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John, If the two row is a picker rather than a stripper, it is a 214 low drum or 220 high drum from 57 or 58 or the A version of these from 59, 60, or 61. It should have a six cylinder either 220 or 240 engine. I don't know about your date code but the two row wasn't introduced untill 1957 so it can't be 1945. I don't know stripper models, if it is a stripper rather than a picker, as we never had strippers in the Mississippi Delta, only pickers. The M-14 was a low drum version of the M-12 high drum picker. It probably was introduced about 1950 or 51 and was replaced by the 114 low drum one row picker in about 54. When mounted on an H or M or later variations of these chassis, (SH, SM, 300, 400, 350, 450, 460, 560, etc) the drive gear box mounted where the belt pulley mounted. I'm not sure of the type drive on the later one row models mounted on tractor models not derived from the H/M as we never sold one and I have never actually seen a late model one row picker up close. The early low drums could also be mounted on a C or Super C, which used a different drive, but they were very underpowered and few were sold. I don't know of a source for cotton picker serial numbers. The one row models are M-10 high drum, M-12 high drum, M-14 low drum, 114 low drum, 120 high drum, 114A low drum, 120A high drum, 314 low drum, 320 high drum, 500 low drum, and 502 high drum. There may be a couple more I left out, but as I stated, in new pickers, we sold only two row pickers after the 214/220 came out in 1957. When we were selling new one rows, 95 % of them in the Mississippi Delta were high drums (M-10, M-12, and 120). If you look in the header and count spindles, if there are 14 spindles on each bar it is a low drum. If there are 20 spindles on each bar it is a high drum. Hope this information helps. Harold H
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