styled or unstyled

[Rat in Can]

I have been around old putt putt john deeres a little and i have seen called styled or unstyled what is the difference between them

 

[ss55]

Styling started around 1939 on Deere row crop tractors.

 

[Sparky720]

There is no sheet metal grill/nose covering on the front of the unstyled (pre 1939) tractors. Radiator is more visible

 

[MSD]

Top right hand corner is an unstyled G. Lower left hand corner is a styled G.

 

[rustred]

john deere is not the only one , its after around 1939 into the 1940's that all tractors were styled with more sheet metal. basically the rads were enclosed with a tin grill and fancier sheet metal on the tractors. john deere called them styled and unstyled. just he changing times. think it was henry dryfus the engineer of that.