Aluminum hood 9N

Double ribbed rear fnders would be correct for 9N637.

Here are the valuable items to look for and acquire if they are on the tractor or not:

Small single brush generator.
Double ribbed fenders.
Cast aluminum grille with horiz. bars.
Cast aluminum dash and tranny cover.
Cast aluminum PTO cover
Cast aluminum inspection plates.
Cast aluminum hood assembly.
Cast aluminum lower dog legs.
Smoothy rear hubs
Low serial number block
If you can check any or all of these off...you're doing well.

If you let it slip through e-mail me (humor) :)

Sounds slike the critical component...the block and hood are matched.

When you check the aluminum dash...check for a serial number/patent numbers tag/plate riveted on the upper steering column. If not a black painted thin gauge tag there, then there should be a number cast directly into the top of the casting there. Also, am interested to know the keyswitch location.

Also, where is the transmission dip stick located? on the tranny cover? or inspection plate?

For that vintage...look on the tranny cover.

The smoothy hubs were susceptible to loosening up, and were replaced with the improved hot riveted rear hubs. They can be acquired. More than likely, your steel wheels may not be original to the 9N637.

There is a fella in the classifieds selling a smooth hub 9N, cast aluminum dash cover, small generator, cast aluminum horizontal bar grille, and CM HAll lights for 4300-4500.00 bucks. 9N 637 is more desirable for the collector point of view. If you can acquire this tractor for less than that, you've done well.

The grille? you say horizontal bars? would that be cast aluminum? If that's the case...it is 'correct' to the early 9N tractor.

Later production (mid year 40 and on) tractors the grilles were steel with vertical bars.

I'll be happy to help you search and find parts as will many others here.

good luck.

9N'er

hard to remember all of the details...and there is really no hard and fast rule as items were added or used up as production stock was used up or running out. But for 9N637, it would make sense, that those items listed should be consistent if inventories were full for the first month/year of production.

Hard to determine what month it was manufactured, or even what week. One source indicates 77 were produced from the first week of June 5, 1939 to the end of June 39.

Late July 39 would be a good guess as production pace picked up... (by April - 1940 300 tractors a day were coming off the line compared to 77 in the first three weeks).

By December, 1939 - 6,849 were produced.

Rick, another detail: more than likely, your 9N may have an aluminum chromed radiator cap as well.

tom

Best of luck!
Patrick

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BUT...it's ultimate value is this...what is it worth to you? If you're looking for a restoration project, this would be one sweet starting point. That's a "first year" machine and I'll be looking for one of those someday...I have a "first year" 2N...a first year NAA...and will be adding a first year 9N and an 8N to finish my collection. I envy the S/N already!