1950 MM RTU questions

1. What lights should be on a 1950 RTU...the 7" flat lens or something smaller?
2. Do the lights mount on the nose?
3. Did the tractor come from the factory with fenders? Mine has none.
4. Can someone send a picture of the rear of a similar year RTU to show me how the original seat and rear platform look? 5. Did it leave the factory as 6 or 12 volt and positive or negative ground?

I'm sure I'll have more questions and I hope to acquire some manuals soon but in the mean time I thought the MM experts could offer some information.

I appreciate any help and insight you can give me. Feel free to email me directly.

Clayton

Brian

Brian is right, as usual, on the headlight matter. I was thinking they changed to the smaller light when they changed sheet metal on the R in mid 1949. I should add though to my previous answer that the serial number break on the fenders is 0015001155/0015001156. Hope this helps.

Jim

To answer your questions:

1. Your headlights should be the next size smaller than the 7", about a 5 1/2" curved lens, having the same bullet shape.

2. The lights mount on the sides of the radiator shell by means of two brackets.

3. Fenders (wheel guards in M-M parlance) were an option, your 1950 RTU could take the flat or clam shell fender depending on your serial #.

4. Your tractor did not have a pan seat but the chair type with a square cushion and a padded back rest. The platform will look like all the rest of the R's you will see.

5. All R's were 6 volt positive ground from the factory.

Hope this helps.

Jim

I may have been wrong about the lights but I'm right on the seat. They used the deluxe seat from 1948-1950. Starting in 1951 they went back to the pan seat on the Flote-Ride (Knoedler) suspension. A lot of things can get changed in 50+ years. Heck, I've got a 1948 RTE with a Farmall seat suspension.

Jim