Posted by Luther D Thomas on July 18, 2010 at 11:10:27 from (205.188.116.19):
In Reply to: Moline/BF Avery posted by Thomas Hudson on July 16, 2010 at 12:16:15:
All of B.F. Avery's factory records were destroyed when the plant closed in 1955. However there is a serial number chart available that is widely accepted.
According to that chart your 5V-742 was built some time in 1950 (the s/n range for that year was 5V501-6V206.) The merger/acquisition of Avery and M/M took place in March 1951. After that date, all tractors produced were painted M/M's Prairie Gold. In doing the research for my book, I was told that all of the tractors at the factory that were in its inventory and those at many dealerships that were red were repainted Prairie Gold.
If your tractor has red under the yellow paint that would explain it. The cast "B.F. Avery" on many cast parts continued for a long time after the merger.
There are "V" models that have the oval emblem on the grille with "Minneapolis Moline V" although many of them do not have any emblem.
There are a lot less of the yellow M/M "V" models around than of the red BFA "V" models. Given its serial number, you could legitimately call it either an Avery or a Moline and paint it appropriately. I'd probably paint it Prairie Gold like the other poster suggested.
Luther D. Thomas
author of B.F. Avery & Sons, Pioneer Plowmakers of America
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