Fordson, 72a, wheel details

[johnnijhuis]

The ever continuing story.....

The Catalog mentions:

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O means in my catalog Orange wheels and 75 means Black Tyre

But I found the same model with a Yellow rear Wheel:

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[pannuage9@yahoo.com]

Is this a new variant?

[kwakers]

This may in fact be a new variation, but Please be cautious on these yellow wheeled 72 Tractors. Have you carefully checked both the front and rear axle rivets on this particular model? There has been one Seller in particular that has had way too many of these Yellow wheeled Tractors. We discussed this particular Seller in detail on the old Forum, and I knew him only by the huge amount of wheel rarities he has sold on E Bay. Names change and time goes on, but I believe this particular Tractor with only rear yellow wheels may have appeared on his E Bay site first, and was discussed on our old Forum. I may be wrong on this, but if I am, others will correct me. kwakers

[johnnijhuis]

Yes I did check it carefully. I have a microscoop connected with my PC and will make another picture of the axle. However I did it check carefully. Like you I am always suspicious too. On the other hand the model is a 'played' with model. Not a 'mint' one.

[kwakers]

That is Great News John! When the changeover to yellow hubs was made, it was not gradual like the earlier orange rears with solid fronts. All of the Tractors I have held and seen in person were equipped with yellow hubs both front and rear, and never this combination. If your axles are right, this may have been a short run that was made when the yellow front wheels were temporarily out of stock. We have seen some real odd combinations released out of the Lesney Factory to complete rush orders or to finish Gift Sets. Show us some additional axle end pictures if you can, and we will now ask other Forum members to find a second example like yours. Once a second is found and confirmed, the variation can then be added to Nick's Guide. It seems you may have found a gem in the wild with this one John... kwakers
I had a good laugh at the microscoop in your Post, I hope you meant microscope? If not, I need to add that one to my limited computer lingo dictionary. LOL

[johnnijhuis]

Microscoop gave me a laugh too. Yeah you are right meant to be microscope...... Yes will need to make some more pictures to get your opinion. The problem is that all of my time is in finishing our catalog. I work the whole monday with a friend of mine and then it takes a day and a half to finish what we discovered on variations , to edit the pictures, to look for the real car and especially finding boxes on Internet is a time consuming job.