WOW, What A Find, Or Is It?

Hey guys it's Bryce. Find of the day alert! Not sure if this is of any value or not, please give me your honest opinion on value. Ford 9N ( not the one in my previous discussion ) fairly good shape, but stuck engine, and probably bad tires. Have never seen this tractor, only been told about it. Some may think it is a fairly normal tractor, but heres the catch: It was special ordered from factory with a Ford V-8 in it. What is it worth, and does it have any collector value? My dad REALLY wants it, the guy said he just wants it out of his yard, first $150 takes it. Bryce

there's 150$ worth of iron at the scrapper at least.. so it's hard to loose money one it.. IE.. scrap it and part it and you would be ahead even if it was 75% junk.

Funk conversion, very likely, if from that era as stated, I'd not think twice if an original funk, not sure how badly stuck the flathead v8 is or if its beyond repair, but for that price, I'd roll the dice.

Now whereabouts did you say this tractor was again LOL !!! ha ha.. of course even if I did know, against my ethics so to speak.

Hope you get it, good luck and post some shots asap, potentially a very nice find.

It is a deal at that price... but the special order stuff is complete BS.

The V8s were an after market conversion. I think the manufacturer of the kit was Funk. Nonetheless, they are still highly sought after, and not many were made.

The kits were available to put in either a 6 or V8. Many more of the 6 kit were made than the V8.

Bring it home before someone else does.

I'd have it home by now.
As far as I know, Ford never put a V8 in them, but the Funk
brothers did and some other converters as well.
Still, the tractor is worth more than that in scrap weight.
The engine is worth that even stuck to the old hot rodders.

I would have paid him on the spot! Even if I had to rent a U-Haul to get it home! Heck, I would pay that for it even if it was pure stock.

LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, The engine is worth a small lottery to a car guy. Would think it's worth 900-1000 if it's a complete orig funk bros. Where's it at ...... just for reference.

Most of the Funk kits were put in 8N tractors as that was the time frame they were made. Made the 8N about equal in power to a NAA and that is why they did not make any kit for the NAA. A lot were sold new dealer installed in a 8N but some were later installed by the owner. Now for a 9N it would have had to have been installed sereral years after manufacture as they were made after 1948 and the 9N ended in 42 when the 2N took over till 47 and the other tractor you posted about is not a 9N but a 2N. A lot of owners even do not realize they were different models and think all 9N & 2N are the same thing a 9N. Even some call the 8N a 9N because they do not know anybetter.

Actually there were a small number of Funk conversions for the NAA. They used the 215 overhead valve engine. They are rarer than the V8. The conversion parts for the V8 are worth quite a bit of money alone especially the cast oil pan

buy it quick they are worth good money dont part it out or scrap it people will give some serious money for it start at 5000 and dont budge just do a good job of advertising. Post on the Ford site after you get it home but get it quick.

Or an N series just because they don't know! What were the clues that you used in order to tell that it was indeed a 2 and not a 9? I would really like to know so that I can tell in the future. Ummmm, well I don't exactly remember where it is. I will let you know if I think of it. Bryce

Bryce, only subtle differences between a 9N and 2N other
than year built and serial number. Excluding the war models.
There's a wealth of knowledge on John Smith's site if you'd like
to really follow up. Old Ford Tractors

Like most of the others, I've only heard of the Funk conversions on 8N's. There were V8 and 6 cylinder conversions. $150 is a steal! It would be worth seeing just how bad the engine is stuck. If you could free it up, the tractor is sought after by collectors.

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

Bryce, on the ( & 2 N tractors an easy way to tell if the hood is there is that the ( had a hidden set of wasteners inside the doglegs under the radiator thus a smooth dog leg, the 2 did not have the hidden fasteners and the hood had one bolt through the dogleg on each side to hold the hood on. In the picture you had on of the tractor that bolt was clearly visable in the pictures. Also the ( had a I beam type of wishbone to the axle, first 2 N also had that till supply dried up and that is when they went to the tubular style as it took less steel to make and still gave the strength needed. That was when the goverment dictated if and when you could get material to make an Item as things were in very short suply during WW2. That is why there are no war years of some of the tractors and the companys used their allotment to make the models that were needed the most. I have a 1944 2N that my Dad bought new in May of 44 and he had to get papers from the goverment saying it was needed for food production to be able to buy it and then you were placed on a list with the dealers and when your name came up if you wanted a Ford and an Allis Chalmers or a JD became avaible you had to take the AC or JD if you got a tractor or go back to the bottom of the wating list to start again. I have that 2N and also a 41 9N that I bought a few years ago and the engine is tor down and a rebuild started on back in 2004 but never gotten finnished. That was the time that if you were farming you could get all the gas you needed but if you lived in town you were rathioned. Also at that time you were only allowed to buy a certain amount of meat or sugar. Being on the farm ment we never had to worry about the meat situation as we raised all of our own. My Wife's grandfather lived in and worked in town and had a farmer friend that he could get meat from without the goverment ever knowing it existed. If you did not have that then you were very limited in what you could get. And with all what I have been saying that will go back to this fact that the goverment would not allow anybody to raise prices on anything. An example is the John Deere G tractor. When it was just ready to be brought on the market it was just styled and with a starter from the old unstyledmodel and therefore they needed more money for that tractor and that is why the Unstyled was a G and the first styled was a GM as for G modernized, later after the war controls they could go back to the G only. A lot of information here and hope that it is not too much for you but it helps explain the changes in the models like those hood fasteners on the 9N cost more to make and took more steel to make as well as time to make as just the bolt through the hood so simple things like that is what made the changes to design of things.

I don't think any were manufacured with a v8. There were aftermarket kits. We had a 9n with a low and high range conversion bolted between the engine and the transmission,gave it 6 forward gears rather than 3. That was an aftermarket conversion also.

At $150 I would buy it. The conversion parts are worth that. Plus the scrap value of the rest. Don't assume the flathead engine has any value. Car guys often go through 4-6 flathead engines before they find one that's buildable.