6N

I ended up talking tractors with a guy the other night, and got on the subject about my '47 2N. He says, "But do ya know what a 6N is?" and I said "No such thing." He begged to differ and said that Ford made about 500 of these so-called 6N's before the production run and most of these got sent out to the midwest. He claims that they used a flathead 6 with a hood extension and that they stopped them because the rear end couldn't handle the extra power.

I cal BS on him, but he even claims to have owned one a while back. I still don't beleive him.

1) if it was pre-production, why would it need a hood extension?
2) Why would it not handle the extra power of a straight 6 but they could handle a funk 6 and V8 conversion?
3) how come no reference material (that even takes into account one-of-a-kind prototypes) even mentions the existence of a 6N?

I just think he's confused or was mistaken by some bad information sometime in the past, but i'd figure i'd run it past you guys just to be sure.

Most Funk's were a dealer installed conversion. It is quite possible because of the Ford/Ferguson dealership scheme, that one of the 6 distribution centers, could have taken on "speculation" that they could sell a more powerfull tractor to farmers that needed/wanted "MORE POWER". And if he wants to call them a 6N, thats ok, we know better. (grin)

This is NOT a unreasonable thing to happen in the automotive manufacturing world. When you are a MAJOR FLEET buyer, you can get the factory to make you a car to your specification. Yellow Cabs, Hertz Rentacar, GSA, USPO, NASCAR, Highway Patrol, City of Los Angeles. Why not tractors? Give the customer what he wants, American way of selling..... ....Dell

Well if that is true, then it is very easy to see how that might mutate into 6n, as most people don't even know the difference in an 9/2/8n /jubilee/naa, etc...

I don't know how many 1946 8njubilee's I've seen for sale in the newspaper.. etc

Soundguy