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Quiz Contest with a story and my kind of luck...

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9N'er

06-24-2002 09:07:52




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Here's my story.

It was supposed to be easy (yeah right...first mistake).

Get up, run up to NAPA (1/2 hr away) by the 8N Grey Paint.

Call em at 0730. Paint code according to the N-Series Originality Guide and Vintage Tractor Resource: 99L 4338 8N Grey.

Run up, run back 1 hour later. Turn compressor on, run out the hose lines, hang 01 Series hood. Mix reducer and hardener. Put on respirator mask, open the can. Wrong color.

Call em' up, wife is reminding me to be patient. Give the reference number again. NO mistake on their part. Cross check the codes on the book and website and do an archive search. Both the book and Vintage Tractor Resource Guide is wrong. It should be 99L 3732 For the 8N and 100 Series Grey. 4338 is the 9N grey.

I now have a 75.00 quart of 8N grey. HAPPY BIRTHDAY yipppeee yiaeayh.

So here's the Quiz Contest for a ONE QUART CAN NAPA 4338 Ford Grey acrylic enamel:

Who owned the casting plant that produce the cast aluminum hood for the first 700-900 Ford 9N Tractors?

What was the price of a 9N in 1939?

Who installed the first v-8 engine on a N-Series Tractors?

And, we know that the 9N was produced in 1939, the 2n in 1942, and the 8N in 1948. Describe the 7N model.

Good luck.

9N'er

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Brian-2N

06-24-2002 18:12:21




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 Re: Quiz Contest with a story and my kind of luck... in reply to 9N'er, 06-24-2002 09:07:52  
9N'er,
The stamping machines for the steel hoods were not available, so Charles Sorenson had his son, operative in the foundry business, cast them in aluminum. Figures range from 6-700, or as high as 3100, depending on the source.
In 1939 the price of a 9N was $585 (which Ferguson thought was too high).
Two men, Quinton Nilson and Delbert Heusinkveld, simultaneuosly came up with a V8. Together they took Heusinkveld's tractor to the brothers Funk, Joe and Howard. The Funks had been offering 6 cylinder kits. Heusinkveld & Nilson persuaded them to market V8 kits.
This last one is a S.W.A.G. (scientific wild a** guess). The next tractor came out in 1947, mid year. It was decided to rename it 8N for the first full production year.
I hope I win, but if I don't its been fun. E-mail me when you decide to give away an 8N. My 2N is kinda lonely and could use a companion.

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gaspump

06-24-2002 18:30:15




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 Re: Re: Quiz Contest with a story and my kind of luck... in reply to Brian-2N, 06-24-2002 18:12:21  
There was actually a prototype "7N" and yes the 8N on schedule would have been the 7N. Great replies , well done.



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norm-wy

06-24-2002 16:56:57




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 Re: Quiz Contest with a story and my kind of luck... in reply to 9N'er, 06-24-2002 09:07:52  
According to Smith's Home Page the 8N was brought out in July 1947. FWIW



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indy

06-24-2002 16:38:30




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 Re: Quiz Contest with a story and my kind of luck... in reply to 9N'er, 06-24-2002 09:07:52  
charles Sorenson's son owned the casting plant
9n $585 $85 for plow
Quinton Nilson installed a Mercury v8 in a 9n..1949
the 7n was to be released in 47 but it was delayed because of the split with ferguson...so they released it in 48

Thanks to my new book i was able to answer these...indy



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Iowa Guy

06-24-2002 13:32:10




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 Re: Quiz Contest with a story and my kind of luck... in reply to 9N'er, 06-24-2002 09:07:52  
I'm guessing that the 7N is the same as the 8N. The 8N was actually introduced in 1947, if I remember correctly.



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