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??? for Hugh McKay and others

None, they all had a narrow front from the factory. The A & later the Super A were single row models of the B, they had a wide front & shared many components of the BN, but the drop housing on the one side was bolted directly to he transmission housing, the other side used the same axle as the BN, so I've been told. (My $0.02 worth. jal-SD)
 
ginsing farmers usually changed to a widefront for stability purposes. i have seen a few b's in marathon county,wisc changed this way.
 

Yup, zero Bs or BNs came from the factory with a wide front.

Any B or BN you see with a wide front is a custom job.

Some people took the front bolster and wide front from an A and replaced the B's front bolster. You can tell this type of conversion because it looks factory, except the adjustable front end is extended farther out to the left than to the right. One downfall of this customization is that the pivot is not centered on the tractor.

There are probably some aftermarket conversions that were done on a small scale for some specialized types of farming.
 
Andy's link didn't seem to work for me. But I think this is the picture he was pointing at. This tractor looks mostly like a B. The front axle itself does look like it came from an A. Unlike most of the do-it-yourself conversions, this one retained the B front bolster. It looks like a shop-made lower bolster was fabricated that bolts to the implement pads of the bolster and provides a pivot for the axle. With this conversion, it looks like it might be possible to still use some of the B implements.
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