Posted by Jim Becker on May 03, 2009 at 19:55:24 from (173.57.160.166):
In Reply to: No serial #??? posted by Darald in Sk on May 03, 2009 at 12:18:00:
T was the code for 1950.
U and W were both used in 1951.
X was 1952.
These are all pretty well documented by IH. I am sure I have also seen a few V from 1951, although there is nothing to back it up. Maybe I was just looking at some badly cast Ws. At any rate, if you find a V, call it '51.
At times, a year or more of spread on date codes on an individual tractor wasn't unusual. Most of the time the spread wasn't that big.
Guy Fay's Data Book is pretty reliable. Some other easily accessed reference material is full of errors.
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