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robert b

03-10-2004 18:48:05




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i just picked a 9n serial # *9nbi482* i know what everything is except the b is that a six the i is a one but the b ?




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yep . . . Dell (WA)

03-10-2004 19:06:43




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 Re: serial number in reply to robert b, 03-10-2004 18:48:05  
Robert..... ..donnno why, but the weak hand hammered serial number guy at the Ford assy line, liked to use lower case letter "b" for numerial "6" and then upside-downer for numerial "9". He also liked to use lower case letter "i" for numerial "1", sometimes CAP "I" for numeral "1"; and then sometimes used uppercase "S" for numerial "5". No one knows why, 10-digit stamps sets are eazier to get and replace.

Congrats; you have the "braggin' rites" to a midyear 1941 9N, serial number 9N-61482..... .Dell

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Gaspump

03-11-2004 07:05:46




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 Re: Re: serial number in reply to yep . . . Dell (WA), 03-10-2004 19:06:43  
Actually you need to think this one out a little more. The stamp sets were not in sets of ten they were in sets of nine (and still are), 3X3 makes for a nice small wooden storage box. The #6 (or #9) was used for both numbers. With #1 being the most used stamp in the box and the smallest naturally it would wear out or break sooner. Since the #6/#9 also saw double duty and it too wore or broke sooner. So what is the stamper to do? They substituted from the seldom used alphabet set when the numbered punches wore out or were broken. Been there, seen it.

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Dan

03-11-2004 08:12:48




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 Re: Re: Re: serial number in reply to Gaspump, 03-11-2004 07:05:46  
I hear what you are saying, and it makes quite a bit of sense. However, if this was truly the case, wouldn't there be a few tractors with an actual 6,9, and 1 in the serial number instead of their alphabetic equivalent? I have yet to either hear or see one that does...

Respectfully,
Dan



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Gaspump

03-11-2004 11:23:05




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: serial number in reply to Dan, 03-11-2004 08:12:48  
Yes indeed, I have seen many an N tractor with an actual 1,6 and/or 9, but maybe not all of them on the same unit! Anything can happen.



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Jim.UT

03-11-2004 10:10:25




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: serial number in reply to Dan, 03-11-2004 08:12:48  
I've seen a "1" on a 9N serial number. I had to look twice, but it was definitely a 1 and not an "I".



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Correct...John,PA

03-11-2004 07:59:49




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 Re: Re: Re: serial number in reply to Gaspump, 03-11-2004 07:05:46  
Hey PumPer,

I only use one metal stamp for most of my best work. After carefully positioning the stamp on a perfectly scratched line (Horizonal) and utilizing the brass hammer that comes wit another"s box.

Anyhow, my stamp just saiys:

O K



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Damn, Dell....

03-11-2004 04:57:33




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 Re: Re: serial number in reply to yep . . . Dell (WA), 03-10-2004 19:06:43  
Talk about tr1v1a,

Damn, Dell 1 am 1mpre55ed,

1 6et you'd run the catagory 1f Ford "N'5" were ever a jepardy catagory.

Jeff-0h



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Hey Dell..John,PA

03-11-2004 05:34:05




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 Re: Re: Re: serial number in reply to Damn, Dell...., 03-11-2004 04:57:33  
Right after WWI, machinist stamping sets that were purchased under military contract were sold as scrap in a lot a cases.

I have one of those old sets in the original US ARMY case. On the lower right hand corner of the wooden case is stamped "FORD MOTOR CO".

Really "tricky" to line up those letters when hand stamping initials on the inside of the LIDS that came off the tuna cans used in catch'n those oil drops.

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Dan

03-10-2004 19:05:44




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 Re: serial number in reply to robert b, 03-10-2004 18:48:05  
The "b" is a six, the "I" is a one



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Jeff-oh

03-11-2004 04:59:00




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 Re: Re: serial number in reply to Dan, 03-10-2004 19:05:44  
Dan I am impressed with you knowledge too.



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Dan

03-11-2004 07:27:02




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 Re: Re: Re: serial number in reply to Jeff-oh, 03-11-2004 04:59:00  
Thanks for the compliment. I'm really a noobie here, just getting my first ever antique tractor a few months ago. I grew up in the city, never seen a farm before, or ever saw a tractor up close for the first 38 years. Now I have 42 acres in the country and got facinated by the design and functionality of the Ford 8N's. I was extremely shocked when I went into a auto parts store and they actually had a 1948 8N oil filter in stock - this tractor is over 55 years old! Anyway, I have been absorbing every bit of 8N information I can read, research, learn from experienced farmers, glean from boards like this, etc. I already have six N series books I have read back to back already, and have torn my 8N down just shy of an engine rebuild and put it back together with over $3,000 in new parts. My wife has really thought I have lost my mind, as just a few months earlier my obsession was my 500+ horsepower 2003 Ford Cobra and how quick I could get it down the 1/4 mile track... Funny how life is like that.

Dan

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