1953 Golden Jubilee Ford Tractor - Classic Tractors TV

The Ford NAA "Golden Jubilee" was released as part of the 50th anniversary of the Ford Motor Company in 1953. The hood has a special nose badge noting the anniversary. This model replaced the 8-N Ford. Photographer Mike Ford from West Des Moines, Iowa shares his passion for classic tractors and the story of his Ford Jubilee Tractor. Visit classictractors... today for more Classic Tractor Fever! Brought to you by Aumann Vintage Power. Visit www.aumannvint... today for antique tractor auctions!

[@donkeeton7897]

My dad bought one of these back in the spring of 1974 he got a plow and disk a sicklebar mower and cultivator with it from the gentleman he bought it from. although it looked good when he bought it time kinda took its toll but he eventually finally restored and painted it that little tractor was certainly a workhorse it planted many rows of corn and potatoes peanuts watermelons pumpkins and cantaloupes and made many gardens year after year a wonderful machine it was.

[@rogerkenworthy6380]

Our farm in Canada used a Golden Jubilee for many years. I remember discing the land at 14 years of age on that beauty...ah memories.

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Such beautiful machines! Driving one around just makes people happy.

[@backyardbuck6362]

These old Ford tractors last forever because they're so easy to work on. Love my 49

[@mattdarkes2393]

My late Grandparents use to have one of them on the farm. When my Grandpa died in '78 and a couple years later, my late Grandma retired from farming and sold just about everything, except for that tractor. She took it to her new house, just a half a mile away. We use to call it old Henry. She's been gone since 2014.

[@Terminal-Vet]

Spent a whole lot of hours working in the seat of one of these. My ex brother in law owns it now. Grandpa bought it brand new and it still runs.

[@tractorhyatt7044]

Nicely restored Ford Jubilee! What a nice scenic area to drive it around too. I appreciate you sharing the tractor with us.

[@juliewolkins5640]

I have an 841 Ford tractor in 1966 and it's got a lot of power it's really fun to have

[@martysk8r]

Got one in the family. Dad bought it new and still using it for ~65 years.

[@joelwells9921]

We still have my grandfather's Jubilee that he bought second-hand in the mid 1950s. I've rode many times with him and now have the privilege of driving it myself now. Wouldn't trade those experiences for anything.

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

I've got the one my dad had I grew up driving it as a kid

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

My grandfather had one of these. I spent a lot of my youth riding on it with him and there are pictures of my mom and her brother doing the same. It ran well into the 90s before the engine finally threw a rod. My grandfather had passed away by then but I bet he would have repaired it and kept on using it if he'd still been alive.

[@waltmooredanwilson8754]

Thanks for sharing your video. I enjoyed watching. Take care and God Bless.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

What a wonderful story to tell.

[@tanner1893]

We replaced our 8n with a used jubilee and have kept it since 1967, and still running strong.

[@dandrane1251]

Great to have someone host a video who knows his facts!

[@michaelsmodelrailroading7665]

My Uncle taught me to drive on his Ford tractor in the summer of 1954, on my Grandfather's farm in Missouri. I was 6 years old. Once i knew how to handle it, i started getting farm chores with it.

[@bearsrodshop7067]

In January we stopped by a Barn Sale just a mile from our home. Nothing we really neede, but for pass 20yrs been looking for a '53 Jubilee, and there setting with 4 flats, was my '53. Asked if it was in the sale, and owner said $500 it could be. Paid the man, and called for a roll back, and rest will be history when it restored. Just wish I was up there riding long side yours, what a beauty it is. Bear in TX, & I was born in '53, so makes it more of a keep'er!

[@DIYMyWay]

My dad had one. That was a great old tractor!

[@donplautz9788]

What a beautiful little Ford jubilee,🚜

[@AnthemBassMan]

Love the old Fords! My Grandparents had a 197 acre farm and I grew up driving Grandpa’s 1937 TO-20 and 1953 8N. Love all Old Iron, but the Fords are what does it for me.

[@fundsfordad]

hi Mike ! your little tractor is a real Beauty ! I could listen to you talk about it all day ! thanks for sharing with us ! I have a restored international 460 utility that I grew up farming on in upstate NY , I restored mine in Memory of my Dad ! I'm now restoring a 1963 ford 4000 left to me by and old friend , We never owned fords but I'm getting the bug now !thanks for your all your great pics and videos ! DW

[@aerospot2]

My heritage I recall using Minneapolis Moline, Framall, Alas Chalmers and Fords. The way of life was such contrast to today, mostly in a fond way. I still have an 8n that I use to mow, and cut firewood with. Nostalgia is as familiar as a scent of a lost flower...

[@NigelHeads]

Just started looking at vintage tractors today. I’ve been a classic car guy all my life and never really paid attention to these, but these old tractors are just so interesting. My great grandmother had one of these Fords and recently she passed. I hope the family keeps it around for us to use and enjoy as she did

[@jimtaylor1204]

I grew up down the road from a golf course in the 60's. They used tractors like these to mow the golf course.

[@ardenwrisley5121]

My 1954 NAA looks just like that. Great old tractor!😃

[@redchevy0282]

My grandpa has a golden Jubilee . It's been in our family sense it came home from the dealership

[@Tonetwisters]

I had a toy tractor like this one when I was a little kid in the early '50s! Much as I love tractors like this, I can remember a time, back from 1968 to maybe 1972, when I would travel from Jacksonville, Florida, back to school in Tallahassee, and was forever getting behind a mile's worth of slow moving tractor traffic for MILES on Highway 90. Those WERE NOT the days for a kid in his early '20s! But we eventually lost the tractor and finally got going.

[@miannazirjoyiafroomarifwal6001]

Very beautiful tractor

[@whiskeytangofoxtrot9403]

I love mine as well and hope to be able to restore it soon. Finding propper parts is almost as fun as the the actual rebuild process.

[@balablue1717]

Awesome the Goldie looks

[@waynehames4637]

Thai's the first tractor I first used when I was 5 years old (1953 Golden Jubilee).

[@zimmhollowfarm8414]

My grandfather owned two of these at one time.

[@Cina31373]

I just bought one fully restored to work on my little farm, as beuifual as she is I ask her to work hard she never complained. I named her Daisy 😁😁😁

[@buzzsaw301]

Fords are my favorite

[@jerrykinnin7941]

My Great granddad had "blue belly" Ford '57 I think. It looked like this one just the red was blue. I still miss those times. It seemed huge to a 6 yr old.

[@Ham_rig97]

Id kill to drive the 53 golden jubilee tractor. So jealous.

[@bugman-ir8cw]

Nobody can own one of these old tractors; one may only be its custodian

[@alanstrong3295]

Perfect for driving down 73rd Street. Windsor Heights, IA without risking a ticket. Ja ja ja!

[@Jjason601]

I love mys also, still to this day it runs and dont smoke and everything works.

[@russellhancock9765]

We have a 1940 9 N. What do You have?

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Much better than a 9n. Very useable tractor.

[@johnsonsimoes1086]

very good....

[@double-h-farms]

Was the Sherman transmission added later ? Or an option ? Mine does not have it. I've even seen one with the secondary PTO lever left of the seat above the other PTO lever to disengage the tractor while the PTO still runs if you run into jam with baling hay or chopping corn..

[@josephwalker4869]

My grandpaw has the same tractor and a blue one 1953 was when he was born

[@stephenbrown6763]

I'd love to restore my 2N,too busy and I don't know what I'm doing.... 🤔

[@jimnowak3960]

What is the V shaped attachment resting on the draw bar. Is custom or did you build. I know what it could be used for but, I have never see one. I have driven a jubilee a million miles. Oh by the way I am 74 years old that's how I was able to get so many miles on the same tractor. Love IT.

[@genehand5030]

What color is that paint love that color and who makes the paint

[@alanlancelot2885]

FORD les meilleurs tracteurs au monde

[@TheCattlekings]

I have a 53 jubilee with a fasco loader its a fun little tractor i just need to repaint it

[@davidrandall7708]

Looking for an 8 N or 9N in mexicos Yucatan please

[@kurtiskoppdrums]

I wonder if it's converted to electronic ignition

[@pbredder]

We had a Jubilee, but it was a 1954 Ford, not a Jubilede

[@pbredder]

I meant to say, it was a 1954 Jubilee, not a 1953 Ford. The Jubilee was the 1954 model. We bought it new in 1954,

[@johnkendall6962]

In 1953 fords inline 6 was a modern overhead valve that actually to fords embarrassment made more HP and torque than their old flathead V-8, No difference between the 52 and 53 V-8 but it was rated with 10 more horsepower so people would still buy it, I see the 53 tractor also had an over head valve system . You would think if something had to be a carry over it would be the tractor

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

I own 1 my dad used my whole life im repowering it with a 460 bigblock to go to hotrod shows just for kicks and to take down the road to the store a few miles away ill save the original motor and im replacing the front steering and building suspension that looks older think twin ibeam with transverse leaf to make it lower and safer with brakes

[@larrywoodruff7530]

Does the exhaust blow back in your face or No?

[@viper771]

No it doesn't really. You aren't going super fast so it doesn't blow on you...at least not on my 860.

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Not really.

[@KyleGertner]

I still have my grandfather's 1949 8n. I know he had a jubilee and a john deere A for sure. Don't know what else he had back then. I'm doing a head gasket job on the 8n, and the radiator was plugged. I cleared it today and hope to have the tractor back together and running tomorrow. Dad converted it to 12 volt in the 1980's. I was driving that 8n by the time I was 7. Still one of my favorites. I'd like to find a jubilee. Doesn't have to be pretty, just functional. All my tractors are antiques. Newest one is late 1980s to early 1990s.

[@daviddobson8933]

Then you must know Herald Billie from Mo

[@tybowen2796]

My paw paw has two

[@camdencarroll8179]

Too nice to be farm equipment

[@miannazirjoyiafroomarifwal6001]

Sir I am little farmer in Pakistan give me one tractor details

[@redchevy0282]

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[@arthurdewith7608]

Ford copied so many features off the Ferguson made in UK

[@danvanhoose6783]

So it runs around and doesn't do nothing?.not impressed.