Posted by Rootsy on December 18, 2013 at 06:18:54 from (63.86.92.107):
Had my eye on this tractor since I found it a month or so back. Appears to be a GM Prototype but the auction company couldn't / wouldn't provide any known provenance. I was even willing to pay to have the blue prints reproduced since I've been trying to research this package and it's history. No dice. I had requested photographs and information and I am not sure what to make of some of it. Engine S/N puts the engine roughly @ a 1939 / 1940 production (production started in 1938 and S/N is 2A-1433). Tractor is a '46 and has stamping in the bell housing below S/N tag that I cannot fully make out except for the "Detroit Diesel Div" "General Motors Corp" and a few other letters. A request for photograph showing area clearly was not provided. Blueprint of bellhousing appears to be prototype level showing modification of a existing bellhousing welding adapter plate to it. It references the production 1 piece cast bellhousing P/N. Assembly / installation instructions appear to be the same crappy photocopies that I have so they may have come from the same source. Reproduction decals are in black and white, the ones I found on mine (and publicly documented) were clearly colored. So I am not sure if those were somewhat plagiarized from my information. Do not know where the blueprints were acquired or where the owner saw the originals and made copies (they are copies). It is an interesting tractor to be sure.
So I put my max bid in and well, I guess I should have at least doubled it. :shock: At least I don't have to travel to the PRNY to fetch it. Will be interesting to see if it shows up on the internet and what it's story is. Final bid that took it was $20,000.
Guess the money I invested in mine was well spent.
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