Case numbering system for tractors

A few examples that come to mind...

The 300 made larger became a 350 instead of a 300 Super.
The 400 made larger become a 400 Super instead of a 450.

The 1200 4WD was numbered during the 30 series run, so why not be numbered as a 1230?
As a side note, why didn't Case put a 30 series grill on that thing as it would have looked MUCH better. Someone made that executive decision also and I've always wondered why.

The heavy 1070 was numbered as a 1090 instead of a 1075...yet the 90 series came later on? The 1170 became an 1175 not an 1190 so....anyhow.... anybody ever talk to anyone who was at Case back then? Anyone know why they did these things?

Larry the cynic.

Otherwise with the C becoming a D and R an S,
then the L should have become an M and the V the W.

If we want to go back farther, why did they letter the crossmotors at the end of their production after all those years of carrying numbers? I think they were the model K, T and A or something like that?

Jim

You say the 200 and 300 were dropped, In my post I neglected to put the b after my 200/300 reference but I am not clear on what you mean by dropped. Do you mean not used with the big 400 and 500 introductions and then the 200b, 300b, 400b, 500b,600b ...came out.

Jim

Maybe 200 and 300 were in planning stages and when they went to the b series and COM ..... Guess you can just never explain why management does what they do, just cuz they wanted to I guess as Don indicates above.

Jim