Ford 2000 serial number help

Shar]e125

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Help me make sense of this serial number on a new to me Ford 2000 The first part of the number is 6G29B. Thanks in advance for your help
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I believe its an early antwerp factory serial number as I have seen these before. even the oval ford emblem also....
 
According to all info I could find online that is what I thought also.

I figured out the first set of numbers... 6G29B...means. the tractor was manufacturered July 29, 1966, day shift but the other two lines I could find no information on.

The J05 6 and the A 140-364 have me stumped.
 
As others have said the 6G29B would mean that it left the assembly plant on July 29, 1966.

The serial number beginning with an A indicates that it was assembled at the plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The rest of the serial number is fairly low,so it is most likely a 1966 Antwerp serial number, but there is not much info available on the European serial numbers with regards the yearly breakdown like there is with the US made "C" serial numbers. I can tell you for sure that that serial number was made before April 1, 1968, as I do have documentation that the first Antwerp serial number with the new style sheet metal that started on 4/1/68 was A168001.

The J056 doesn't mean anything to me.

Post some pictures of the whole tractor from the front, rear and sides and we can help you figure out what it is.
 
Thank you for the info Sean. Working on tractor and have some sheet metal removed at present. As soon as I can get it back together I will put photos up.

As far as you know....do you think power steering components from a 1966 US 2000 tractor would work on my 1966 Antwerp model 2000?

Looking to add power steering or sell. Getting too hard to steer for me.
 
That starting number, A168001, sure looks suspicious. Did they number tractors starting
April 1st, 1968 with serial No 001, and then go up every unit for the day, or week or month?

Doesn't quite work out since Europeans use the "day" first, then the "month", like the US Post Office.
So "A" must be for Antwerp?? "1" could just as well mean "January". Did they start over with each
month?

But A-140- xxxx can't be made to fit that pattern, unless it was a 1940 9N.

The "1" seems to be a key. Maybe Assembly Line No. "1"; or Building No. "1". The "40" might
mean the 40th work day of the year?? 68th work day, (13th week, or about April 1, or April 2,
depending on Leap Year, and holidays, and 5 day weeks.)
 
They started the serial numbers for the the 1965 US built tractors at C100001, and the Antwerp built tractors at A100001. The A1x serial numbers had progressed to A168001 on April 1, 1968.

The Basildon built tractors were different as they started two serial number ranges in parallel, one that started B000001 and the other that started B800001. The B0x serial numbers were for tractors that were built specifically to be exported outside the UK, and the B8x serial numbers were for tractors built to be sold domestically within the UK.
 
(quoted from post at 14:57:59 07/15/16) That starting number, A168001, sure looks suspicious. Did they number tractors starting
April 1st, 1968 with serial No 001, and then go up every unit for the day, or week or month?

Doesn't quite work out since Europeans use the "day" first, then the "month", like the US Post Office.
So "A" must be for Antwerp?? "1" could just as well mean "January". Did they start over with each
month?

But A-140- xxxx can't be made to fit that pattern, unless it was a 1940 9N.

The "1" seems to be a key. Maybe Assembly Line No. "1"; or Building No. "1". The "40" might
mean the 40th work day of the year?? 68th work day, (13th week, or about April 1, or April 2,
depending on Leap Year, and holidays, and 5 day weeks.)

The serial number is not a date code.

See my previous post about the starting numbers for all 3 assembly plants.

April 1, 1968 was the date that they changed to the "new" design in the sheet metal and grill and introduced other design changes as well, like the 4000 gas engine increased in displacement from 192 ci to 201 ci to match the displacement of the diesel engine. And some of the service manuals produced after April 1, 1968 list the starting serial numbers for the various models at the various plants for the "new" design so the mechanics would know which system they were working on based on serial number if they were working on something that had changed at that date, as the text in the service manual refers to "earlier" and "later" models and/or "new" and "old" style systems.
" designs when discussing things that changed.
 

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