Posted by Crazy Horse on June 29, 2017 at 10:16:56 from (75.159.240.214):
In Reply to: Wards Twin Row posted by egward79 on June 29, 2017 at 07:46:31:
Here's a YT post from 2005 ...... I suspect that Cletrac made your tractor and somehow it got some Wards decals in the process. Getting rid of the FA part, I'd say yours was late 1940 tractor just like the question in the post. Maybe it was a question about the same tractor you have? Here's the post in response to someone's serial number question ....
I'm not sure what you mean by WTR but your serial number would indicate that it was built in 1940 by Cletrac. Actually, it would be a Cletrac GG, the rubber tired version of their HG crawler. The first year for Cletrac's rubber tired tractor was '39 starting with 1FA000 and then in 1940, 5FA338 was the starting point. In 1941, they started with 1FA0086 and up. Getting rid of the FA part, they really started with 1000 in 1939, then 5338 in 1940 and then 10086 in 1941. So yours was actually made in late 1940. Cletrac continued to make them until sometime in '42 I believe. I don't know if anyone has accurate records of how the Cletracs were painted or badged (eg. Wards, etc) or maybe they just picked them off the line and did them up differently as the orders came in. Eventually, BF Avery took over the Cletrac GG lineup in '42 I think. My article that Gene mentioned (below) is in the articles section so maybe go in there and do a search, it might clear up a few things for you.
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