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Cap-N-ID
03-29-2004 11:15:52
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Re: Re: Re: 9N vs 2N ID in reply to Obi-Wan, 03-28-2004 23:33:16
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Obi-Wan, First, I must admit that I was teaseing Dell just a bit with the "intuitively obvious" sally (a much used saying of his), and so feel constrained to also say that even tho the horse he rides is sometimes rather tall, he is a good, knowledgeable, a very helpful source of information. He has been answering questions for folks for a long time and his opinions, although not always totally accurate (such as supercharging an "N" with a smog pump - won't work, insufficient volume of output), especially in the area of electronics, (which is his forte), are very helpful. He has a very good storehouse of "N" knowledge and obviously a good library of "N" books. Even more important, he's willing to help.
As to which historians discussed the overlap of 9N - 2N production. I have a decent collection of books written about the "N" series which I have collected over the years and to actually pin-point which one or ones discussed it I would have to go back and search through them. Will do it for you if you feel it's absolutely necessary but I believe its more important to know that it did occur, and then to VERY CAREFULLY look over your tractor paying special attention to all the "casting dates", one of which will be on almost every individual casting that goes into making up the tractor. These dates will normally cover a range of approx 3 to 4 months and your tractor probably rolled off the line following a couple of weeks after the last date. There's considerable information in the archives concerning casting dates. Go up to the "search" function at the top of the page and type in variations of "casting dates", "date stamps" etc. and you will find multile articles about where to find and how to read the various casting marks. Yes, there were differences between the various "N"'s, even within the specific models and the records of production line changes etc. are not only incompleate but often weren't even kept. A whole batch were lost in a factory fire. So, unless you have a "sales slip" pining down just EXACTLY when it was sold (not likely), it becomes a game trying to determine what you have and the answer will at best be an educated guess. It's part of the fun of owning these old machines. Start your own collection of Ford N Series books, they'll give you a great deal of pleasure, and remember, they aren't always totally accurate either !! Just more educated guesses and assumtions, even the ones that purport to lay out manufacturing specs, and dates of this or that feature starting or stopping etc. One source of these "History" books that often has sales is "Classic Motorbooks" -www-dot-motorbooks-dot-com-. Here's another, not often mentioned possible "truism". It's purported the Henry brought out the 2N model to avoid the Office of Price Administration (OPA) controls prohibiting price raises on existing products during the war (WWII). By calling it a new model, although it was almost identical to the 9N, he was able to establish a new, higher, price for the tractor. The changes that were made were the result of wartime scarcity of materials - rubber, wireing, etc. I lived through those times and remember them well. Let me know if you want me to dig back through my stuff for more info. But then you'd just have MY opinion, and you'll have more fun forming your own.
--Cap--
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