MC no. 76 on ebay, and another that did not sell last time

[uppercanada]

Could this really be the oldest MC around?

http://cgi.ebay.com/John-Deere-Model-MC ... 240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting

[uppercanada]

On that No. 76 MC, is it me or are the rear sprockets put on backwards??

[jd49mc]

On the Yesterday's Tractor website in thier tractor registry someone has listed as owning MC with serial # 10011. Seems pretty bold to claim you may have the oldest one when you know there was dozens with lower numbers.

Here is the link to the MC registry
http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/regmodel.p ... portType=4

[uppercanada]

Good point there. I was unaware of that registry, I just put my machines in there. One of the last MCs registered in the list says it has a pto and a 3 point hitch. Didn't know 3 point was an option? Maybe because it was the last of the last before they went 40c.

[Lavoy]

I know of one or two at least that are earlier than that. Also kind of bold to say grilles are readily available, I get several calls a month for MC grilles, so not they are not.
The sprockets are flipped for narrow treadwith applications. Look at the head on pic and see how narrow the crawler is. I am going to do this to one eventually just for the fun of it.
Lavoy