A Rare Aluminum Hood 1939 Ford 9N Tractor Like You've Probably Never Seen!

[@MilePost106]

Love these old Ford tractors. Remember back in the 60’s my grandfather let me ride on the back standing on the 3 point hitch and holding onto the edge of the fenders.

[@retiredlife848]

Beautiful tractor! I'm currently restoring a 1948 8N myself.

[@stevenicoson6670]

Thanks for another great video. It was most interesting. Learn something new all the time. Never heard of this ford tractor with the aluminum hood and side panels. One beautiful tractor. Wow. Nice to have. Interesting that they built these tractors early on waiting for the metal stamp to be made. Very rare unit to have. My compliments to this family for caring for this tractor. Thanks. The Iowa Farm Boy.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Even though we had a Ford N-series (I have no idea if it was a 2, 8 or 9-N) as a utility tractor on the farm I came up on, I know very little about them other than the fact that ours was extremely reliable and, did everything we asked it to do. With that said, as an owner operator truck driver, as well as a restorer of classic cars and trucks, I'd NEVER mistake that polished aluminum hood for chrome. He's obviously not claiming that it's chrome and it looks great on that old tractor! Personally, I prefer polished aluminum over chrome on my vehicles but, I like stainless even better.

[@jimciancio9005]

Thats Awesome Stuff! Never Knew This About the Ford N's and their aluminum parts production, but with anything this rare, its probably not something many folks are aware of. Thanks for showing off such a beautiful piece of functional artwork! Its truly gorgeous! ❤😊

[@ClassicTractorFever]

Glad you liked it!

[@andrewrife6253]

The ford 9n is arguably the most important tractor in history. It was what many farmers and homesteaders replaced their horses with and it brought mechanized farming to everyone with feature that are still considered standard on almost every tractor that isnt for industrial farming. It was able to be stripped down into the 2n with steel wheels and a crank start for wartime production and built up into the 8n with a more powerful engine and height control. With little modernisations here and there, the basic design and even a few parts have maintained interchangeability all the way through to the thousand series tractors made decades after the n series was discontinued. The fact that over half of the n series tractors made are estimated to still be in active use is a testimony to how utilitarian it has always been. And lets not forget that the lead designer of the n series tractors all the way through the ford 6000 ended up going to john deere and designing the 4020 and tractors of that same lineage. Harold brock is the most important tractor designer to never start his own company

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

I'm not even sure that it's arguable. Sure, there were other light tractors already on the market but, the Ford had features, such as "The Ferguson System" that others didn't.

[@mtozzy11]

The Ferguson Brown was which predates the Ford by 3 years. It was Harry Ferguson's design built by David Brown, which was then used to sell the idea to Henry Ford after Harry Ferguson's relationship with David Brown dissolved.

[@curtisdowling3773]

Beautiful tractor .

[@sawmill123456]

How neat is that!!! And a hot seat too🙀🙀🙀

[@Theforestbandit]

Wow a lovely collection. I work next door to the New holland factory in Basildon Essex England. since starting there seeing all the Case and New Holland Tractors . I got a addiction to buying the 1/32 size Tractors. I now have over 80 Tractors .. so I know a addiction when I see one .

[@ScoutCrafter]

Absolutely beautiful! 😃👍

[@Dan-qy1rg]

That is a real surprise to me, whoa it's a pretty sharp Jack and Steve Crane has there! Can you imagine having gotten one of those back in 39, coming from a horse pulled plow. Great story, thanks for sharing, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and also a great weekend.

[@j.k.8773]

I have seen one of them at the Steam and Gas Show in Lagrange Indiana

[@tomchrisfield7348]

In the 1940's my uncle worked at a Ford dealership, they sold cars, trucks and tractors right from the dealership .

[@divadyrdnal]

Wow, thanks for sharing, never knew a few 9Ns a had aluminum hood/seat…

[@tractorhyatt7044]

Definitely a unique tractor with the aluminum. Awesome Ford tractor collection!

[@reddirtfarm7704]

Don't forget the Ferguson aluminum

[@nicholascoakley3951]

Amazing

[@brianlubeck4184]

The 9N did not have a draft control. That was not offered until the 8N was introduced. RedRock Manufacturing offers an accessory draft control that can be installed on 9N and the 2N Ford tractors

[@andrewrife6253]

The 8n introduced implement height control. The 9n and 2n had just drat control, but the split from ferguson forced Ford to make the 8n have a lever that allows you to switch between draft and height control to avoid copyright laws. That feature would be a fixture of Ford for the rest of their model run.

[@mikeembrey9176]

Nice tractor well done 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@joeorourke6294]

Nice looking tractor

[@theda850two]

Another tell tale that this is a very early 9N is the non riveted rear wheel center hub, you just don't see that often, If ever...

[@Jason1Pa]

Yeah I can't believe they didn't point that out

[@dyer2cycle]

If I was fortunate to ever find one of these early 9N's with the aluminum hoods and other aluminum parts, I would REALLY be tempted to polish them, like this one, because it looks so nice..BUT..I am a purist, so I would probably paint them like they were when they left the factory. I would think an aluminum hood found in poor condition and that required a lot of repairs and welding would be a good candidate to paint as original. Also as a purist, it bugs me to no end, how many 9N and 2N tractors I see that have been "restored", that are painted red and light gray(or white).. :( I have noticed, there are actually several early 9N's that turn up on FB marketplace, often at low prices, that I catch early features on...like 2 ribbed rear fenders, an occasional smooth hub, a 4 spoke steering wheel, or the interchangeable brake pedals..they are, however, always way too far away from me. I wish there was a way to alert early 9N collectors of these tractors when they pop up.

[@warlock-designs-customizations]

What are the two grey paint colors on this beauty?

[@snakebite2841]

👍👍

[@brockdelorenzo7505]

I just bought some land in Kentucky and looking for an older tractor to learn on. Some people tell me just to buy a new one. This is more of a hobby and I have a small budget. I found an early 9n in great shape, other than painted red, and it comes with attachments.grader, plow, bush hog, cement mixer, boom, and two wheel trailer. Ask is 2700 but I’m just not sure because they are so old. lol. Anyone know reasonable price if in good working order

[@melchristian8876]

👍🌟!!

[@alexanderstuck9890]

The ford 9n would not have been without Ferguson.

[@TF856]

But now there are companies that can add power steering to any antique tractor.

[@paulr7547]

It's a shame Ford sold their tractor and New Holland business to Fiat. Nice tractor.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Don't think they had a lot if choice to be honest. Deere and Co are probably the last independant tractor manufacturer left these days, everybody esle has been bought out and merged. Just cookie cutter tractors now with little to no innovation any more.

[@RustyZipper]

I was looking at one this summer at the 1/2 Century of Progress show when some sweat soaked guy comes in, leaning his greasy arm on the hood leaving a film of sun tan lotion and sweat while talking to some other random guy. I decided at that moment, I’ll never own one

[@davidcaskey3665]

Great stuff as usual!!!!

[@scrotiemcboogerballs1981]

I wish they would have made more like that beautiful tractor thanks for sharing

[@glenparks5175]

My friend has one ,very low Serial number ,it was just up at the Henry Ford museum