Gotta differ with ya on this one. See the link. Look at 1952 Engines March 31. They started with FBKM 285001 after March 31, 1952. That would make it a 1952 tractor at the least. Then go to the next page, 1952, which lists both engine and chassis numbers. The first serial number on an M for April 1952 was 295555. So also, to a point made elsewhere in the thread, FBKM is a valid prefix but would not have occurred before the end of March 1952 and, in fact, the number in question would seem to indicate the motor could only have come off the line in April of '52, as they started with a much lower, four-dighit number in May. Couple that with the L casting code, and I don't know how anybody could suggest a date for sure, never mind a chassis serial number for a tractor that may have had a replacement motor dropped in.
I know I must be building a reputation as something of a crank about the issue. I dont know you at all, so please believe that I'm not trying to make this about you or your character, but the IH records are so spotty that, in those cases where the serial number did not routinely match that of the chassis, it is nigh impossible to interpolate and come up with a correct chassis serial number on the basis of the number on the motor.
Even in the cases where the numbers agreed, it's sketchy at best to suggest a year or serial number for the chassis when the casting codes on the chassis don't jibe with the serial number on the motor. And in cases where chassis and motor numbers were known to be out of synch, there is no pattern or definite interval to the disparate numbers that would allow one to even suggest an actual number for the chassis.
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