[quote:3mnvhoo9][quote:3mnvhoo9][quote:3mnvhoo9][quote:3mnvhoo9][quote:3mnvhoo9][quote:3mnvhoo9][quote:3mnvhoo9][quote:3mnvhoo9]John, ventured out in the -32 F weather today to grab the serial number off the picker. Man is it cold here! I am assuming that I have a late model because the tag says:

      This Oliver--MM Implement 
         was manufactured by   
  White Farm Equipment Company
      South Bend Indiana 46621

I found 2 serial number tags on it. One is at the back behind the husking bed, and is serial # 99662CF. The other is on top of the head, where the ears drop down onto the husking bed. The serial # there is 99370CC. Both are the exact same tag w/ different serial #'s. Both say model 83. I assume that one is for the main unit, one is for the head attachment. Thanks for the info. Hows the weather in Ohio?
Here is another problem with that serial number list. Your picker is a 1972 model and one of the last 150 pickers built, no problem there. According to my book 99662CF is a sheller, husking beds have the CE sufix and if yours is that number the last one they list for 72 production is 99661, but the first sheller unit is 99662CF so it looks like they built the husking beds then built the shellers maybe? John


John, went out and double checked the serial numbers, and they were correct. Maybe mine was the last one w/ husking bed made? Doesn't really make any sense though if CF is for shellers and CE is husking beds. I am positive it says CF though. They only made 150 in 1972? Is there any way to tell how many mine was from the last one made? Once again thanks for your information. Seems as though these serial numbers can be tricky to sort out. LOL[/quote:3mnvhoo9]
If I teach school Monday I will take that sheet along and make you a copy and you can sort it out. They are talking freezing rain with snow after that on Monday. Our county roads are all ice. John[/quote:3mnvhoo9]



Thanks John, I was just wondering where you have gotten the serial number reference? Is it a reliable source of info or is it one of them that contains some not so correct info? You teach school? I take it that you must be a substitute? Anyway, thanks for taking the time for my question. Take care and drive carefully on those slippery roads!  

-Wide (freezing to death in MN) Open

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Yes I used to have a real neat job. I taught hydraulic classes (Gresen products) and Chelsea PTO (for trucks) and how to combine that stuff. Then dana sold all that off. My boss said I have a job for you, but you will need to live here at the PTO plant 
which is in Mississippi across from Memphis TN. At 60 neither my wife or I wanted to move, so they said since I was 60 and over 10 years I could retire, Well Dana's retirement plan was not that goofd with only 15 years of service. I had taught in a Vocational school before that and I knew the supervisor here at the local vocational school so I work there when they have something to do and I don't.
The list was made by a Moline Service rep. So it has a fair amount of crediability to it. There are 80 some pages to it and I am missing like a half dozen, but I found two when I was cleaning.[/quote:3mnvhoo9]

John, was just wondering why they moved production from Shelbyville to South Bend? If I remember correctly the Shelbyville plant was closed in 1970? Is this correct? Do you know what was made at the other plants, such as Battle Creek MI, Cleveland OH, Charles City IA, Shelbyville, South Bend, and If  If remember right there was one in Gilroy CA? Also one in Brantford Canada? I am probably missing one? Do you know anything about these plants? Also was there any difference between Shelbyville Pickers and South Bend Pickers?[/quote:3mnvhoo9]
In the late winter early spring of 1964 there were changes made to the 1600 tractors. I just checked my shop book. The change occured at 137-600 something. The serial number you gave for the 1800 was 139-205 so it would have been built from one to two months after that. I can not find my 1800 parts book tonight. Is your tactor a gas or a diesel? It is a C model correct. One change I remember in the early summer of 64 on the gas C models was the addition of the little fuel pump. I wanted to see if the parts book gave the starting serial number for them there.[/quote:3mnvhoo9][/quote:3mnvhoo9][/quote:3mnvhoo9]

My tractor is a C series. It is a 310 Diesel. It  is also a wheatland if that matters or not?