Romeo serial numbers

Bern

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I'm trying to help out Cedric below figure out the build date on his tractor. He reports the numbers stamped in the rear axle as follows: C676455 and MC313M and 118B. 118B is obviously an incomplete or erroneous date code.

Can anyone narrow down the build date to the closest month based on the serial number? I don't have the Romeo serial number chart handy.
 

All I have is tractor data numbers which put his right in the middle, but something is off on the model number, I didn't think a TW30 came with 540 pto. I think the MC313M should be MC318M, 8 would make it 1000 shaft.
 
(quoted from post at 02:51:24 04/24/20)
After reading his last post I'm wondering if the second 1 is a L giving it a build date of 1L8B for Nov 8,1981 on day shift.

would L18b be closer? (Nov18dayshift) assuming "i" was not used for a month code.
 
(quoted from post at 09:09:42 04/24/20)
(quoted from post at 02:51:24 04/24/20)
After reading his last post I'm wondering if the second 1 is a L giving it a build date of 1L8B for Nov 8,1981 on day shift.

would L18b be closer? (Nov18dayshift) assuming "i" was not used for a month code.

L18B would need a leading digit to indicate a year to be complete.
 

He indicated in a post on his other thread that the first 1 in 118B looked like a 1, but the second 1 was just a straight bar that didn't look like the first 1, not knowing the amount of space between the numbers to know if the stamp was leaned over and in which direction I can only guess it's possibly a simple letter like a L, I'm thinking any other straight bar letter like D, E, F, H or K would leave some indication of continuation from the bar.
But this is all just a guess and a $.02 opinion that may be worth less.
 
I did some digging and found the chart I was looking for. If I assume consistent production throughout the year, and then extrapolate the numbers for 1981, a C676xxx number should be in September sometime I would think. I need to know the date because June 1st is the cutoff. That said, maybe a trans built in May went into a tractor built in September. It's entirely possible.
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(quoted from post at 09:57:59 04/24/20)
(quoted from post at 09:09:42 04/24/20)
(quoted from post at 02:51:24 04/24/20)
After reading his last post I'm wondering if the second 1 is a L giving it a build date of 1L8B for Nov 8,1981 on day shift.

would L18b be closer? (Nov18dayshift) assuming "i" was not used for a month code.

L18B would need a leading digit to indicate a year to be complete.

brain sputter... yes your correct... I seem to do a lot of that lately. But I get to meet new people everyday. thanks Sean. :D
 

That is interesting. According to Stuart Gibbard's "The Ford Tractor Story, Part Two", the Romeo plant was "Romeo Equipment Plant" up to September 1, 1974. It had been enlarged since 1972 to be able to take over all production from Highland Park, Des Moines and Royal Oak.

According to Gibbard, the Romeo plant was in full production during 1975 and the other plants were shut down.

So, 1000-series tractors were assembled at the Romeo plant from start (1965)?
 

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