For the past nine years, I have measured the truck/tractor pulls at two county fairs. One I do for a nominal fee, the other I volunteer my services (antique tractor club).
This past year was special for me as the local tractor dealer wanted to borrow my 8N for display purposes to support the new Boomer 8N. They did a real nice job setting up the display and I even got a few shirts and ball caps.
What really made it special was the tractor was restored by my son and late father-in-law. Here is the rest of the collection, can you identify them all?
Jim Vianna
Just a SWAG
because it's been so long BUT it that a Ford-Ferguson?
Andy
Just a SWAG
> because it's been so long BUT it that a Ford-Ferguson?
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> Andy
Well you got to do better than that. I won't spill the beans just yet but here is a clue, this plate next to my sons hand does say "Fergusen System"
Just a SWAG
Massey-Ferguson?
My guess would be the 2 in front are 9N or 2N, then the 8N, then a Jubilee NAA?
That one in the back looks like a '53.
The next one in looks like a '48
Is one of the other two a Fordson?
They aren't green & yellow, I couldn't tell you.
Best I remember, Ferguson was the inventor of the 3-point system.
Yes. Harry Ferguson had the patent on the 3-point hitch. He and Henry Ford made a handshake deal to work together to put the Ferguson hitch system on the Ford tractor creating what man of us knew as the Ford-Ferguson. However, there were tractors that were strictly Ferguson in name. The two gray ones in the photo are probably Fergusons. The 8N shown is about a 1951. The other one could be a Jubilee, but, maybe not.
Eddycreek is the winner
These four tractors represent the complete "N series" of Ford tractors
EddyCreek correctly identified all four tractors, starting with the one in front:
Ford 1940 9N 20±hp
Ford 1943 2N 20±hp
Ford 1950 8N 20±hp
Ford 1953 NAA 30±hp
Note: the NAA was made for only two years, 1953 and 1954 with the 1953 model being called the Jubilee "50th anniversary of Ford". These four tractors represent the height of FORD tractors and are the ones most commonly restored. This is the period in which Henry Ford was using Harry Ferguson's three point hitch system which was vastly superior to anything else out there. Mr. Ferguson went on to build his own tractors namely the TO series TO-20 TO-30 etc. I had a TO-30 and it was an excellent tractor.
Here is the famous "handshake agreement" which when it went bad and after years of litigation resulted in Ford paying Ferguson 9± million for patent infringement. Now all tractors use the vastly superior three point hitch system.
The next Ford tractor made was the 600 series starting in 1955.
Here is mine:
Jim Vianna
