Question about Serial Number on Style WC
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Topic: Question about Serial Number on Style WC
Posted By: acdad
Subject: Question about Serial Number on Style WC
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 9:42pm
| I went and picked up a styled WC today. Looked at serial number when I went to look at it last Sunday and it is a 1945. Got it home today and cleaned the numbers off too double check them and the serial number is Swc148082. Can any one tell me what the S means? I don't know what it means, I am fairly new to this. I am learning from my dad (and my dad is not sure about the S himself) and every one on this great forum . |
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 9:47pm
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Show us a picture of it. I would bet it's a welded steel differential housing made during the war but the S is supposed to be on the right following the last digit in the serial number.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 9:49pm
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The S is for steel rearend in the wartime tractors but it is usually after the serial # instead of before. ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 9:49pm
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Probably looks like this. http://home.comcast.net/%7Eold_allis/ac-wc3.html" rel="nofollow - http://home.comcast.net/~old_allis/ac-wc3.html
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: DanD
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 9:50pm
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Probably the pressed steel rear end. Does it look like the first tractor in this link? http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53931&title=wc-rear-ends-steel-vs-cast" rel="nofollow - http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53931&title=wc-rear-ends-steel-vs-cast |
Posted By: acdad
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 10:31pm
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 10:33pm
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Looks like somebody got S happy. It is a "war time" steel welded differential houosing with an extra S in front of the WC.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: acdad
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 10:33pm
Finally got a picture to post....sorry again I am kind of new to this. Read ALOT but don't post too often but if my wife lets me keep buying then maybe I will post more HAHAHA!  I found an S after all the numbers too, so thanks for the help already but would appreciate anything and everything you can tell me!!! |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 10:33pm
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That's the first one like that I have seen, maybe it was stamped on a Monday? ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: acdad
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2012 at 10:35pm
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YEAH!!! At first I thought this was post war from some of the material I have but I am pretty excited to find out it is war time!!! THANKS!!! |