After the war was the first time companies were allowed to change models. Bascially prices and everything else was frozen during the war. (How Henry Ford ever got the 9n switched to the 2N in 1942 for basically the same tractor along with nice a price jump I guess I will never know. Well I do know but not wanting to go OT. Needlss to say Henry Ford was not a nice man. Large portions of Hitler's Mein Kampf are considered by many to be directly plagerized from Henry Ford published works).
Oh I agree, newer tractors are better and nicer and a must have for a serious operator. That said, I am only a hobbyist on tiny acreage that tries to make the hobby pay for itself as I go. Pretty easy for me to do on a $500 Farmall h. Not so easy for me to do on a high dollar newer tractor. Heck even my alltime favorite tractor to run in an Oliver 1800a would be much too big for my needs although I wish that I never sold it.
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