1953-1954 Ford Tractor Value

What would the value of a 1953 to1954 for tractor be? Tractor in decent shape sheet metal and paint good and runs. The tractor does have the in-out hi/lo sherman transmission. Can someone explain the difference between 53-54 model year I read the front hood emblem.
 
The 1953 is call the Jubilee due to being the 50th year tractor and the NAA is the 1954. To a purest they are different models and to me yes they are but 99.9% of the parts are the same just he hood emblem and even the owner manuals are different but that is it.
As for the aux transmission are you saying the handle goes up down and then also pulls out to the side and then up again. If yes that is what is called the Sherman combo giving you over drive under drive and the standard gears. Standard gears are what you would use for any PTO jobs since the Sherman effects the PTO speed. As for value tires etc make a big deal of it. $1000-3500
 
You will find a greater admiration for an NAA/Jube on the N board than you will here.
They are kind of a step sister to both the 8Ns and the later Hundreds with transmission and rear end parts exclusive to their 2 year production run.
They are good tractors but the 1955 and later tractors had several significant improvements over the NAAS and are better Thought Of here.
Not that many of us here would kick one out of bed for eating crackers.
You've been asked how are the tires and what do plan to do with it.
I will add what are they asking for it?
1953 Jubilees do have a following and so get a bump in value.
Average one that no one's obsessed about it being a real Jube about $2500-$3000 with decent tires, no smoke, knocks, rattles, etc. A little more if they throw in an implement or 2.
All these old Fords are great fun to play with and will still do lots of useful work for you if you have the need.
 
The tractor has decent tires weathered due to age seems to have plenty of life. The tractor does come with implements box blade, 3 point dirt bucket and furrow. I just plan to use it around my place clean up back part of my property brush mow, level and move dirt basically .
I am new to this site so I didn't know Jubilee were disliked may I ask why that is? The only reason it's being considered is the price with attachments, delivery of 2900.00 sure seems better to me than a payment every month for a new one. Let me know your opinions and Thankyou.
 
Box blade it maybe $250-350 at best. Scoop $100 tops furrow do not know what your talking about. Tractor maybe $2000 or so if the tires are weather checked and old but a lot depends on many other thing like how it runs etc
 
The tractor ran good in all gears from what I could tell and would start right up with no smoke when runing. Let me ask this which older Ford tractor would you recommend I just don't need a really big tractor and since I have never owned one I'm asking. Thankyou
 
I have one. I think, since they are a two year model, some of the tin is
more scarce and expensive. Later models had prettier paint
jobs, and more powerful engines and row crops became available.
Some later ones also had the option of dual clutch pto control.
The Jubilee is pretty much an 8N with the new overhead valve engine, and new
tin. Some people might think it was a timid advance in design philosophy. Later, Fords
came with 10 speed transmissions which turned out to be too much of a jump
in design philosophy.
 
How can I answer this with out knowing you. I have around 30 tractors on my place ya some are parts only and some I use and some well they can be used but have not in years since I do not need them. The Jubilee/NAA was a step up from the N series but still not as good as say the 601 series or 801 series. But with out knowing you hard to say what you do or do not need. Sort of like a friend I have that got a tractor with with a loader first thing he did was load the bucket with rocks an laid it over on it side because he had the bucket at high as it would go on a hill side
 
Wow 10 gears on a tractor was that with an auxillary transmission such as the Sherman combo? Your right about it being a small step up from the 8n 4in higher 4 in longer, and of course a little heavier.
 
I don't plan to do really anything heavy duty just mowing dirt moving, and cut a trench for water for better water drainage on my 2 acers.
 
I didn't mean to imply they were disliked or bad tractors.
They are a better tractor than an N but not as good as a Hundred -all of which are good and useful machines.
$2900 sounds right in the zone for just the tractor.
The implements are a good bonus.
 
It'll do what you need it to do.
Ford prices have a very wide range.......even in the same area.
NAA's...$1000-4000+ here...for the same condition tractor..lol
That one sounds a bit high, but still ok.
For that price though....I would expect to do nothing except change the oils and use it.

Like said, at almost the same price, the 600 or 601 series are the same tractor with some improvements.

'Flaws' with NAA's,
-rear hubs are like a 8N.
-original vane hydraulic pump is expensive to fix or replace with a piston pump.
-external hydraulic lines (I consider these a plus...problem? they are right there instead of buried)
-if governor is original, changing it to the later style will require some extra parts.
-can't get a 5-speed trans
-hydraulic remote valves are 2 year only kind of thing and crazy expensive.

I own quite a few NAA's and would like to stress that these 'flaws' are not an issue at all if everything is in good shape.

as far as the one year 53 Golden Jubilee........hahaha...Good Ford marketing gimmick...still works 62 years later.
I'd have to check my serial numbers to remember which of my NAA's is a 53 or a 54...

ps do your research too. 5 minutes work and $50 for a new nose emblem will make any cyclops style Ford say Golden Jubilee....................................
 
An NAA will easily do everything you mention.
The biggest advance they had over he Ns was live hydraulics.
They also have a much better reverse gear speed.
The 8Ns had a rediculous fast reverse.
 
After do some study I think this tractor maybe a
1954 because of the nickel cyclops hood ornament.
I have been doing some research into the hydraulic
pump did take a second look at it to me it looked
like a piston pump. But to double check on this
hydraulic pump how can one tell from what I found
the vane has a square section the piston is more
round straighten me out on this one if I'm wrong.
 
Sold one with a 5 foot shredder last month for $4200.

A new zero turn lawnmower can cost $4800 at home depot and the tractor will outlast it.

But.... after the 5 year drought, the price of tractors jumped up and are selling at a premium right now. I have sold 13 tractors in the last 4 months. But things are starting to slow back down a bit. Prices may start moving back down a bit.
 
I was also wondering about the auxillary Sherman transmission this tractor has I realize the therory behind
It. But what application or uses would you use it for is my question. Who really needs to go 20 mph on a tractor?
 

Problem is,,, that is slow down the pto as well.. in low range... so much for a tiller tractor.. but it is useful in low and direct.
 
"the vane has a square section the piston is more round"

That would be correct. Piston pump more desirable to me.
I really like my Jubilee/NAA's. They're great tractors.
UD and NNP have laid out their pros and cons pretty well.
I have not had any trouble finding parts for mine even though
they were a two year production run. The 600's only ran for 3.

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Here's a picture of the piston pump.

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"But what application or uses would you use it for is my question"

Depends on which Sherman you have. I think there were four
different ones - Step-up, Step-down, Combination and trencher.

When farmers hauled grain to the elevator in wagons behind a
tractor the extra speed in road gear saved a lot of time.
 
That is the way the hydraulic pump looks on the
Jubilee I'm looking at. Of course not in that great of
shape but it's decent. Do you use yours at all or is it
for show?
 
The combo is a great addition, just remember it changes PTO
speed as well as ground speed. I like it a lot when I want to
slow down to back up to something or haul something carefully.

The one I pictured we just put back together this spring.
It belonged to a buddy of mine and burned up in the woods.
More pictures on YT here.

We took it to the shows this year, but we'll end up using it just
because I don't think it's good for them to set around.

The Jubilee I use the most doesn't look nearly that pretty,
but I don't know how I'd get along without it!

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(quoted from post at 22:56:50 07/09/15) Wow 10 gears on a tractor was that with an auxillary transmission such as the Sherman combo?

The Select-O-Speed transmission is a 10 speed full power shift transmission, the first full power shift transmission ever installed in a farm tractor. Yes it was marketed a bit pre-maturely. However, after a few tweaks it was a great advancement in farm tractor technology. In the long run it did not prove to be too much of a leap.

It is not a combo and has nothing to do with a Sherman auxiliary.
 
How do these Jubilees do with mowing? With dirt
moving and resistance operations like that using
box blade, furrow, and plow which transmission
would be best used sherman or standard
transmission. Operations not needing the PTO in
other words.
 
(quoted from post at 23:16:14 07/10/15) That sounds like that would be of great help. What
year did Ford started using select o speed
transmission.

1959. The better, actually near bullet proof version of it, came out in the blue tractors in late 1962. The 1959 advent was in the 01 series tractors. It continued to be an option through about 1975.
 
I went to tractor data after doing search on seleto-o-
matic and saw what was exactly that was
interesting to say the least. Never seen anything
like that setup I have been trying to figure out how it
worked from the I guess you call a throttle switch to
the transmission. These are probably hard to find
rare is more the word.
 
"These are probably hard to find"

Actually, the Select-O-Speeds aren't hard to come by and
they are usually cheaper than a standard transmission
because many buyers have heard the horror stories from the
original version. Since that horror story may be all they know
about them, they avoid them, driving the price down.
 
You can't go by the nose emblem. People put the 53 emblemz on them all the time to sell them hoping to get a little more money. The only way you can tell for sure is to look at the serial number.
 
Your right about checking serial number aren't they located around the starter. I
Beleave I happen to see that on Tractor Data, is this correct?
 
The very early ones were on the engine block.
Later they were on the end of the flat just aft of the starter.
Check out John Smith's great website [b:22bc422f9c]here.[/b:22bc422f9c]
 
That's right. Right behind the starter on the hump. You may have to clean it off real good to see the number as some of them are stamped pretty light.
 

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