C's out of fencerows/treelines, one Super C that had burned while wearing the mounted one-row picker unit (I now wished we had kept that), and at least one true Super A that had rolled down a Kentucky hillside (the driver had jumped off when she started to tip) and busted the front casting and the block and the the steering shaft and beyond repair. One other C that comes to mind was one that was complete, except for the front end, which had been cannibalized for another tractor's whose front end was busted when it dropped into a tile hole while raking hay. Back then, you could buy these fairly easily for scrap price or less. My only regret is that some of the C's we cannibalized weren't beyond repair. Over the course of maybe 12 years we probably "converted" 10 - 12 tractors. It was a good winter project in a heated shop for a couple of high schoolers, and my brother and I learned a lot about mechanics while doing it.
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