BearKiller
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I am identifying tractors in photos I have taken.
I recently captured a 1965-1975 Ford 2000 and 3000 sitting side-by-side.
I noticed the 3000 had the bold "set-in" grille and the 2000 had a cheapy-looking wrap-around grille.
The 2000 does have an impressive looking big round what I assume is breather on the left side of the hood that is lacking on the 3000.
These sheet metal differences got me to thinking that I had seen 2000 that looked like the 3000 and vice-versa.
Internet searching anymore is about useless, but I did manage to finally find photos of both variations of each model.
Technical detail pages I find offer no explanation of these differences, nor any clue as to which year the changes are made, lumping both into the 1965-1975 category.
Can anyone shed some light as to when these changes were made with each model, 2000 and 3000 ?
Are there any other year-model identifying changes that would show in a photo ?
While I am at it, am I right in thinking that a proper row-crop version of these tractors was not offered ?
Thanks for reading and all help is appreciated.
I recently captured a 1965-1975 Ford 2000 and 3000 sitting side-by-side.
I noticed the 3000 had the bold "set-in" grille and the 2000 had a cheapy-looking wrap-around grille.
The 2000 does have an impressive looking big round what I assume is breather on the left side of the hood that is lacking on the 3000.
These sheet metal differences got me to thinking that I had seen 2000 that looked like the 3000 and vice-versa.
Internet searching anymore is about useless, but I did manage to finally find photos of both variations of each model.
Technical detail pages I find offer no explanation of these differences, nor any clue as to which year the changes are made, lumping both into the 1965-1975 category.
Can anyone shed some light as to when these changes were made with each model, 2000 and 3000 ?
Are there any other year-model identifying changes that would show in a photo ?
While I am at it, am I right in thinking that a proper row-crop version of these tractors was not offered ?
Thanks for reading and all help is appreciated.