Identify this tractor

Ekimtoor1

New User
Please see the imbedded image. Can you tell what kind of tractor this stamp is?
a171164.jpg
 
1946 2N serial number. All 2N tractors have serial numbers beginning with 9N. Rest of the tractor could be a 9N, 2N, or 8N. The engines interchange.
 
That is the number. It begins with 9n which would lead one to believe it's a 9n tractor. But the operators manual says 199557 is a 2n serial number from 1946. There is my confusion.
 
(quoted from post at 18:12:41 09/06/17) That is the number. It begins with 9n which would lead one to believe it's a 9n tractor. But the operators manual says 199557 is a 2n serial number from 1946. There is my confusion.

others have explained it. all 2N serial numbers have a prefix of 9N. the prefix was not changed until the 8N.
 
ALL 9N and 2N Models used the '9N' prefix in the serial numbers. There was no such thing as a '2N' stamped serial number. When the 8N was introduced in July, 1947, it then used the '8N' prefix. SEE LINK...

TPD
John Smiths Site
 
(quoted from post at 19:32:36 09/06/17)
It looks like it starts out as 9NI. Is the third digit an I or a 1?

it is an I, but that means it's a 1 ;)

from oldfordtractor.com:

[i:8d3f041813]Note that the "font" used on the number stamps was a little unusual. The uppercase letter "I" was used as number "1", and a lower case letter "b" was used a the number "6". That same "b" was turned over to become the number "9". The NAA serial number was the last one to use the model prefix as part of the serial number. After the NAA tractor, the hundred series and up tractors have a model number stamped above a strictly numerical serial number. You will need both of those numbers to identify your tractor. [/i:8d3f041813]
 
(quoted from post at 00:00:39 09/07/17)
(quoted from post at 19:32:36 09/06/17)
It looks like it starts out as 9NI. Is the third digit an I or a 1?

it is an I, but that means it's a 1 ;)

from oldfordtractor.com:

[i:e62f026533]Note that the "font" used on the number stamps was a little unusual. The uppercase letter "I" was used as number "1", and a lower case letter "b" was used a the number "6". That same "b" was turned over to become the number "9". The NAA serial number was the last one to use the model prefix as part of the serial number. After the NAA tractor, the hundred series and up tractors have a model number stamped above a strictly numerical serial number. You will need both of those numbers to identify your tractor. [/i:e62f026533]

Classic Henry Ford. Someone entrusted with the stamping dies in the serial number stamping department loses the 1,6, and 9. Henry is too cheap to buy a new set, so the dummies in the serial number stamping shop have to improvise until their stamps wear out and Henry is forced to buy them a new set. That explains why the 8N serial numbers are so hard to see. The stamps were wearing out by then. :roll:
 
(quoted from post at 20:47:55 09/06/17)
(quoted from post at 00:00:39 09/07/17)
(quoted from post at 19:32:36 09/06/17)
It looks like it starts out as 9NI. Is the third digit an I or a 1?

it is an I, but that means it's a 1 ;)

from oldfordtractor.com:

[i:9c46144e31]Note that the "font" used on the number stamps was a little unusual. The uppercase letter "I" was used as number "1", and a lower case letter "b" was used a the number "6". That same "b" was turned over to become the number "9". The NAA serial number was the last one to use the model prefix as part of the serial number. After the NAA tractor, the hundred series and up tractors have a model number stamped above a strictly numerical serial number. You will need both of those numbers to identify your tractor. [/i:9c46144e31]

Classic Henry Ford. Someone entrusted with the stamping dies in the serial number stamping department loses the 1,6, and 9. Henry is too cheap to buy a new set, so the dummies in the serial number stamping shop have to improvise until their stamps wear out and Henry is forced to buy them a new set. That explains why the 8N serial numbers are so hard to see. The stamps were wearing out by then. :roll:
Actually, it was buy the stamps individually, not by the set.
Save money that way. Re-use as many as you can to make different numbers/letters.
It works, its understandable and reduces cost. THAT, my friend, is classic Henry Ford. LOL

You do know the story behind KingsFORD charcoal briquettes, right?
 
(quoted from post at 01:59:55 09/07/17)
(quoted from post at 20:47:55 09/06/17)
(quoted from post at 00:00:39 09/07/17)
(quoted from post at 19:32:36 09/06/17)
It looks like it starts out as 9NI. Is the third digit an I or a 1?

it is an I, but that means it's a 1 ;)

from oldfordtractor.com:

[i:6281b874cb]Note that the "font" used on the number stamps was a little unusual. The uppercase letter "I" was used as number "1", and a lower case letter "b" was used a the number "6". That same "b" was turned over to become the number "9". The NAA serial number was the last one to use the model prefix as part of the serial number. After the NAA tractor, the hundred series and up tractors have a model number stamped above a strictly numerical serial number. You will need both of those numbers to identify your tractor. [/i:6281b874cb]

Classic Henry Ford. Someone entrusted with the stamping dies in the serial number stamping department loses the 1,6, and 9. Henry is too cheap to buy a new set, so the dummies in the serial number stamping shop have to improvise until their stamps wear out and Henry is forced to buy them a new set. That explains why the 8N serial numbers are so hard to see. The stamps were wearing out by then. :roll:
Actually, it was buy the stamps individually, not by the set.
Save money that way. Re-use as many as you can to make different numbers/letters.
It works, its understandable and reduces cost. THAT, my friend, is classic Henry Ford. LOL

You do know the story behind KingsFORD charcoal briquettes, right?

I often wonder if Henry had a different idea about what to do with the wood scraps. It didn't work out, so he threw them in a pile and set them on fire. A rain storm pops up and puts out the fire at the right time only leaving the charcoal. Somehow I feel that the dummies in the serial number shop were partly to blame for Henry's original idea going bust.
 
Well, I cannot find it now, but earlier today either on this forum, the other N forum, or maybe on tractor talk, someone posted an image of a service bulletin from Ford from 1931 to all dealers telling them they need to buy the three stamps for 1 (I), 6, (b), and 9 (no symbol on my keyboard) for 0.75 each in order to comply with some federal regulation pertaining to serial numbers. It also said individual states may have some requirements of their own and they could supply any letter or numeral required. I would put a link to the post, but like Isaid, I cannot find it now. I thought it was in this thread...
 

[b:27f14e5057]"I guess you mean there is not a 1946 9N? My
mistake, thought the 2n thing ended in 1945."[/b:27f14e5057]

yep, that's what i meant. 2Ns actually ran thru 1947, but their replacement wasn't the 9. the 9 is before the 2, and then after the 2 came the 8.

those numbers are the last digits of the year they were introduced - 1939, 1942, and 1948.

8Ns earned their own serial number prefix, something 2Ns didn't earn, apparently. which, in my mind, tends to support the thinking that the only reason they called it a 2 was to get around the wartime restrictions on pricing - but it was still really a 9.
 

Like this ---

FORD SERIAL NUMBER HAND STAMPS:
q61xMsGl.jpg

Note: It wasn't only the tractors that were hand stamped, it was ALL Ford vehicles -check the date on this Service Bulletin.

Tim Daley(MI)
 

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Back
Top