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BrianC,Ont 
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Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 9:32pm |
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How can you tell if is a Potato B or just a square tube front end. The one I looked at seems narrow.
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35WC on steel, B with belly mower, D17 puller, D15 Series II puller, D15 Series II with loader, 608 Lawn Tractor
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DSeries4
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Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 9:35pm |
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Short and skinny rear tires with hand brakes OUTSIDE of the fenders. That is all I know!
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morton(pa)
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Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 9:49pm |
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Fenders are vertical, no real curve to them as normal B's would have. Like DSeries4 said they are between the tires and fenders. Seat is narrower by about half the size of a normal B, and the width of the rear wheels is shorter then the normal B as well. Got any pictures?
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BrianC,Ont
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Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 10:05pm |
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Thanks, It must just be a later model B with a square front end. If I remember, the serial # started at 109@@@, so that would make it a 1950. They sure do look like a lot more tractor with the square front, than the arched front. I dont think I will buy it, he said he had $1500 into it on a trade, and the engine wont turn with the crank.
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35WC on steel, B with belly mower, D17 puller, D15 Series II puller, D15 Series II with loader, 608 Lawn Tractor
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allis restorer
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Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 10:11pm |
Here ya go 
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morton(pa)
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Posted: 24 Mar 2011 at 10:25pm |
Credit for that picture should go to Dale Haymaker. Please give credit where credit is due.
1500 does sound like an awful lot for something that won't run. If it had the large dished rear wheel centers it would be worth a little more but not near that much.
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GlenninPA
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Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 7:09pm |
Here is a picture of an original Potato B seat, fenders and brakes. Notice how narrow it is.
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Dale H. ECIL
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Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 9:59pm |
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Thanks Morton.
That picture of my Potato B has 11.2X28 tires on the back in that picture. I have since then got the right 8.3X28 tires on it now.
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