[C10 - C90 Bill]

Being a 435 owner, I have searched it's history pretty thoroughly. The 2-53 in the 435 was kind of a "curve ball" to it's competition as they were developing the 10 series (New Generation) as 70c10-08 has mentioned. The development of the New Generation was a pretty well kept secret. They actually first tried with their own JD Diesel in the 435, but it kept breaking Crankshafts. They considered a Perkins 3-Cylinder, but realized the 2-53 was a better fit as well as keeping in the tradition of the 2-Cylinder. They were made just 13 months. About 10 months in '59 and about 3 months in '60. Total production was 4,626.

Funny thing to me is that I would rather have a '59 or '60 435 than a New Generation tractor.