steve19438

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mother, sister, brother. way before me.

so, is it a 9 or 2N ???

thanks.
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(quoted from post at 09:13:16 03/12/15) mother, sister, brother. way before me.

so, is it a 9 or 2N ???

thanks.
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The rear axle is not smooth so 1940+ and the radius rod is the I beam style so 1944 - .
50/50 chance 9n/2n ?
 
According to John Smith's Tractor ID/History the Grille with the 4 slots in the middle instead of a solid panel was changed in 42' and the Drag Lings were changed from the I beam style to the Oval Style in 44'.

So assuming its an original tractor, its either a 42'/43' year tractor.

They made a little over 10,000 9N's in 42' And a little over 6,000 2N's that year.
They made a little over 20,000 2n's in 43'

You would need the serial # to know for sure, but the odds are almost 3 to 1 that its a 2N.

Assuming no parts were changed out on it. Someone else might be able to pick out more from the picture than me, but that's what I saw.
 
Steve, you've already got the informative answers, and anyway, I'm a Fergy guy, and don't know Fords, BUT:

I do know that it's a great picture!
 

It has the 3 plastic covered spoke steering wheel which came about in mid or late '41 and disappeared in '42. Still could go either way. If anyone knows for sure which style of steering wheel was on the first wartime 2Ns built, that could answer it.
 

This is the first early N I have seen in the wild that actually had one large headlight mounted in front and one mounted in the rear. As recommended by Ford.

Thanks for picture!
 
I also do not see any choke hole in the right dog leg.Ferguson System tag in the grill is missing.Air cleaner cup looks more round on the cup than my 43'.I'm guessing a 42' 9n-2n.
 
Steve-
The headlights sure look like the original CM Hall headlights. The lighting kit said to remove the right one and mount on right rear fender bracket if you wanted a worklight. It looks like they removed the left one but anyway...the reason was because the small A and B generators could not keep up with the amp draw of anything more. I can't tell for sure if it has a small B genny but probably is the 2N-10000 one and the air cleaner is a United but they were the alternate supplier. Cool photo no matter what...

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thanks tim. I remember my dad saying that lights mounted up front on the hood did no good for farming. he would say the lights should be mounted on the fenders.
 
This is the steering wheel that was on a tractor I bought last year. The lady I bought it from was the granddaughter of the original owner. She said it was a 42 2N. It was still on the original 4 steel wheels like it was when he purchased it. I could not date it for sure because the motor was gone and only the oil pan kept the tractor in tact. I understand that some of the "War Models"
were produced in late 41 and early 42. What ever,
the steering wheel is original and it also has the number 5339 stamped on the middle metal part.
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my brother in the pic was born in 39. he could be anywhere from 5-7 years old. that's our guess anyway.
 
Hard to tell, but it could be a heat shield that extends past the muffler and makes it look longer.
Heat shields were available for the 9N and 2N I believe.
 

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