B part number 208014 curtain?

I have a 1938 Allis B and had a question about my grille. My parts book shows that my tractor came with a grille curtain # 208014, I found some info elsewhere that states it was an olive drab duck cloth material but no further info. Can someone tell me how this part looked and worked? I have seen something like this on JD unstyled tractors but not sure what the Allis B one looked or operated like. Does anyone have some further info on the missing parts? Thanks Jon.

That is neat! Never saw one before.

What is that curtain for?

Ken in Texas wrote: The Canvas Curtains came along later to warm the engine in freezing weather.

Yes Creston. The curtain did what the shutters do BEFORE Bs had shutters.
Bs were in a constant state of evolving improvements over all the 20 years of production.
Bs were a little like people. The next generation got smarter and more user friendly.

Edited by Ken in Texas - 11 Aug 2016 at 7:58am

Mine has no holes in front and no gauge hole in the water neck so I guess it was bare bones. It is a pre 2000 series number so info is hard to find. My original non pressurized radiator does have some unexplained worn holes in the shroud behind the core but not sure what those were for?

I have the curtain that came with my 57 CA with out a hole in the shroud for shutters.

It is strange that my shroud came without the holes for the canvas curtain. The original shroud has been hacked on the bottom as some moron mounted a Chevy flywheel and starter to the front of the engine. You talk about stupid dangerous, hmmm a big buzz saw mounted to the crankshaft that spins all the time. I had to get another grille and radiator support to do away with that abortion. I still have the original grille but there is about half of the bottom of it missing from the cronk hole to the radiator drain hole. It has no evidence of either the four holes or shutter crank hole ( which my brothers abandoned C has along with the shutter crank hole also). I guess maybe because it was a basic pre war tractor it had options emitted, other than the hack job on the grille it was completely original. I made an unfortunate discovery while resealing the engine today, apparently the idiotic contraption the previous owner did twisted and cracked the crankshaft in the middle main so a complete overhaul is going to happen there. At least I found it before I fully assembled the tractor and did not have a catastrophic failure on my hands.

    38B tractor B751 Restored with authentic early 1938B obsolete vintage part wherever possible.
Since this picture taken the incorrect Tri Rib Front tires have been replaced with Single Rib 5:00 15 Firestone reproductions from Miller Tire.
   Note that the 4 holes for a canvas curtain are not there on this early of a 38B. This is correct along with cast front wheels, split rim rears, fabricated clutch peddle, threaded brake lever knobs, Zenith sediment filter, Front axle weights, Pancake rear wheel weights, Canvas covered wood seat back, covered steering wheel spokes and much more. The tranny casting is different at the filler plug and correct for a Early 38 B

Edited by Ken in Texas - 11 Aug 2016 at 9:12pm

bump to top.   Trying to help a friend sell his B. A real correct early 1938 RESTORATION using only early 1938 vintage parts

Edited by Ken in Texas - 12 Aug 2016 at 4:07pm