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Bill, Your neighbor has things a little mixed up, to say the least. Ford's first tractor was the Fordson. Then the 9N, 2N and 8N, in that order The last model to use N was the NAA built in 1952 (to have models on the show room floors at the beginning to the "jubliee" year for Ford, 1953, and ending in 1954. The next year the HUNDRED SERIES was introduced. There were two basic models the 600 and the 800 - NO "N" in the model desigination. Latter there would be a 500 and a 700 model and the 600 was "updated" to a 601, the 800 to an 801. This line would have to be the 100N that your neighbor was talking about. Then in 1962 (I think - got CRS) Ford changed their model numbers. The 601 was changed to 2000 and the 801 was changed to 4000. These were the begining of the THOUSAND SERIES. In 1965, Ford redid the whole line. They brought out a three cylinder 2000, 3000 and 4000, a four cylinder 5000 and the six cylinder 6000. This line would be the 1000N of your neighbor. Now I have a '67 3000 with 8 speed tranny full time hydraulics and PTO with a two stage clutch, NICE!! The Thousand Series in still in demand so you may have a hard time finding one. AND it will be pricy from what I can tell, but worth the money, in my opinion. The Hundred Series were the first Fords to have diesel engines and the Select-O-Speed transmission. They had live PTO and some other features as options. If you look at a Hundred Series you need to besure of what features it does or dosen't have. As to the "1N", Ford gave his experimental tractors a letter desigination starting with A. As I understand/remember the story the one that became the Fordson was experimental model N. So you could say that was the "1N", but Ford never called it that. And there were ONLY the 9N, 2N and 8N, unless you want to include the NAA. Regards,
Larry
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