Michael Adams
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This past weekend I drove to Bivins, Texas and bought a 1949 Farmall Cub. The serial number is 59981. Can anyone help with the MONTH of manufacture?
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Anonymous-0
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January 1950.
ScottyHOMeY
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Whew, that was quick!
I was about to rib Michael a little bit before suggesting that he interpolate the span of numbers for the year, being careful not to come to a conclusion contradicted by the dates of any casting codes he could find. And then mention that, if his gods were smiling, you might pop in with a better idea. '8^)
I know most of the standard references (thanks for all your work on them!) list the year, and are plenty handy for that determination. I don't want to open a can of worms for you, but were there actually monthly records? Subject to adjustments for sales and promotions of course, was production generally level from month to month in a given year? I'm thinking in terms of whether interpolation is a generally reliable way to estimate the month of production, apart from the obvious disruption of the war years.
I was about to rib Michael a little bit before suggesting that he interpolate the span of numbers for the year, being careful not to come to a conclusion contradicted by the dates of any casting codes he could find. And then mention that, if his gods were smiling, you might pop in with a better idea. '8^)
I know most of the standard references (thanks for all your work on them!) list the year, and are plenty handy for that determination. I don't want to open a can of worms for you, but were there actually monthly records? Subject to adjustments for sales and promotions of course, was production generally level from month to month in a given year? I'm thinking in terms of whether interpolation is a generally reliable way to estimate the month of production, apart from the obvious disruption of the war years.
Michael Adams
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Thank you very much! It is younger than I thought. Perhaps I can find correct decals for this manufacture date.
Michael Adams
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I re-checked the serial number list for this forum and the book Farmall Letter Series Tractors by Fay and Kraushaar. Both indicate the serial number 59981 to be 1949. When I do proportional math, I arrive at 17 January 1949 for an approximate manufacture date.
I used 22 working days per month. Average production in 1949 was 3475 per month. Without some other source of data, that is as good as any guess.
I used 22 working days per month. Average production in 1949 was 3475 per month. Without some other source of data, that is as good as any guess.
Anonymous-0
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Yes, there are monthly records now- they came available a few years ago. The Wisconsin Historical Society has them online on a temporary website, waiting on a redesign, so don't create a link on another website to this, 'cause eventually the information will live somewhere else.
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Production Numbers, Monthly Serial Numbers, other good stuff
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Production Numbers, Monthly Serial Numbers, other good stuff
ScottyHOMeY
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Thank you! I've said it before, but don't think it can be said enough. The research you've done and published and otherwise shared, and your participation on forums like this. . . just can't thank you enough.
John M
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Is there another wya into the site, your link doesnt work for me.
sammy the RED
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Don't work for me either, even with the extra http:// removed.
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Got it to work but when I copy it it doesnt show the right URL.
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/lcgrady/web/DCP.htm
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