Posted by TONY JACOBS on September 29, 2008 at 08:57:26 from (205.188.117.133):
In Reply to: Re: Tractor date codes posted by john in la on September 28, 2008 at 15:46:21:
Hello John , Well you are getting close the YEAR is always a digit and the last digit of the year as you have said. That is correct and is still used today regardless of manufacturer. The MONTHS are wrong they are always letters, the first 13 letters of the alphabet minus the letter I are the months of the year. This is also correct and is still used to date. The DAYS are both letters and numbers. 1953-1959 uses the letters of the alphabet and the upside down letters for the days of the month, which is what Alan is talking about and which you have posted is correct. Begining in 1960 the days are numbers only. Which is a correct and still used today. This method follows though the rest of the Ford tractors to the end of Ford tractors, I have never bothered to check the New Holland tractors. While I know I posted in the past that I did not know what the upside down letters were, I was still looking for the answers also. As I said before it has already been figured out before and not by any of us. Matching Number Restorations of Classic Cars, Muscle Cars and Exotic Cars has been around longer than any of us and they figured it out. I have in the past restored many 90 point plus GM Muscle cars and knew the GM codes and what they meant but not the Ford codes but I knew who to contact. Not all the car codes work on the tractors though as was the case with the upside down letters and such. As I posted before I was speaking with Alan about the upside down letters months ago when I was in contact with a restorer of both Mustangs and Tractors in Virginia who was also coming up with same information about the upside down letters. If you have ever been in contact with anyone who restores valuable vehicles all the info is out there, you just gotta know where to look which is the hard part. If you know that an R-CODE Galaxie is a 427 car you or I did not figure it out but we both know where to look to find out. If you would like to continue on Date Codes next time you take a Ford Tractor engine apart look at the bearings if they are original Ford they will be scripted and have a date there too. Original themostats have Ford Script and a date code as will brake shoes, clutch parts, fan belts and even some head gaskets , All of your proofmeters are dated also and did you know that there is two different types of numbers on the hour meter dials early and late design. Over the parts counter replacements after 1968 are different than those installed originally in the tractors on the assembly line. Did you ever see Original Date Coded Mufflers from the factory ? Not many left. If you want to learn more go to a Restoration Shop that does Concours Quality Show cars and get some judging sheets and the info needed to complete the cars for that type of show and it can be applied to the tractors even though there is no points judging for tractors you can see what to look for in the date codes, casting numbers, where to look etc. etc. it all there. Tires are also serial numbered and dated if you really want to get down to the nitty- gritty. I should have never posted anything years ago because I left restoring cars because of this crap it turn cars into real estate/trailer queens that everyone is afraid to drive in fear of losing points at a show and or losing value because you have a few stone chips in the wheel wells from driving the car that you just poured your blood, sweat and tears into what fun is that a car you can't even enjoy. Sooner or later as Value climbs on these tractors it will happen also and we will be priced right out this hobby or whatever you call it depending on what you do with them, look at the prices on some of these John Deere and IH tractors at 6 figures already, some Fords have already hit 5 figures, how long before they get to 6 figures ? Thanks Tony
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