POWER in a 1952 Ford 8N Tractor Like You have NEVER Seen Before!

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2024
  • The Ford 8N was one of the most popular tractors on American farms - but Jimmy Deakins of Tennessee has outfitted his 1952 8N in a way that was NEVER done before! The 8N was built from 1947 to 1952, and back in the day, you could boost the power of your 8N tractor to over 100 HP with a Funk Conversion. Jimmy took his power boost a step further by dropping in a flat-head 8-Cylinder Cadillac engine. For sure, Jimmy Deakins puts his own spin on his case of Classic Tractor Fever!
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Комментарии • 72

  • @michaelvogel2522
    @michaelvogel2522 Год назад +9

    Had an old neighbor that was the local weld shop, and he put a 289 Ford in a WC Allis and when he got it together it would do over 50, on the maiden voyage he passed a woman in a Volkswagen Beetle and she about ran off the road, loved hearing him tell that story.

  • @michaeldouglas1243
    @michaeldouglas1243 Год назад +7

    Being from a family of Ford tractor guys i must say this 8N is one bad ass piece!! I'd love to drive it.

  • @wproct11
    @wproct11 Год назад +2

    This really brought back memories for me. I had a friend, ex brother in law, who was a huge fan of the 8N Ford tractor. He would buy and resell them as a hobby, and he had literally owned many dozens of them. He even once owned a flat head V8 ford conversion at one time. My Dad owned one that he bought new in 1952 and I spent many hours plowing, raking hay, and other chores on that little tractor. I really enjoyed this video, thanks for posting!

  • @42lookc
    @42lookc Год назад +7

    That is one beautiful build!

  • @Dan-qy1rg
    @Dan-qy1rg Год назад +10

    A great great Ford 8N and super nice guy, I am impressed with Mr. Jimmy Deakins ability and tenacity! He not only came up with the Cadillac engine concept, but his talent to make it look like it is a perfect fit is fantastic. Thank you for sharing this awesome story!

    • @tomrobards7753
      @tomrobards7753 Год назад

      I don't remember his name or channel but there's a guy that's put every engine you can imagine in an 8n Ford including motorcycle engines

  • @sofakinggood5829
    @sofakinggood5829 Год назад +34

    50 mph? He'll never have to prove his courage to me.

    • @tomrobards7753
      @tomrobards7753 Год назад +3

      We clocked a 1100 Massey Ferguson back in the 60s in stock form at 45 mph and it was difficult to keep it in your lane of traffic with a 12 foot disk behind it it was a nnew tractor then

    • @gregorycross612
      @gregorycross612 Год назад

      Very nice Jimmy!

  • @michaelbaumgardner2530
    @michaelbaumgardner2530 Год назад +6

    Outstanding build

  • @darinmullins4770
    @darinmullins4770 Год назад +3

    This man is a national treasure and should speak at schools and colleges around the country inspiring young people .

  • @mosriteflyinfingers9252
    @mosriteflyinfingers9252 Год назад +6

    The ultimate rockabilly vehicle. It’s commendable how seamlessly he blends the Cadillac motor with the rest of the tractor.

  • @mikeembrey9176
    @mikeembrey9176 Год назад +7

    Great build 👍🏻🇺🇸

  • @douglasmayherjr.5733
    @douglasmayherjr.5733 11 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful Tractor. I also never knew Cadillac made a V8 Flathead. He’s a braver man than I am to take a 8n 50 mph. Wow. Thanks for sharing this work of art.

    • @Corvacar
      @Corvacar 7 месяцев назад

      1949 was the first year for the Overhead Valve V8 for both both Cadillac and Oldsmobile.
      Oldsmobile was chosen as the Indianapolis 500 Pace Car because of this advancement.
      Oldsmobile’s Engine was also a Flathead V8 prior to 1949.

  • @rickleonard2936
    @rickleonard2936 Год назад +4

    That’s pretty cool!!😎

  • @ethics1017
    @ethics1017 Год назад +1

    What a beautiful machine, Thank you for sharing.

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 11 месяцев назад

    You made a real performer out of an old Ford tractor. What an unusual move if I ever heard of any. Ford tractors were always so good. Keep up the good work.

  • @jimmyfann2174
    @jimmyfann2174 Год назад +2

    I love this tractor!

  • @barrybegley5379
    @barrybegley5379 Год назад

    That Ford 8N is a sculpture. Just a beautiful creation. Most enjoyable to witness. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.

  • @392hemi9
    @392hemi9 4 месяца назад

    The year they featured Ford at Badger Steam and Gas Engine show at Baraboo Wisconsin, a guy brought a 8N Ford, that he had installed a V12 Lincoln engine in it. It ran super smooth and looked like a work of art!

  • @floridaflywheelersantiquee7578
    @floridaflywheelersantiquee7578 Год назад +2

    Looks good thanks for sharing

  • @charlescastle5566
    @charlescastle5566 Год назад

    I only live about 10 minutes from the Gray Fairgrounds and I've never got to see this show yet. Great story Brain.

  • @darrenblattner2508
    @darrenblattner2508 Год назад +1

    A friend of mine has a 318 in his. Nice tractor, never seen a Cadillac engine before.

  • @oldtruthteller2512
    @oldtruthteller2512 Год назад

    Here in Louisiana those little Fords are everywhere

  • @tomrobards7753
    @tomrobards7753 Год назад +3

    Love it

  • @MrChevelle83
    @MrChevelle83 Год назад +1

    fine gentlemen. and a fine machine he built!

  • @Farm_fab
    @Farm_fab Год назад +2

    I met a girl in Gray Tennessee many years ago. She said she didn't like to drive fast, because she might get a teekit. My grandma on my mom's side lived in Tennessee.

  • @robertpacific8319
    @robertpacific8319 Год назад

    This man is awesome.

  • @paulr7547
    @paulr7547 Год назад +1

    That is great.

  • @Rick-Rarick
    @Rick-Rarick Год назад +1

    Love it!

  • @19017070
    @19017070 Год назад +1

    Pretty cool

  • @backachershomestead
    @backachershomestead Год назад +1

    I would think driving that 8n at 50 mph would be like the space shuttle re entering the atmosphere.

  • @dougkubash8673
    @dougkubash8673 Год назад

    Nice!! You sure did a great job!

  • @glenrahn4789
    @glenrahn4789 Год назад

    My dad and I put a Cadillac engin in my 79 f250 it was pretty cool

  • @backachershomestead
    @backachershomestead Год назад

    I need to do that to mine. I could get my lawn done in no time.

  • @tylerknoll8135
    @tylerknoll8135 Год назад +3

    That 8N might be the fastest classic tractor in the world

  • @JoeBManco
    @JoeBManco 8 месяцев назад

    I would love to have an 8n but keep it original. I assumed Cadillac used the Chevy straight-6 and didn't know they had a flat V8. It certainly is a beautiful and unique tractor.

  • @apollorobb
    @apollorobb Год назад +2

    The 47 Cadillac was a 346 Cu In. v8 not originally called a flathead it was known as the side valve v8 and were rated @ 150HP ive rebuilt a few of these years ago

  • @bladewiper
    @bladewiper Год назад +3

    Looks to have the Sherman, over/under transmission. That would explain the 50mph.

  • @MaclearieFarms
    @MaclearieFarms Год назад

    We put a 454 big block in our buddy’s 2N and he plows with it and he pulls a 4-16

  • @johnhargis4566
    @johnhargis4566 10 месяцев назад

    Workmasnip is inpressive looks factory 😊 ❤

  • @scalph999
    @scalph999 Год назад +1

    Would be super to see that pulling a sled

  • @backachershomestead
    @backachershomestead Год назад +1

    Wonder if that has the Sherman transmission in it. Have one in my jubilee
    It's the combination hi/low transmission

  • @coryfogle5353
    @coryfogle5353 Год назад

    Though I don't know what speed it's dapable of, I've seen one a guy in Monroe, Michigan put a aircraft Turbine engine in. It's pretty cool.

  • @Desmouffe
    @Desmouffe Год назад

    Way to go...

  • @danw6014
    @danw6014 Год назад

    The neatest "conversion" I have ever seen was a John Deere G with a 392 Chrysler Hemi.
    He did a nice job on this one though and I have never seen a flathead Caddy engine either.
    Also learned today that Chrysler made a 354 with a poly head.

  • @markjurkovich7814
    @markjurkovich7814 11 месяцев назад

    I would like to see that with an implement on back and working. Also, if anyone remembers, Henry Ford's first vehicle venture was a company that became Cadillac (I can't remember the name off hand)
    So I think it's just fine that an 8N is powered by Cadillac.

  • @duanepierson4375
    @duanepierson4375 6 месяцев назад

    A bored machinist can do amazing things!

  • @littlerougue
    @littlerougue Год назад +2

    Kinda ironical but Henry Ford also founded the company that became Cadillac

    • @mikelovin7
      @mikelovin7 Год назад +1

      For those that want to know...
      Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company. After a dispute between Henry Ford and his investors, Ford left the company along with several of his key partners in March 1902. Ford's financial backers William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland of Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Company to appraise the plant and equipment in preparation for liquidating the company's assets. Instead, Leland persuaded the pair to continue manufacturing automobiles using Leland's proven single-cylinder engine. A new company called the Cadillac Automobile Company was established on August 22, 1902, converting the Henry Ford Company factory at Cass Street and Amsterdam Avenue. It was named after French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who had founded Detroit in 1701.

  • @donvoll2580
    @donvoll2580 Год назад

    Good day from Ontario. Boy at 50 mph it must be r unning close to 5000 rpm Thanks

  • @tomrobards7753
    @tomrobards7753 Год назад

    You adjust the front end to stop the shimmy on any wide end tractor

  • @davidkraft3690
    @davidkraft3690 Год назад

    Wondering what the displacement of that engine is ?

  • @briandietrich1373
    @briandietrich1373 Год назад

    How does clutch hold up?

  • @dutchvoornik6401
    @dutchvoornik6401 Год назад

    50 mph?! I'll bet flying down the road in that 8n would make your neck hair stand right up!

  • @dp.2766
    @dp.2766 24 дня назад

    That’s what happens when you give a blue-collar shot monkey time off from work!
    I wonder does his boss know how many parts he made for that tractor at work?🤣🤣🤣

  • @jefferypowell9885
    @jefferypowell9885 Год назад

    I've seen a vaddy flat head before

  • @rainbowboa100
    @rainbowboa100 5 месяцев назад

    a chevy motor in an old ford tractor? capitol idea! those ford motors are nothin but trouble!

  • @chuckswenson8044
    @chuckswenson8044 Год назад

    I have a ford 8N with a 302 v8 220 HP with high range , to achieve 50 MPH you would have to be running over 5000 RPM , I personally don’t think that engine is capable of doing that , maybe I am missing something.?

  • @jimbailey7997
    @jimbailey7997 11 месяцев назад

    👍

  • @darrellepickering8433
    @darrellepickering8433 Год назад

    346 cu in, 150 hp.

  • @iconofsin5886
    @iconofsin5886 2 месяца назад

    They don't make them like they used to, and that's rather saddening.

  • @BubbaBubbaphant-s2y
    @BubbaBubbaphant-s2y 11 месяцев назад

    I've seen these models before but it was old and rusty

  • @SCfanIam100
    @SCfanIam100 2 месяца назад

    That's not a 1952 Ford 8N. It was a Ford 8N at one time but not anymore. Why do people like to ruin things??

  • @outdoorlifemaine6691
    @outdoorlifemaine6691 Год назад +1

    They're nice tractors but you never seen that tractor pulls for one reason

  • @dougstubbs9637
    @dougstubbs9637 Год назад +1

    Caddy, because Fix Or Repair Daily…Found On Rubbish Dumps. Good move.

  • @JS-kd7jf
    @JS-kd7jf Год назад

    So it's more or less USELESS! just something to look at!! Afraid to get it DIRTY!! a useless "FORDILAC"

  • @mikelovin7
    @mikelovin7 Год назад +1

    For anyone interested in the Cadillac engines this might help... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_V8_engine