1938 speed maintainer value

[kcw]

i just got a 1938 ac speed maintainer , it is in pretty good shape and runs excellent , what is the value of this machine in good shape.acording to tractor data.com there were only 411 of them built

 

[old]

Do you mean the W Speed Patrol?? If so they sell from what I understand from $1000 or so in poor shape up to around $10,000 in real good shape. That one would be an unstyled one. I have a 1947 W Speed Patrol that I use all the time

 

[kcw]

its definitely a speed maintainer,

 

[old]

Is it like this one??? It is an early model Speed Patrol same as far as I have been told as the maintainer. That one sold a couple years ago for $1500 and I told the guy that I wished he would have let me buy it I would have given him more

 

[kcw]

mine looks just like that it has a badge on the front that says 1e38. i paid 200.00 for it , i cleaned the carb and mag ,fired rite up .

 

[kcw]

whats the difference in the speed patrol and maintainer

 

[steve(ill)]

i believe there was a simlar WC based grader that did not have the exteneded nose on the front, just a balde and lift mechanism under the belly...?

 

[MNLonnie]

A Maintainer has a single front wheel and a Speed Patrol has a frame extension like the one in the picture and a wide front end.

 

[steve(ill)]

dont know if this is right or not, but found on "Phils" serial number page ?????

WC Maintainer
1938 C-1
1939 1-C-151
1940 1-C-401
1941 1-C-408

W Patrol
1940 1-E-1
1941 1-E-467
1942 1-E-635
1945 1-E-681
1946 1-E-820
1947 1-E-1438
1948 1-E-2279
1949 1-E-3516
1950 1-E-3747

 

[old]

Simple one word patrol or maintainer same difference just a different word used to say the same thing. The early ones where based on the un-styled WC and the later ones based on the styled WC but pretty much the same machines

 

[old]

Most if not all of them where based on the WC tractor just some where the un-styled and some the styled. There was also one based on the B or C but they where to small to do much so they did not last long from what I understand

 

[MNLonnie]

That's the same serial list as I found which makes the new tractor a Patrol.

 

[steve(ill)]

Arman makes some good models... see the patrol with the exteneded front end, and the maintainer with single wheel on a standard WC.

http://acmodelsofarizona.weebly.com/

 

[steve(ill)]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41873594@N07/sets/72157622048391223/show/

 

[Bill_MN]

The speed maintainer and patrol were not the same thing. here"s a picture of an early maintainer