That's not even close to a true statement, the AC B&C's were about 1200 compared to the 8N at 1404 and the IH/Farmall C at 1500 (not sure but I think hydraulics were an option on the C). And the 8N was sold as Ford not Fordson. The simple fact is that at 1404 the Ford included the hydraulic 3 point while the others did.
Plus I've never talked to an old farmer who had a Ford N series who didn't like it. Yes there have been better and bigger tractors made. Most farmers back in those days didn't buy the only tractor offered by Ford because for most they were too small. But in the larger tractors there was a great deal of competition for the same share of the market. If you combine all the tractor sales for the same time frame, 48-52 Ford did not sell the most tractors. They had one model, IH had the C, H, M and W series (over a million sold). AC had the B, C and WD's (about 351,183 tractors), JD the A, B, G and R (over 3 quarters of a million) thats over 2, 100,000 tractors sold by just 3 companies while the 8N was in production. I have no idea how many MM's, Olivers, Case, MF's or other brands were made during that time but I'd guess that it would total well over 4 million adding in the 8N, maybe more.
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