First I want to thank all of the people who are trying to help. Steve, Rob, Phil, Aaron, Gary, and Duey.Now here is what I have figured out so far. It is defiantly a WC. I know that from the plate on the rear end above the freeze pug. There is a picture of a WC 1939 model posted by Steve Wolving that has back rims that look close to what mine has. (That is as best I can tell from the picture.) Mine has the solid cast centers with grease fitting in the middle. The cast centers have lugs cast into them that a square piece of metal fits into and the bolt goes through the piece of metal and hooks on a set of lugs on to the rim. This is the way the rim is made the lugs are not attached but molded right in the rim. The bolt tightens up the square piece of metal and pulls the rim back against the cast center. The headlight set up is also the same as the picture posted by Steve Wolving. I can't tell if his has the rear light mounted under the seat like mine does from the picture. Someone pointed out that there was no direct low shifter so it is a high and low but it is not an after market. The high-low shifter is defiantly factory made. The casting that holds the high-low and the mechanical lift are all one piece and The PTO gearbox is located directly under them. Both are behind the transmission with the transmission first then the lift and then the high-low shifter. If the foot breaks are an add on as someone stated, they were originally (factory) painted to match the tractor.(AC Orange) If the breaks are after market then the seat might be as well because it is not the typical square seat I keep seeing but a round seat with arms under it that hing and two round rubber shock absorbers (for lack of a better term) that let the seat bounce up and down to smooth out the ride. (Worked fairly well I might add) I noticed one other thing on the pictures. Some of the WC's have the exhaust coming through the hood. This is not the case with mine. It comes out of the manifold in an angle. The original pipe was curved to go around the cultivators. (It rusted away and is now straight.) The serial numbers that someone gave me indicate a 1940 model. If this is all close or correct is the electric starter factory and the hand crank just a back up? The electrical system is 6-volt positive ground with a generator. There is also a charger box that is directly in front of the gearshift. If you cranked the batter too much or it seemed like the battery was not charging fast enough you pulled out the knob and the battery charged faster. The battery box is located in front axel on the left side. There is also a small lever on the side of the gearshift that you were supposed to squeeze with your hand to help go into reverse. It never seemed to do anything and we never used it. I can't think of anything else to describe. Like I said in my last message the serial numbers on the rear end are WC92**4 I don’t know if there are any more numbers after the 4 and the others I can’t make out. The number I got off the side of the transmission case that someone asked me to check are CL - -8 - 1 (The dashes are actually what is there, they are not missing numbers) These are small numbers about a quarter of and inch high. There is another set of numbers above them that are about twice as big that read 4111. Then on the top of the transmission in front of the shifter is the number 1219. These are all raised numbers, not stamped numbers like the ones on the rear end. The two bigger numbers may be casting numbers, but the smaller CL - - 8 - 1 doesn’t look like a casting number. It may even be on a tag that is riveted to the casting but it was painted over like it was there from the factory. (Trust me this tractor was never repainted.) Are all of these things I have described standard features or do I have something a little different than normal setting in the barn? Thanks again for all the help Clair
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