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John Deere H #1000

Serial number 1000 was the first H, built October 29, 1938, tested and later scrapped.
Quite a number of "Hs" (actually serial number plates) were scrapped including about a hundred right at the start of production. This was because the company had second thoughts about the cast alloy crankshaft that was used in tractors through serial number 1103, so decided to replace them with a forged steel crankshaft, and provide the tractors with a new serial plate and later number at the same time.
 
Interesting you say #1000 was scrapped. A fella a few years ago said the 1st H built was a in a basket in Iowa?? He had heard John Deere had offered this guy $25,000 for it 25 years ago. Yes I know about the first 104 or so that were recalled. J.R. Hobbs had a nice article about that a few years ago. I believe there was one in the museum at Davenport a few years ago that still had it's original tag and I think it was #1017. So this one must not have been brought in for crankshaft replacement??
 
Serial number #1001 resides in NE Iowa. Up be the Elma / Alta Vista area. I rebuilt the mag that was on it 4 years ago and as of this time it still does not run. This one will require many long nights to make it fuctional. He has many projects like that. He knows the tractor is special and he has no problem telling people that he has it. But he is not one to get around to anything very quickly. This could be a neat unit if it would ever get done. But I'm not holding my breath on it. He has brought it out to our show a couple of times. Roll it off the trailer and then back on it goes. It would be interesting to find out how many of hte first batch actually survived and make it to shows for people to see and compare the differences.
 
The information regarding "H" serial number 1000 came from an article in TWO-CYLINDER ...March - April 1999.
 
"Sir Fatty Yocal Money Bags" is probably driving all over that county in Iowa with a trunk full of cash hoping to persuade the sale of such tractor at this very moment.
 
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