A Matched Pair

[Bruce (VA)]

Finally finished painting the sheetmetal on the 1950 6v frontmount in the foreground. This was my first N that I bought in 1999 and still is a working tractor. The engine was rebuilt in 2002. I added a Sherman Hi-Lo last year. This year, I did the rear seals & brakes & painted it.

My only disappointment was that one of the hatbox rims is probably beyond repair. If not, I'd still worry about putting it on a working tractor w/ filled tires, so I had to put new loop rims on it.

Many thanks to all the help from you folks!

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[pikewi]

Lookin' good Bruce!
Whats that green stuff in the background?

 

[Steve-N-tN]

Wow Bruce--those look great!! Great looking place too!! I still have the 1952 in pieces so hopefully the weather will cooperate and I can finish cleaning and painting! Thanks for sharing--Strong Pair!!

 

[Del Huebner]

Real nice looking pair of tractors Bruce. Thanks for sharing the picture.

 

[Jerry/MT]

Lookin" good, Bruce!

 

[Colin King]

Nicely done! It's nice seeing working tractors being so well cared for.

Colin, MN

 

[Jimmyjack]

Nice, but I thought you had a picture of Dolly Parton.

 

[HCooke]

Looks real purty! What kind of paint did you use?

 

[MRinMN]

At their age, I'd much rather see the tractors! Great job Bruce, definitely a pair worth a second look.

 

[Jim SC]

Thanks for posting. The picture looks like it was taken 60 years ago on the property of "landed gentry".

 

[Bruce (VA)]

Omni acrylic enamel. The paint dealer had the grey in his catalog: Ford Tractor Gray, 31657. No red in the catalog, but he matched it to the inside of a tool box & a couple of other parts. Turns out it was also a Ford color used on Torino's, # 72266.

 

[Bruce (VA)]

Tnx for the comments! I'm looking forward to spring planting w/ it.

 

[Steve (BC)]

Good looking work Bruce. Keep the pictures coming, especially once you put them to work!

 

[Ed Douglas]

Great Job Bruce......Just two questions.....How many 8ns do you have?
and..... does your wife give you as much trouble as mine does regarding
regarding your collection?
Cheers, Ed

 

[ASEguy]

Nicely done. I've only restored one tractor and can appreciate the work involved. They look very nice. Nice looking home too.

 

[saguaro_squeezer]

Very nice 8N's Bruce.

 

[Bruce (VA)]

Ed, I'm down from 4 to 3 8N's now (sold one to a neighbor) and a 740 row crop.

The wife is pretty good about the number of tractors. I've tested the limits a few times (e.g., no solvents or painting in the in-house garage & her car has a garage) but overall, not much whining. She hand painted the script on both hoods. And can stick her hand in an inspection port to seat a control rod.

It helped once when a girlfriend was complaining about the annual cost of her husbands golf hobby (green fees, club memberships or whatever) and I casually mentioned that I could buy 2 N's for that kind of money.

 

[CSB1024]

Beautiful tractors!!!

Could you briefly describe the difference between the Hatbox and loop rims. I believe by tractor to be a 52 or so and is, I believe, mostly original. What type of rims would it have orginally had in place?

 

[Bruce (VA)]

Your 52 would have had the hat box rims as in the picture. (yea, I know the bumper is upside down! )

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[Billybuck]

Tradition - "Preserving the past for the benefit of the future".

Very admirable Bruce!