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c.1944 Fordson Model N Tractor Project

United Kingdom • 7 Jun 2014

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This is a c.1944 Fordson Model N Tractor offered as a restoration project. Purchased in Yeovil approximately four years ago, it has remained unused since, suggesting it requires mechanical and cosmetic work to bring it back to running condition.

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The tractor is listed as a 'project' and offered 'for restoration,' indicating it requires significant work. It's sold 'strictly as viewed,' meaning there are likely known issues.

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It was not until 1917 that Ford produced its first successful tractor, the Fordson Model F, an immensely influential design that remains one of the world's best-selling tractors, with almost three quarters of a million produced up to 1928.

Production-line methods pioneered on the ubiquitous Model T enabled Ford to offer the Fordson F at a knocked-down price, forcing many smaller specialist tractor firms out of business.

Facing a depressed market, Ford closed its US tractor plants in the mid/late 1920s and transferred production to Cork in Ireland and later to Dagenham in Essex.

Ford's Irish and British plants were soon busy producing the Model F's replacement: the Model N, many of which were exported to the USA.

The latter arrangement lasted until 1939 when production of Ford-badged tractors commenced in the USA.

More powerful than the Model F it replaced, the Model N boasted 4.4-litre four-cylinder engine, high-tension ignition system, water pump and mudguards as standard equipme...