Wardner said: (quoted from post at 08:48:37 05/11/10) It seems unlikely that a 2-71 Farmall M rolled out the factory door in 1939. Or for that matter, rolled out an experimental shop door that year.
The 71 series began with the 6-71 in 1938. The production capacity of the GM plant was probably stressed just building enough engines for their busses. And were they actually developing the smaller displacement engines along side the 6-71 at that time? If one could find the intro date of the 2-71, this question might be settled.
I would say it is not settled quite so easy. Engineering pre-production units are always available, especially to large potential customers. The modular concept was certainly in testing prior to actual release of the 6-71, meaning other configurations would have been built, even if only by hand. And there is no doubt that early mounting specs would have been established. All that stuff happens during the early stages while doing general layout work.
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