I am grateful for anything that someone uses to keep a ford flathead alive and running. I grew up with them but have never out grown them and most likely never will
I grew up with these old tractors. The six cylinder is “da bomb” because it is a real slice of rare history. The V8 is a real WOW factor. Nice job for making the V8 more practical. If you were giving one away I’ll take the six or the four and go to work. What’s missing, millions of very small, resourceful, strong farms owned by real men and women like my Grandparents were. My Grandmother had 1000 layer hens in 1948 and made many times the money of a furniture factory worker in North Carolina. Eggs were 40 or 50 cents a dozen and a worker made 75 cents or $1 an hour.
It’s so sad there is nothing made today this practical, inexpensive, long lasting and quiet. I have a 1953 Jubilee my Grandfather bought new and it’s never been apart. It retired to light bush hog and finish mowing in 1973. No new clutch, no new brakes, original radiator all are sixty seven years and counting.
Henry Ford made a "handshake deal" with Harry Ferguson to build and sell Harry's tractors under licence in North America as Harry owned all of the patents. Edsel Ford reneged on that deal and produced the tractors without paying Harry a penny. Harry took them to court and won, Ford had to pay Harry over $6 million, which back in the day was alot of money. Harry Ferguson was from England, he also designed and sold the implements to go with the tractor, the plough, cultivator, etc. Later Harry sold his patents to Massey-Harris, and the company became Massey-Ferguson.
Probably the purists. If this were some super rare tractor that was cut up I could see the disdain. But ford 8N and 9N's are EVERYWHERE. It's really a testament to their popularity and longevity of the series to see how many of them are still out there, and in running condition. I think both are very cool modifications. I've got an old 641 Workmaster and I have to admit as dead reliable as that tractor is I could certainly use that 6-cylinder's horsepower when fighting both high brush and the up-hill bits on the property. :)
That is a real hoot! Love it. I spent way too many hours on and hated the original 8Ns to be honest. In truth, I couldn't understand why anybody ever bought one of them, but this... really cool and hilarious. Lol.
My uncle had one, and their were many uses for it. It couldn't do some jobs of the big tractors, but sure could do other jobs easier or better than the big ones. My uncle lived on a busy highway, and his little Ford had the overdrive in it. It was a curves handle on the left side just ahead of the clutch petal. My uncle oversized the tires and disconnected the governor, and it would run close to twenty-five mph on the highway. So we used it to haul in from the field.
@@ronfullerton3162 That Hi.Low range was a nice addition that many 8Ns had (and possibly some 9Ns too? ). Helped a lot, but it still didn't have enough power to get out of its own way and always seemed to lack traction. We had a John Deere MT that was comparable in power and it always seemed that if I had a small tractor job, I could do more with it than with an 8N in general. Also used a Jubilee edition as a loader tractor. I was happy to see it replaced with a proper utility tractor. To its credit, that was pretty serious abuse for it and it (mostly) stood up. Did break a kingpin eventually since the loader was undeniably overloading the poor little thing. Lol. But, it was cheap to fix that little detail and get back to abusing it :-) Yes, they were tougher than they looked. With respect to having the ability to travel quickly ...For getting up and moving on the road, I did love the fact that our IH 1468 (That's not a typo) would slide down the road at about 30 mph. Definitely made people take a second look lol.
@@kennethstanton5407 If I was hauling in at my uncle's, it was like driving an old truck. You started out low and just kept shifting. Then you had to worry about how I would ever get it slowed down, because it was so light and the brakes were not in adjustment, so you couldn't just tromp on them together too hard. But the way it stood up to the punishment it received, I also thought them to be an amazing little tractor. Dad had a John Deere model "H" for a small chore tractor. With the tricycle front end, it could get into some places even my uncle's Ford wouldn't. And it could do a little more work because of the extra weight it had on the Ford. But the poor little thing only went eight or ten mph in high gear wound out, so was not a road tractor at all. All those tractors had their "nitch" where they fit in. And I enjoyed operating all of them I had a chance at. Lots of fun to think back on those days.
@@ronfullerton3162 Absolutely agree that we had fun running all of those tractors in those days. As a kid, our two "big tractors" were a JD 60 and a 44 Massey. Man, we thought we could move anything if we hooked those two together lol. Grew up operating pretty much every one of the 2 cylinder JDs plus a fleet of other similar horsepower range machines. Wasn't until the 1960s that we started our move into larger tractors such as Case 830, 930, JD 4020... Now even those are hardly big enough to power a grain augur lol. How times change.
@@kennethstanton5407 How true. When I first crawled into a tractor we had the little "H" as well as an "A" John Deere. As I could do more, Dad traded the "H" for a "B". Later on, as we got more ground, the "B" was traded for a "3010 diesel". Thought we were on top of the world. And as you said, hardly any of them could even move today's auger wagons. How times have changed!
Maaaan... I dig this Traktor!!! Flathead V-8,With a blower,stacks that make it sound even MORE Awsome. Dual treads on the rear,and drive on both axels!! Awsome build!!! 👍🤘
All 3 tractors are beautiful, I didn't know they made a 6 cylinder conversion for them either, but the cream of the crop is the V8 supercharged 4wd one, that is one beautiful tractor.
Sherman made 3 versions, underdrive, overdrive, and both. I know for a fact the OD will do 45 and maybe faster. At 45 on pavement it takes everything you got to keep from being bucked off.
Henry Ford's. .Gift to the Farm boys. .My 1898 Model Grand Pa ...Loved His. .Recently I went to a Steam Show. .Saw a 1865 Model that state of the Art when Henry was born. .I laughed. .It probably inspired Henry. .Dream well..
Father in-law has a 'Lessman' tactor that came from the factory with a flathead ford V8. It will do 55+ mph. Father in law says it drives better at that speed than most cars of the same year.
I've never been into tractors, even though I was born in Arkansas and I've even picked and chopped cotton, but this Ford tractor would cause me to 'stray', lol. Thanks for sharing.
Anyone who complains about how this has been modified shouldn't talk. Just ask them how original their own tractors are, bet they won't even look you in the eye.
A guy in Michigan has one with a 302, 318,350,a gold wing engine,a small jet engine and one with a world record with the most gears. A very impressive collection
Tim Allen is very proud of you.HAHA!!. Very cool tractor,nothing was mentioned about the"optional"4-wheel assist.(I know this feature didn't exist back in 1952)
We had a Ford 8N for many years since the early 60s. It got used a lot and quite beat up. We sold it in 2013 to a retired gentleman who restored it. He was a body shop many for many years and really did a number on it. He showed it to us and offered it sell it back to us for much higher price. It looked like new again. Also ran like new again. What a beautiful little tractor. I'd love to have an 8N with the Funk conversion V8.
My dad died because a tractor like this, that he built popped up and over on top of him. This is a real danger. Give voice to it. Figure out a way to put a roll bar on it. Warn people never to drive one without something behind it so this won't happen to them.
I've been on tractors my entire life and you would almost have to try to roll it straight back on a wheel stand on a hill to roll it over. Most tractors will end up standing straight up digging in the ground with their 3 point and slamming back to the ground or just start plowing with their hitch until the rear (now bottom) cylinders flood out with oil and the engine shuts off. I'm 100% certain that for every 10 people killed in a roll over left and right 1 person might have gotten hurt rolling straight back or forward. I'm sorry about your father but if you want to bring some awareness to farmers about their machines tell them to keep their damn fingers, arms, clothing away from, and keep the safety guards in place on and around their PTO. That's where the real danger lays.
THE THING TO REMEMBER IS NEVER HAVE A DRAWBAR PULL POINT ABOVE THE CENTER LINE OF THE REAR AXLE!! NEVER NEVER EVER CONNECT A CHAIN TO THE TOP CENTER 3 POINT IMPLEMENT ATTACHMENT!!
I see a neighbour of sorts that has an original 8N. He uses it to plow the rural roadways and driveways during our brutal winters. During our extremely harsh springs, he uses it to pull vehicles out of washed out roads covered in thick mud, vehicles stuck in foods, and to pull downed trees off roads, houses, and other vehicles. In summer, he still uses it like a standard tractor. He lives on that tractor. It has never let him down.
I believe I’ve got pics of this tractor from Daytona Turkey Rod Run back in mid 2000's. It was actually more impressive in real life than on this video. Very cool...
Driving and abusing a Ford 8N tractor as a teen working for my parents who owned a lake resort and marina, never realizing its heritage and potential. It was used mostly for bush hogging and pulling a old truck bed trailer to haul garbage cans to the local dump to empty.
The only thing I am not a fan of is the plastic electric fan. But I can understand there isn't a lot of room with the pullies and stuff for that blower. I would love to have it. But I would never build one myself as there are far to many rat rods that I would rather see that motor in. I love them old flat head v8s and a blown one. Man what's not to love.
I did work for a man and his wife in Phx AZ ...they owned a body shop...but had this tractor they put a flat head V-8 in...fantastic job...it looked pristine!!!
THAT is how you "hotrod" a tractor. That couple gets it. Well executed!
I am not a Ford guy, but these deserve the respect of us all as powerhouse workhorses of their day!
You and your wife have a great talent. I love the look of those old Ford 8n models with the flathead V8s. Great work.
I am grateful for anything that someone uses to keep a ford flathead alive and running. I grew up with them but have never out grown them and most likely never will
Work of art. Attention to detail is over the top.
Ive seen lots of v8 swapped 8n's but this one takes the cake that is a cool tractor
Whoa ! that is Thee *Mac-Daddy* of all N tractors 🚜
That's one wild 8N! 👍👍
I'm not a Ford guy but I still like this video.
Wow you’re really special
I grew up with these old tractors. The six cylinder is “da bomb” because it is a real slice of rare history. The V8 is a real WOW factor. Nice job for making the V8 more practical. If you were giving one away I’ll take the six or the four and go to work. What’s missing, millions of very small, resourceful, strong farms owned by real men and women like my Grandparents were. My Grandmother had 1000 layer hens in 1948 and made many times the money of a furniture factory worker in North Carolina. Eggs were 40 or 50 cents a dozen and a worker made 75 cents or $1 an hour.
It’s so sad there is nothing made today this practical, inexpensive, long lasting and quiet. I have a 1953 Jubilee my Grandfather bought new and it’s never been apart. It retired to light bush hog and finish mowing in 1973. No new clutch, no new brakes, original radiator all are sixty seven years and counting.
I like all of the tractors on this video. The 3rd is a tractor that I dream about. Supercharged flathead V8 with 4wd. Thank you.
Henry Ford made a "handshake deal" with Harry Ferguson to build and sell Harry's tractors under licence in North America as Harry owned all of the patents. Edsel Ford reneged on that deal and produced the tractors without paying Harry a penny. Harry took them to court and won, Ford had to pay Harry over $6 million, which back in the day was alot of money. Harry Ferguson was from England, he also designed and sold the implements to go with the tractor, the plough, cultivator, etc. Later Harry sold his patents to Massey-Harris, and the company became Massey-Ferguson.
My father has an 8N, doesn’t look anything like those beauties 😍
Cool custom Ford 8Ns...
I have seen many many pictures of this tractor but no video until now thanks for sharing
Beautiful work! Well done!
I saw a v-8 8n at the Eaton pork fest in Ohio years ago doing wheelies and thought it was the coolest tractor ever. You sir have reset the bar...
That is bad ass! Nice build I would use it for a daily driver.
Who in the world could give this a thumbs down? That is a wonderful creation- reproduction. COOL in every sense.
Probably the purists. If this were some super rare tractor that was cut up I could see the disdain. But ford 8N and 9N's are EVERYWHERE. It's really a testament to their popularity and longevity of the series to see how many of them are still out there, and in running condition. I think both are very cool modifications. I've got an old 641 Workmaster and I have to admit as dead reliable as that tractor is I could certainly use that 6-cylinder's horsepower when fighting both high brush and the up-hill bits on the property. :)
Bloody North Korean’s 👎
Some John Deere guys got their nose out of joint.
Should be origanal
Yep, a 189 pure Dumbasses!
Yep...now I want one!
I really like that. The mid 30s Ford spoke wheels on the front are an awesome touch.
Outstanding !
Now that's a tractor!
I believe I'd keep that Gal, she sure knows how to make them beautiful!
Wow bet its awsome they are such a tough tractor that they can handle the 6 no problem and its reliable
I learned to drive on my Grandfathers 8N Ford tractor.
I used to hold the steering wheel on it in my Grandpap’s lap when I was a toddler. I was pretty good at steering, too.
Al Patzke I learned on my dads 8N when I was 6
Wow that a great tractor 🚜🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸
That is a beast! Use that to pull a high speed disc!
thats pretty wicked, a tractor thatll scratch the duals when you take off.
This tractor has all the bells and whistles, more power, more speeds, 4 wheel drive, dual wheels, nice paint, etc.!
Bad ass. Love the old flatheads
Very cool old tractor.
tractor + gearhead = this magnificent machine. great job curtis
😍I sure like these hot rods especially the supercharged one.😎 That's a mighty fine collection.👍
Super.
My Grandpa had one of those, with the exact same 2 bottom plow lol. No flathead or blower on his though :)
Sure would like to have got a better listen to that flathead, especially when he was plowing.... oh well... ) :
Yes me too I'd love to hear that flattie snort.
@@lukethedrifter3363 Back in the days are used to being expression:
"Flatheads Forever!"
Son of a bitch sounded good that one time he got on it right before end
Ià ahad as F 12
I had A Allis Chalmers Model G
Nothing says "old-school cool" like one of those old Fords with a Flat-head V8 in it.
That is a real hoot! Love it. I spent way too many hours on and hated the original 8Ns to be honest. In truth, I couldn't understand why anybody ever bought one of them, but this... really cool and hilarious. Lol.
My uncle had one, and their were many uses for it. It couldn't do some jobs of the big tractors, but sure could do other jobs easier or better than the big ones. My uncle lived on a busy highway, and his little Ford had the overdrive in it. It was a curves handle on the left side just ahead of the clutch petal. My uncle oversized the tires and disconnected the governor, and it would run close to twenty-five mph on the highway. So we used it to haul in from the field.
@@ronfullerton3162 That Hi.Low range was a nice addition that many 8Ns had (and possibly some 9Ns too? ). Helped a lot, but it still didn't have enough power to get out of its own way and always seemed to lack traction. We had a John Deere MT that was comparable in power and it always seemed that if I had a small tractor job, I could do more with it than with an 8N in general. Also used a Jubilee edition as a loader tractor. I was happy to see it replaced with a proper utility tractor. To its credit, that was pretty serious abuse for it and it (mostly) stood up. Did break a kingpin eventually since the loader was undeniably overloading the poor little thing. Lol. But, it was cheap to fix that little detail and get back to abusing it :-) Yes, they were tougher than they looked.
With respect to having the ability to travel quickly ...For getting up and moving on the road, I did love the fact that our IH 1468 (That's not a typo) would slide down the road at about 30 mph. Definitely made people take a second look lol.
@@kennethstanton5407 If I was hauling in at my uncle's, it was like driving an old truck. You started out low and just kept shifting. Then you had to worry about how I would ever get it slowed down, because it was so light and the brakes were not in adjustment, so you couldn't just tromp on them together too hard. But the way it stood up to the punishment it received, I also thought them to be an amazing little tractor. Dad had a John Deere model "H" for a small chore tractor. With the tricycle front end, it could get into some places even my uncle's Ford wouldn't. And it could do a little more work because of the extra weight it had on the Ford. But the poor little thing only went eight or ten mph in high gear wound out, so was not a road tractor at all. All those tractors had their "nitch" where they fit in. And I enjoyed operating all of them I had a chance at. Lots of fun to think back on those days.
@@ronfullerton3162 Absolutely agree that we had fun running all of those tractors in those days. As a kid, our two "big tractors" were a JD 60 and a 44 Massey. Man, we thought we could move anything if we hooked those two together lol. Grew up operating pretty much every one of the 2 cylinder JDs plus a fleet of other similar horsepower range machines. Wasn't until the 1960s that we started our move into larger tractors such as Case 830, 930, JD 4020... Now even those are hardly big enough to power a grain augur lol. How times change.
@@kennethstanton5407 How true. When I first crawled into a tractor we had the little "H" as well as an "A" John Deere. As I could do more, Dad traded the "H" for a "B". Later on, as we got more ground, the "B" was traded for a "3010 diesel". Thought we were on top of the world. And as you said, hardly any of them could even move today's auger wagons. How times have changed!
Wow these are nice!!!
Maaaan... I dig this Traktor!!! Flathead V-8,With a blower,stacks that make it sound even MORE Awsome. Dual treads on the rear,and drive on both axels!! Awsome build!!! 👍🤘
Was the frist tractor i rode with and i loved it.So the Fordson major and super major dit too
Was raised with flathead Ford V8's....love that sound. Really sweet with the blower.....lotta work in that tractor.
@Terry Melvin Haha! I bet.
That is awesome, I don't care who you are. I'm not a Ford fan but that tractor is sexy
Eye candy
All 3 tractors are beautiful, I didn't know they made a 6 cylinder conversion for them either, but the cream of the crop is the V8 supercharged 4wd one, that is one beautiful tractor.
Steven Spaziani there is a 6 cylinder for sale in Minnesota
Very nice front wheel assist.
Nice workmanship on the blown flathead and your wife has an eye for detail.
I’m amazed someone in Orlando does anything with a tractor. Unless your from Oviedo
Love the flathead
The Sherman transmission in road gear will go around 30 mph with the factory 4 cyl.
Sherman made 3 versions, underdrive, overdrive, and both. I know for a fact the OD will do 45 and maybe faster. At 45 on pavement it takes everything you got to keep from being bucked off.
Nice! Probably more money in this than in my house though :P
Henry Ford's. .Gift to the Farm boys. .My 1898 Model Grand Pa ...Loved His. .Recently I went to a Steam Show. .Saw a 1865 Model that state of the Art when Henry was born. .I laughed. .It probably inspired Henry. .Dream well..
Really cool
8 N Fords. The first compact tractors. ❤️
What about the 9n?
I would love to build a V8 Ford tractor some day
Funk also made DOHC kits for the flathead v-8.
Thumbs Up liked, Merry Christmas to you also.
how cool it is
I like it !
This is by far my favorite custom tractor I’ve seen in emerald years!
Clyde Barrow would have stolen it.
My dad rebuilt a lot of 8Ns and 9Ns during the 80's, Can't wait to show him this.
Father in-law has a 'Lessman' tactor that came from the factory with a flathead ford V8. It will do 55+ mph. Father in law says it drives better at that speed than most cars of the same year.
Thumbs DOWN !!! Only because you couldn't shut up long enough for us to hear that awesome Blown , Flathead V-8 Tractor ROAR !!
I've never been into tractors, even though I was born in Arkansas and I've even picked and chopped cotton, but this Ford tractor would cause me to 'stray', lol. Thanks for sharing.
Nice work……
Anyone who complains about how this has been modified shouldn't talk. Just ask them how original their own tractors are, bet they won't even look you in the eye.
I don’t know why they’d complain in the first place. It’s not like an 8n is a rare tractor.
That is cool!
Now that looks like fun!!
A guy in Michigan has one with a 302, 318,350,a gold wing engine,a small jet engine and one with a world record with the most gears.
A very impressive collection
Tim Allen is very proud of you.HAHA!!.
Very cool tractor,nothing was mentioned about the"optional"4-wheel assist.(I know this feature didn't exist back in 1952)
Sharp
Cool!
Incredible build!
Thanks for sharing
We had a Ford 8N for many years since the early 60s. It got used a lot and quite beat up. We sold it in 2013 to a retired gentleman who restored it. He was a body shop many for many years and really did a number on it. He showed it to us and offered it sell it back to us for much higher price. It looked like new again. Also ran like new again. What a beautiful little tractor. I'd love to have an 8N with the Funk conversion V8.
Hats off for actually using it! Outstanding!
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
Ford needs to make a modern version of this with a 5.0 motor; love that flathead v-8 though
My dad died because a tractor like this, that he built popped up and over on top of him. This is a real danger. Give voice to it. Figure out a way to put a roll bar on it. Warn people never to drive one without something behind it so this won't happen to them.
Had one scare the crap out of me. Pucker factor 10. Just an old worn out 4 banger too.
I've been on tractors my entire life and you would almost have to try to roll it straight back on a wheel stand on a hill to roll it over. Most tractors will end up standing straight up digging in the ground with their 3 point and slamming back to the ground or just start plowing with their hitch until the rear (now bottom) cylinders flood out with oil and the engine shuts off. I'm 100% certain that for every 10 people killed in a roll over left and right 1 person might have gotten hurt rolling straight back or forward. I'm sorry about your father but if you want to bring some awareness to farmers about their machines tell them to keep their damn fingers, arms, clothing away from, and keep the safety guards in place on and around their PTO. That's where the real danger lays.
THE THING TO REMEMBER IS NEVER HAVE A DRAWBAR PULL POINT ABOVE THE CENTER LINE OF THE REAR AXLE!!
NEVER NEVER EVER CONNECT A CHAIN TO THE TOP CENTER 3 POINT IMPLEMENT ATTACHMENT!!
Old Tractors can be dangerous. I own several. Must respect the machine. Sorry about your Dad.
So, operator error then. The tractor only does what its told to
If my grandpa would've had a tractor like this, he would've plowed up the entire town. 😄
I put duals on a 1987 Craftsman 2 riding mower...😝
175 hp 8n nice
here where I live, a lot of them are still in use
Where you at? Same here in way upstate ny
I see a neighbour of sorts that has an original 8N. He uses it to plow the rural roadways and driveways during our brutal winters. During our extremely harsh springs, he uses it to pull vehicles out of washed out roads covered in thick mud, vehicles stuck in foods, and to pull downed trees off roads, houses, and other vehicles. In summer, he still uses it like a standard tractor. He lives on that tractor. It has never let him down.
It sounds magnificent!
I saw a flathead v8 8n at a tractor pull a few years ago. She was a ripper!
Look at that Flat head V-8 With the Blower ! WOW.
I believe I’ve got pics of this tractor from Daytona Turkey Rod Run back in mid 2000's. It was actually more impressive in real life than on this video. Very cool...
Driving and abusing a Ford 8N tractor as a teen working for my parents who owned a lake resort and marina, never realizing its heritage and potential. It was used mostly for bush hogging and pulling a old truck bed trailer to haul garbage cans to the local dump to empty.
well done and great detailing - a very nice tractor !
The only thing I am not a fan of is the plastic electric fan. But I can understand there isn't a lot of room with the pullies and stuff for that blower. I would love to have it. But I would never build one myself as there are far to many rat rods that I would rather see that motor in. I love them old flat head v8s and a blown one. Man what's not to love.
Nice to have a woman with similar interests and abilities as you have.
I want to put duels on my 9n Ford
I did work for a man and his wife in Phx AZ ...they owned a body shop...but had this tractor they put a flat head V-8 in...fantastic job...it looked pristine!!!
Just wow that's awesome thanks bud 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸
That v8 flathead is badass.
That reminds me of the water boys lawnmower
Ha ha 4 stoke invented by an American in 1878. In 1878 Americans car was a Conestoga wagon. So who was Nicholas Otto?
Is the rear end original or is it beefed up to handle the extra power ?
Just inmagine Fred Wilely had one one of these,but he had a snow plane