This was time well spent, not a tractor person, but I do appreciate the effort put in to keep these tractors with us for a few more decdes yet. Well worth the watch....
The Fordson Major and Dexta Diesel tractors are English made. The EnFo logo in that draw bar stands for English Ford. Thanks for posting. I really liked the Model T tractor conversions. Mike
The "tachometer" that you pointed out on the Golden Jubliee at 1:18 was actually a Proofmeter. It had more function than just a tachometer. And they were introduced on the later model 8n's.
That was my 871 select o speed I redid this summer after watching a lot of your videos I got the bug to try my hand at fixing one up myself awesome to see it come full circle
Thank you. I am in San Diego and so don't get to see lots of tractors in one place. I am refurbishing a Golden Jubilee and its my first tractor. Nothing but fun!
No. Such thing as a 43 8n and there was another tractor said to be 8N. Had 2N wheels . Didn’t show the rest of it too well but looked like a 2N or 9N ...otherwise not a bad show. Sure wish I could find a 2 Bottom Dearborn plow.....plowed a lot with Dad’s 1948 8N back in the 50s.... 16:05
I appreciate you giving me a a tour I love Ford Tractors Trucks and Cars and tools and clothes and if I left out anything else Ford I love that too! Some of us can’t get out much especially with this inflation so I really enjoyed that that made me forget about my troubles for a few minutes and encouraged me to keep working on my 8Ns! Very good video 😀🇨🇦
I once owned an 1952 Ford 8N but it was stolen off of my property down in Rockport Texas. The shame was the amount of work I put in to that tractor only to have is stolen. So I am thinking about doing another one. They are a lot of fun to work on and really don't cost all that much (as long as you do the work). Merry Christmas !
YOU MISSED ONE THING ON THE 9 N JUST BEFORE THE 2 V-8 REDBELLY TRACTORS!! IT HAD THE SHERMAN OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION! WAS A GREAT ADD ON FOR THOSE TRACTORS! BOTH OUR 8 AND 9 N TRACTORS HAD ONE AND WE ALSO HAD A FERGUSON 20 WITH A SHERMAN OVER,DIRECT, AND UNDERDRIVE TRANSMISSION!
Being a Ford tractor guy I enjoyed your walk through.. alot of Golden Jubilee flathead conversions.. didn’t see my 55 - 600 anywhere, my father’s favorite once he felt that power steering..
I met a mechanic in KS that had a 9N with a straight six. The hood on the thing looked 8 ft long but it was painted gray and red factory colors. He said it had been used on a military base to move airplanes. It had a hitch on the back and front to move the planes.
Funk conversion. The Ford tractor dealer would buy a crate industrial Ford flathead six (or V8) and the conversion kit marketed by the Funk Aircraft Co. and create a Funk/Ford 6 or V8. I own two of the 6’s. Ford corporation did nothing to stop this. It gave the dealers a more powerful tractor to sell and Ford sold both the tractor and the crate engine. The dealers could always use the leftover four cylinder engine because farmers were always totaling out engines and needing replacements.
@@bobjohnston8316 It might have been one of those! He had a regular 8N but he took my friend and I into his shop and there sat the 9N. It looked similar to the 8N, but it was a lot bigger. Taller tires, longer hoof and two more cylinders. The 8N looked pretty small next to it!
Thanks for sharing this one really enjoyed the Ford Tractors I like the Dexta mines a 1959. That Cement mixer is quite common in Europe. Dont see many up here in Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 either.
We had a 1948 Ferguson tractor on our tree farm...Dad bought it used in 1952 (the year I was born) for $400. We used that tractor to plant trees...mostly pines...for Christmas trees. Dad said he thought he had planted over 2,000,000 trees in upstate New York & northern PA over the years. That tractor was just like the Ford 9N.
Great memories. I'm 54 the first Tractor I steered was a Farm all at about 6 our neighbor plowed a elderly neighbor woman's two Acer lot for a neighborhood vegitblble patch so she didn't pay to mow for fire safety. He looked like Hoss on Bonanza. The 1st I drove by myself was a 1930's Grey and red small Gasoline Ford with a triple hitch pick up Discs. With wooden bearings. Fordson to Ferguson. 135 to 175 Diesel. 1960's. All great and still plowing 😁
Great collection of Ford tractors! But my favorite ford tractor of all time got to be the 1965 654 super4 county tractor, maybe because as a kid growing up in Puerto Rico, I used to see them at work on the sugar mills industries around the island. But beautiful collection nonetheless!👌😎👍
I haven't had "Toby Time" in a while, works been very busy and I am just getting into watching a few Squatch videos again. Ironic timing to see this episode. I was just at The Henry Ford Museum (12/30/2022) in Southfield Michigan and saw a beautiful 1952 8-N on display. On the display rail I was shocked to learn Ferguson sued Ford on the use of the three point. Ford had not paid for license to the patent it was the largest comparable court settlement of 1952. Wild stuff!
Nice walk through. I grew up with a 971 and an 8n. I still have the 971 and I now have 2 8ns and a 2n and some ford implements to go with them. The ford select o speed was first true power shift on the market.
My second wife’s father was head of sales for Ford tractor. He negotiated with Kubota to make small tractors with the Ford badge. He retired about the time they sold to New Holland
Very nice Tractors. The Dexta had a different engine then the ferguson it was a little longer Perkins finished it. The Dexta were called a F 3. I own a 1959 Dexta
Lots of good variety there and some pretty rare pieces too. Neat to see an industrial there also. I have the 340A which is the updated version of the 340 - looks like someone changed out the front bolster, axle, and steering to the later welded front axle from a 340A/B, which was a much more durable setup with less hardware to wear out.
I was really bummed I did not make it this year, was going to bring my Fordson Major Diesel. All The Fordsons to my knowledge had Ford designed, cast, and machined diesels. Great video Squatch!
The engine in the Dexta was a Perkins designed engine with Ford cast into a lot of the castings They did the same with the Perkins V8 used in the D series trucks.
Thanks very much for the video. It was great. I think the 1953 jubilee had live hydraulics, the 8N did not. I have a set of front 75 lb wheel weights that have the EnFo on them. Was told it meant England Ford. I have those weights on my rear wheels of my Case 446 garden tractor. Fit perfect.
Kinda strange, I’m not a fan of the color blue in general, but the blue 2000 and 4000 look pretty dang sharp. Same for the gold 971s. Good looking iron for sure! I love the old stuff. What they lack in technology and creature comforts, they make up for with style and longevity. Thanks for sharing.
Both thumbs up for that one. No 2N's and the 9's seem to be getting rare. Those bug tractors were really cool though. I thought the one that had gear driven rear wheels was impressive. The casting that incorporated the gear and the spokes as one piece couldn't have been easy to make. Thanks man.
Cool video. My first tractor was a 1941 Ford 9N. I loved that old tractor but hated the front mount distributor though. If I had kept it, I would have converted it to an electronic ignition.
I had a 8N with a Sherman overdrive. It had a low, standard, high range. My dad used to say it went so fast, the front end would get home five minutes ahead of the rear end! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Have a 1954 NAA (post Jubilee) that came with a Sherman overdrive. Stupid fast. Unfortunately, previous owner hadn't tightened the mounting bolts, so the Sherman slipped back and stripped the special driveshaft. Used or NOS Sherman driveshafts were unavailable at the time, so we took it out and installed a standard driveshaft. Still have it, so if somebody starts making the driveshaft, it could go back in. Tractor had been severely abused, hub splines stripped, took a while to make it usable.
2:00 side biased tractors are so cool. You'd expect it to be simple to modify any tractor to do that, but it ain't that easy. A lot of noggin power goes into making a good one that's not gonna tip, is able to do all the stuff the regular one does... AND not break the bank making it. If i had more time and dough, i'd start collecting them, they're so much cooler (to me) than regular tractors.
I love seeing all them old Ford tractors I restored a 1949 8N tractor 12 years ago still drive that tractor around in the neighborhood bought it from a guy who was going to haul it all for scrap gave him 500 bucks for it and pull it out of the barn brother told me I'll never get that thing running 10 months later had it running and driving
I have my dad and uncles 9N which they bought new in 46,it’s actually a 2N,I made a 3point blade for it,works perfect for landscaping,also have 3point harrows,cultivator,tandem disc,mower,1 bottom breaking plow which was made for the 9N,the plow,cultivator,disc all still have the ford aluminum tags on them. Except for winter I use that little tractor every other day,right now using it for landscaping in and around a pond.
8:32 EnFo is "English Ford". Have a bunch of stuff (cause i'm European :)) ) that's stamped with that. That's before FoMoCo times. That's an oldie piece. Cool, cool, cool. 11:07 old Chase style tracks. Nice!
The gold colored Select-O-Speeds were factory paint. Each dealer was encouraged to order one in gold paint and use it for demonstrations and for exhibit at the county fair and so on. Unfortunately, the Select-O-Speed automatic transmission had problems that took years to work out. Gold demonstrators or not, SOS was not popular and farmers stuck with the manual transmission models.
A friend has a golden jubilee with a select o speed and it refused to move one time. He took the covers off, cleaned out the transmission, put new fluid in it and it has been working fine since. The sos transmissions were not reliable like the gear ones were so i have heard. We never had any fords but I drove a red Ferguson that had the exhaust underneath the right foot board. Was miserable to run with your foot burning. That stupidity was enough to make me not like ford/Ferguson designs.
@jayyoung2586 I am not at all familiar with those tractors, obviously. I just know he said it was a sos and looked similar to the gj, but I didn't see many ford's. I knew there were 3 that I saw nearby that were similar to the 8, 9, 2n but couldn't tell anyone what each one was. thanks for the reply.
When you talking to my golden jubilee all I can think about is Queen Elizabeth's golden jubilee those golden jubilee Ford tractors came in existence one year after she ascended to the throne and she had a while to go before her golden jubilee but that's where those that term comes from the British monarchy but it's kind of nice at Ford adopted it too
Interesting. We never owned fords so i've only ever driven a few and know little about them.Thanks for the video Squatch. The Model T conversions fascinate me! Especially how they're configured. This one with the cog wheels is good in that the diff isnt overloaded.I've seen some where the wheels directly replace the car wheels.I cant imagine the diff lasting long with such torque loads.
I got a love from old ford tractor since I started mechanic there at 16 tell 22 and it closed down Still buy and fix them but can’t keep them all wife said. 71 and still working every day but Sunday
The numbering of the N series Ford follows. 9N started production in 1939. The 2N in 1942. In 47 they were far enough into the production year that the 8N was released in July that year. Deerborn was owned by Ford. The tractor at 9:30 is not an 8N. It looks to be a 2N. The 2N had only one brake pedal on the right side while the 8N had both brake pedals on the right side. Tractor at 10:48 looks like a 9N. That's based on the I beam radius arms. Also the huge wheel center on the rears was only used the 9&2Ns. It's very possible to have serial number miss match. The N series engines would bolt up to any of the N series transmissions. Yea they lost a little HP on 8N by installing a 9 or 2N engine but it could be cheaper than a rebuild. The Ford Dexta and the Power Major were made in England. Like your work Squatch.
Yes the chance of a mismatched serial number on these tractors is always there. I’ve restored several N’s and I have about a dozen of them around now, including parts tractors.
The dealers would apparently swap motors out for a rebuilt one rather than keep the farmers tractor in the shop while they his own motor. I went to a FNH dealers going out of business sale where they sold a block in a crate with NO serial number. I own a WW2 Ford Moto Tug which used the regular 9N motor but with a BNO 40 serial number. Same motor exactly. There were two models of tug, the other model was serialed BNO 25. Finally, I own a 9N industrial model with a 9NBN serial. The industrials had no hydraulics and a subframe with a bumper in front and a big clevis hitch in the rear.
The engine in the Ford Dexta is a 3-152 Perkins (3 cylinder 152 cubic inch), Squatch, ENFO on the drawbar of the Power Major means English Ford!!)) FYI
It's called f 3 the block was cast by Ford and finished by Perkins. It's a little bit longer than the Perkins 3 cylinder that was in the Ferguson tractor
2:46 - I wonder how that mirror mounted way out front worked out? I'm an old guy, hard to twist around to hook up. On second thought, probably for driving on the road between fields.
Some beautiful old machines they look utterly brilliant! I don't really know the relation between the ford companies - I seem to remember that the blue fords have nothing to do with the ford motor co. But the old 8N's have the traditional ford oval logo so I suppose these were the agricultural branch of ford motor co. in the day?
This was time well spent, not a tractor person, but I do appreciate the effort put in to keep these tractors with us for a few more decdes yet.
Well worth the watch....
The Fordson Major and Dexta Diesel tractors are English made. The EnFo logo in that draw bar stands for English Ford. Thanks for posting. I really liked the Model T tractor conversions.
Mike
Excellent cheers 🥂 😊
I dont gotta be a ford guy to appreciate these old beasts, wowza!
Love those ford's grew up with them in the60s @70s great memories got an old 601 myself
Thanks
The "tachometer" that you pointed out on the Golden Jubliee at 1:18 was actually a Proofmeter. It had more function than just a tachometer. And they were introduced on the later model 8n's.
I really love seeing old Ford tractors, I have a 1955 Ford 650. I really like the 600 series. 👍🚜
A bit surprised by the lack of propane fueled Fords like my 841L.
FANTASTIC! Thanks Squatch👍
Thanks for the walk. I learn every time.
Sounds like you know your tractors for sure.😊
Excellent walk through.😊
That was my 871 select o speed I redid this summer after watching a lot of your videos I got the bug to try my hand at fixing one up myself awesome to see it come full circle
Really nice on taking us down the line of Ford tractors
I had to laugh out loud with the cup holder! 😂😂
Mine is bolted to top of propane tank
Tin can with arts cut out for coffee cup
Awesome to see the old Fords. My dad had a Golden Jubilee with a FEL, and really loved to work it.
Marvellous to look at several of these Ford tractors which are not usually seen in England 🇬🇧🇮🇪.
Thank you for the Ford video .
You did a great job.
excellent video tour of the Ford tractors and trucks
I still bush hog my pasture & machine my dirt roads with a box blade using my 1940 9N. Works fine.
Some pretty neat tractor with a great turnout of 8N's
Thank you. I am in San Diego and so don't get to see lots of tractors in one place. I am refurbishing a Golden Jubilee and its my first tractor. Nothing but fun!
A nice assortment of Fords.
No. Such thing as a 43 8n and there was another tractor said to be 8N. Had 2N wheels . Didn’t show the rest of it too well but looked like a 2N or 9N ...otherwise not a bad show. Sure wish I could find a 2 Bottom Dearborn plow.....plowed a lot with Dad’s 1948 8N back in the 50s.... 16:05
Thanks for the video Squatch! Ford definitely made some nice machines in their time. Cheers
Thank you! Great to see some familiar iron! Great fun!
Flat head Ford V-8 engines, hated where the distributor was located, but the engines were legendary for their time, thanx for the walk around.🙂
My grandpa has one of those 501 offsets
Thank you for the editorial walk-around! It's amazing which brands suck up those green things! LoL 🤣😆
I appreciate you giving me a a tour I love Ford Tractors Trucks and Cars and tools and clothes and if I left out anything else Ford I love that too! Some of us can’t get out much especially with this inflation so I really enjoyed that that made me forget about my troubles for a few minutes and encouraged me to keep working on my 8Ns! Very good video 😀🇨🇦
that was great.. thanks for the show and tell, really cool group of iron
Not into tractors but I had to watch this great collection and thanks for the posting and that flathead tractor was cool.
Sunday morning LAUGH OUT LOUD moment, “Even these suck up the John Deere’s.”
I once owned an 1952 Ford 8N but it was stolen off of my property down in Rockport Texas. The shame was the amount of work I put in to that tractor only to have is stolen. So I am thinking about doing another one. They are a lot of fun to work on and really don't cost all that much (as long as you do the work). Merry Christmas !
Glad folks keep the old iron working.
Nice walk round of the Ford line up 👌
keep all 90s ford rangers ALIVE!
Excellent walk around commentary. Thanks so much.
Harry Ferguson invented the 3-point hitch...
You didn’t remark about the reduction in one of the tractors for rototilling!
Thanks for showing the bug tractors, interesting gear reduction setup! Here in Australia they mostly use a truck rear diff and double transmissions.
YOU MISSED ONE THING ON THE 9 N JUST BEFORE THE 2 V-8 REDBELLY TRACTORS!!
IT HAD THE SHERMAN OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION!
WAS A GREAT ADD ON FOR THOSE TRACTORS!
BOTH OUR 8 AND 9 N TRACTORS
HAD ONE AND WE ALSO HAD A FERGUSON 20 WITH A SHERMAN
OVER,DIRECT, AND UNDERDRIVE TRANSMISSION!
Being a Ford tractor guy I enjoyed your walk through.. alot of Golden Jubilee flathead conversions.. didn’t see my 55 - 600 anywhere, my father’s favorite once he felt that power steering..
Another great walk through!!! Thank you for sharing the Fords!!!
Where the heck are all of the 2N's??
I just got my first tractor, 1944 2N with a loader and back blade. Been a blast working on it and plowing snow.
I met a mechanic in KS that had a 9N with a straight six. The hood on the thing looked 8 ft long but it was painted gray and red factory colors. He said it had been used on a military base to move airplanes. It had a hitch on the back and front to move the planes.
Funk conversion. The Ford tractor dealer would buy a crate industrial Ford flathead six (or V8) and the conversion kit marketed by the Funk Aircraft Co. and create a Funk/Ford 6 or V8. I own two of the 6’s.
Ford corporation did nothing to stop this. It gave the dealers a more powerful tractor to sell and Ford sold both the tractor and the crate engine. The dealers could always use the leftover four cylinder engine because farmers were always totaling out engines and needing replacements.
@@bobjohnston8316 It might have been one of those! He had a regular 8N but he took my friend and I into his shop and there sat the 9N. It looked similar to the 8N, but it was a lot bigger. Taller tires, longer hoof and two more cylinders. The 8N looked pretty small next to it!
My Dad told me that but I never seen one
Cool stuff 😊
Good info. I have a 1957 681 but needs work.
Nice job on the Ford tractor tour! I love your commenting and pointing out different features of the tractors.
I like all kinds of tractors, but I have an affection for 8Ns as I learned to drive a tractor on one.
Very interesting walk around on the Ford tractors. I helped mix and pour concrete with one of those rear mount mixers. That was many years ago.
I really like the walkarounds. My dad framed with Fords we had 2 6000 selectospeeds a 7000 and an 8600
Thanks for sharing this one really enjoyed the Ford Tractors I like the Dexta mines a 1959. That Cement mixer is quite common in Europe. Dont see many up here in Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 either.
We had a 1948 Ferguson tractor on our tree farm...Dad bought it used in 1952 (the year I was born) for $400. We used that tractor to plant trees...mostly pines...for Christmas trees. Dad said he thought he had planted over 2,000,000 trees in upstate New York & northern PA over the years. That tractor was just like the Ford 9N.
Thank you for your time.
Great memories. I'm 54 the first Tractor I steered was a Farm all at about 6 our neighbor plowed a elderly neighbor woman's two Acer lot for a neighborhood vegitblble patch so she didn't pay to mow for fire safety. He looked like Hoss on Bonanza. The 1st I drove by myself was a 1930's Grey and red small Gasoline Ford with a triple hitch pick up Discs. With wooden bearings. Fordson to Ferguson. 135 to 175 Diesel. 1960's. All great and still plowing 😁
Thank You for sharing
Great collection of Ford tractors! But my favorite ford tractor of all time got to be the 1965 654 super4 county tractor, maybe because as a kid growing up in Puerto Rico, I used to see them at work on the sugar mills industries around the island. But beautiful collection nonetheless!👌😎👍
Wish I was there .
I haven't had "Toby Time" in a while, works been very busy and I am just getting into watching a few Squatch videos again. Ironic timing to see this episode. I was just at The Henry Ford Museum (12/30/2022) in Southfield Michigan and saw a beautiful 1952 8-N on display. On the display rail I was shocked to learn Ferguson sued Ford on the use of the three point. Ford had not paid for license to the patent it was the largest comparable court settlement of 1952. Wild stuff!
Nice walk through. I grew up with a 971 and an 8n. I still have the 971 and I now have 2 8ns and a 2n and some ford implements to go with them. The ford select o speed was first true power shift on the market.
My second wife’s father was head of sales for Ford tractor. He negotiated with Kubota to make small tractors with the Ford badge. He retired about the time they sold to New Holland
Very nice Tractors. The Dexta had a different engine then the ferguson it was a little longer Perkins finished it. The Dexta were called a F 3. I own a 1959 Dexta
The small rebadged ford tractors are shibaura, not kubota.
😊🎉@@Dextamartijn
Thank you for a great go out rd coverage. I think Henry’ heart was in farming but the automobile came first. I love to see an old Fordson run.
Lots of good variety there and some pretty rare pieces too. Neat to see an industrial there also. I have the 340A which is the updated version of the 340 - looks like someone changed out the front bolster, axle, and steering to the later welded front axle from a 340A/B, which was a much more durable setup with less hardware to wear out.
I was really bummed I did not make it this year, was going to bring my Fordson Major Diesel. All The Fordsons to my knowledge had Ford designed, cast, and machined diesels. Great video Squatch!
The engine in the Dexta was a Perkins designed engine with Ford cast into a lot of the castings They did the same with the Perkins V8 used in the D series trucks.
Great video, thanks,ENFO means English Ford. Cheers from UK.
Thanks for Sharing .
Thanks very much for the video. It was great. I think the 1953 jubilee had live hydraulics, the 8N did not.
I have a set of front 75 lb wheel weights that have the EnFo on them. Was told it meant England Ford. I have those weights on my rear wheels of my Case 446 garden tractor. Fit perfect.
Kinda strange, I’m not a fan of the color blue in general, but the blue 2000 and 4000 look pretty dang sharp. Same for the gold 971s. Good looking iron for sure! I love the old stuff. What they lack in technology and creature comforts, they make up for with style and longevity. Thanks for sharing.
Great video!! I do miss seeing my Ford 641 Workmaster. They seem to be few and far between though. Thanks for The Tractor Show Video.👍
Both thumbs up for that one. No 2N's and the 9's seem to be getting rare. Those bug tractors were really cool though. I thought the one that had gear driven rear wheels was impressive. The casting that incorporated the gear and the spokes as one piece couldn't have been easy to make. Thanks man.
Cool video. My first tractor was a 1941 Ford 9N. I loved that old tractor but hated the front mount distributor though. If I had kept it, I would have converted it to an electronic ignition.
I still bush hog my pasture & machine my dirt roads with a box blade using my 1940 9N. Works fine.
Great video
I had a 8N with a Sherman overdrive. It had a low, standard, high range. My dad used to say it went so fast, the front end would get home five minutes ahead of the rear end! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Have a 1954 NAA (post Jubilee) that came with a Sherman overdrive. Stupid fast. Unfortunately, previous owner hadn't tightened the mounting bolts, so the Sherman slipped back and stripped the special driveshaft. Used or NOS Sherman driveshafts were unavailable at the time, so we took it out and installed a standard driveshaft. Still have it, so if somebody starts making the driveshaft, it could go back in. Tractor had been severely abused, hub splines stripped, took a while to make it usable.
2:00 side biased tractors are so cool. You'd expect it to be simple to modify any tractor to do that, but it ain't that easy. A lot of noggin power goes into making a good one that's not gonna tip, is able to do all the stuff the regular one does... AND not break the bank making it. If i had more time and dough, i'd start collecting them, they're so much cooler (to me) than regular tractors.
That is awesome for Ford fans Tobie and I am one of them
🤗😀👍 .. to bad no yard/garden tractors 😳🤪 … ✌️🤙
I love seeing all them old Ford tractors I restored a 1949 8N tractor 12 years ago still drive that tractor around in the neighborhood bought it from a guy who was going to haul it all for scrap gave him 500 bucks for it and pull it out of the barn brother told me I'll never get that thing running 10 months later had it running and driving
I really want an offset ford. It’s like a Farmall A
Awesome!!
I have my dad and uncles 9N which they bought new in 46,it’s actually a 2N,I made a 3point blade for it,works perfect for landscaping,also have 3point harrows,cultivator,tandem disc,mower,1 bottom breaking plow which was made for the 9N,the plow,cultivator,disc all still have the ford aluminum tags on them. Except for winter I use that little tractor every other day,right now using it for landscaping in and around a pond.
That offset Ford reminds me of the Farmall Cub.
8:32 EnFo is "English Ford". Have a bunch of stuff (cause i'm European :)) ) that's stamped with that. That's before FoMoCo times. That's an oldie piece. Cool, cool, cool.
11:07 old Chase style tracks. Nice!
The gold colored Select-O-Speeds were factory paint. Each dealer was encouraged to order one in gold paint and use it for demonstrations and for exhibit at the county fair and so on.
Unfortunately, the Select-O-Speed automatic transmission had problems that took years to work out. Gold demonstrators or not, SOS was not popular and farmers stuck with the manual transmission models.
A friend has a golden jubilee with a select o speed and it refused to move one time. He took the covers off, cleaned out the transmission, put new fluid in it and it has been working fine since. The sos transmissions were not reliable like the gear ones were so i have heard. We never had any fords but I drove a red Ferguson that had the exhaust underneath the right foot board. Was miserable to run with your foot burning. That stupidity was enough to make me not like ford/Ferguson designs.
@@davidvogel6359 Select-O-Speed was not available on the Jubliee.
@jayyoung2586 I am not at all familiar with those tractors, obviously. I just know he said it was a sos and looked similar to the gj, but I didn't see many ford's. I knew there were 3 that I saw nearby that were similar to the 8, 9, 2n but couldn't tell anyone what each one was. thanks for the reply.
When you talking to my golden jubilee all I can think about is Queen Elizabeth's golden jubilee those golden jubilee Ford tractors came in existence one year after she ascended to the throne and she had a while to go before her golden jubilee but that's where those that term comes from the British monarchy but it's kind of nice at Ford adopted it too
8n started in 1948 and didn't have the flat rims that were on the9n&2n
Interesting. We never owned fords so i've only ever driven a few and know little about them.Thanks for the video Squatch.
The Model T conversions fascinate me! Especially how they're configured.
This one with the cog wheels is good in that the diff isnt overloaded.I've seen some where the wheels directly replace the car wheels.I cant imagine the diff lasting long with such torque loads.
I got a love from old ford tractor since I started mechanic there at 16 tell 22 and it closed down
Still buy and fix them but can’t keep them all wife said. 71 and still working every day but Sunday
Excellent tour! I'd love to see how that cement mixer tilts. Three men could pour a concrete driveway. No problem.
My tractor would have been there if the oil pump did not go out in it when I was raking hay. It is a 1964 Ford 2000 air force tug.
The 2 Golden Jubilee V8 swaps also have sequential engine tags.
And you just passed by the LGT145. Had one for a few years ,neat little tractor.
I have a lt75 my dad bought the first year they had lawn and garden stuff also a dexta. Love them all a lot of memories in that walk thru. Thanks!!
The last one you showed had the less popular beer can weight on it. Its owner may be a decendant of a certain engine rebuilder . . .
The numbering of the N series Ford follows. 9N started production in 1939. The 2N in 1942. In 47 they were far enough into the production year that the 8N was released in July that year. Deerborn was owned by Ford. The tractor at 9:30 is not an 8N. It looks to be a 2N. The 2N had only one brake pedal on the right side while the 8N had both brake pedals on the right side. Tractor at 10:48 looks like a 9N. That's based on the I beam radius arms. Also the huge wheel center on the rears was only used the 9&2Ns. It's very possible to have serial number miss match. The N series engines would bolt up to any of the N series transmissions. Yea they lost a little HP on 8N by installing a 9 or 2N engine but it could be cheaper than a rebuild. The Ford Dexta and the Power Major were made in England. Like your work Squatch.
Yes the chance of a mismatched serial number on these tractors is always there. I’ve restored several N’s and I have about a dozen of them around now, including parts tractors.
The dealers would apparently swap motors out for a rebuilt one rather than keep the farmers tractor in the shop while they his own motor.
I went to a FNH dealers going out of business sale where they sold a block in a crate with NO serial number.
I own a WW2 Ford Moto Tug which used the regular 9N motor but with a BNO 40 serial number. Same motor exactly. There were two models of tug, the other model was serialed BNO 25.
Finally, I own a 9N industrial model with a 9NBN serial. The industrials had no hydraulics and a subframe with a bumper in front and a big clevis hitch in the rear.
I have a Jubilee with a factory installed Pippin Backhoe, a Wagner loader and a Sherman over, under and direct drive transmission.
the major pto clutch lever probabley to engage the belt drive on the side
The engine in the Ford Dexta is a 3-152 Perkins (3 cylinder 152 cubic inch), Squatch, ENFO on the drawbar of the Power Major means English Ford!!)) FYI
It's called f 3 the block was cast by Ford and finished by Perkins. It's a little bit longer than the Perkins 3 cylinder that was in the Ferguson tractor
2:46 - I wonder how that mirror mounted way out front worked out? I'm an old guy, hard to twist around to hook up. On second thought, probably for driving on the road between fields.
those two Jubilees at 14:00 did not have the ford stamped in the fenders.
Great review, esp the "Bug" tractors. Star of the show? Has to be the single-row corn picker, thanks (1952 Ferguson TE20 owner)
Wooooo Ford Tractor! 🎉
Some beautiful old machines they look utterly brilliant! I don't really know the relation between the ford companies - I seem to remember that the blue fords have nothing to do with the ford motor co. But the old 8N's have the traditional ford oval logo so I suppose these were the agricultural branch of ford motor co. in the day?
The navy could have had that gray Ford I know they had yellow tractors for moving equipment around