No script fenders available for 1955 850?

As far as aftermarkt fenders go, I don't recall ever seeing anything advertised for the early hundreds, except the later dished type that will fit early tractors. But they look nothing like the original. The 8n and 9n repro fenders have the script, but they appear to be smaller.

Mike

The Jubilee fenders are (as far as I know) the same as the late 8N fenders. The hundred series fenders are larger. They wrap up and over the top of the tire more than the Jubilee fenders. They do have Ford script on them. There is no one that I know of making reproduction hundred series fenders. So the junkyard is your only source for finding replacement fenders. Finding cherry ones is a real challenge.

This compounded by the fact that the 1955 fenders are unique and different from the '56 and '57 fenders. This is only a concern if you are nitpicky about originality and correctness. The difference lies in the support system and is not really a glaring difference to the casual observer. The '55 fender skins are supported with a piece of flatstock steel that is bent so that it loops around the perimeter of the fender. This is the same system used on the 8N and Jubilee. In '56 and '57 that system was replaced with one that used three beefy braces branching up from the mounting base to support the fender skin. My guess is that after '55 there were complaints about vibration and the Ford engineers decided the bigger skins needed more support. The skins themselves are the same shape and size. Still there's no one making reproduction hundred series fenders. You can find repop x01 fenders pretty readily. Those are the flatter shaped fenders with the kidney shaped indent in the middle. Original fenders had Ford script. A lot of the repops do not.