MF 165 production year - help!

[pawelzagorski]

Hi,
I have Massey Ferguson 165 from France, but I don't know when this tractor was build.
I found serial numbers on tractordata.com:

Location: Below steering column
1964: 643000001
1965: 643000481
1966: 643007763
1967: 643014673
1967: 9A1000
1968: 9A39836
1969: 9A63158
1970: 9A87325
1971: 9A107597
1972: 9A128141
1973: 9A152025
1974: 9A179544
1975: 9A207681

Finally, I found other serial number, which includes characters.

My code is:

1658SNDMX

165 - tractor model MF 165
8S - France

So, who can help me, to read a production year?
Thanks for all.

[fergie]

Hello Pawelzagorski,

See : http://www.annatefka.com/mf_historie/doc_onder65.htm . That should help if you can find the numbers after the ones you mentioned. The "Laatste nummer op 31 October" means last serial number on october 31st as the french have bookyear's running from novevber to october (at least they had back then).

Regards,

René.