Old ford tractor

[Alton lee]

I'm looking at 2 old tractors they are shaped like Fords but they are one row with seat off set to the left. Any one know what they could be?

 

[Jim.ME]

I'm looking at 2 old tractors they are shaped like Fords but they are one row with seat off set to the left. Any one know what they could be?

pictures.

 

[Kondoge]

I would have to agree pictures would be helpful.

 

[Alton lee]

Sorry did not take pics first time I ever saw an old ford that the seat was off set

 

[soaked]

Hi Alton Lee,
Perhaps it was a 501 series workmaster

 

[Kondoge]

or by this board perhaps a 9N?

or maybe was it a fordson model F

second pic is not mine I just pulled it from Google.time to play the guessing game including photos of our guesses

 

[Farmalldude45]

I'm looking at 2 old tractors they are shaped like Fords but they are one row with seat off set to the left. Any one know what they could be?

That's quite a mystery. I can't think of any one row tractors with seat offset to the left. Farmall, Oliver, and Ford all had seat offset to the right. Allis, Massey, and Deere had seat pretty much, but not always, centered. Did Moline or Case ever offer a one row tractor, offset or otherwise? And frankly, only Ford's one row looked like a Ford (utility style). Maybe an import or custom built?
Forgot the B. F. Avery model v. It also wasn't offset. Did Moline continue producing the V after they acquired Avery?
Ok, did my own research. Moline did continue model V production through mid-50's.

 

[Kondoge]

The WC had it to the left no? Also not my tractor but rather great grandpas WC

 

[Kondoge]

Also had this thought just now probably not but, could it possibly be a doodlebug you are looking at? (a doodle bug is a vintage tractor home made from whatever people had laying around)

 

[Ultradog MN]

Hi Alton Lee,
Perhaps it was a 501 series workmaster
View attachment 151342

Agree. If it is a high clearance, offset Ford it is most likely a 501.
Production began in 1958 or 59.
Built on the 601 platform
Not a common model but not rare either. Officially ended in 1962 but it was popular enough in the vegetable industry that Ford continued to build them by special order into the 1970s - well after the big switcharoo to the 3 cylinder tractors in 1965.
Ford also sold an offset built by Shibura in Japan. It was the 1710 model

 

[Den N Ms]

Cool post

 

[Farmalldude45]

Agree. If it is a high clearance, offset Ford it is most likely a 501.
Production began in 1958 or 59.
Built on the 601 platform
Not a common model but not rare either. Officially ended in 1962 but it was popular enough in the vegetable industry that Ford continued to build them by special order into the 1970s - well after the big switcharoo to the 3 cylinder tractors in 1965.
Ford also sold an offset built by Shibura in Japan. It was the 1710 model

So, how do you reconcile his claim of seat offset to left with the 501's seat offset to right? Frankly, I think the likelihood that you are correct is very high and that OP misspoke about the offset. Conventional moldboard plowing would be very difficult with the lh offset. Pictures will be very enlightening.

 

[Jim.ME]

Looks like he hasn't signed in since Wednesday when he posted that he didn't take pictures. Pretty much a dead issue with no pictures or further response.

 

[soaked]

Agree, prolly not get a conformation, but here is another one, just in case
Ford also had the 4 cylinder 2000 offset, from 62 - 64. 134 gas, or 144 diesel.

 

[Ultradog MN]

So, how do you reconcile his claim of seat offset to left with the 501's seat offset to right? Frankly, I think the likelihood that you are correct is very high and that OP misspoke about the offset. Conventional moldboard plowing would be very difficult with the lh offset. Pictures will be very enlightening.

Good point.
I just went by his saying they "were shaped like Fords"
I spent a few minutes on Grok and asked what US manufacturers made offsets.
It said most common was IH then Ford but several other companies also made them -
JD, Allis Chalmers, Oliver, etc but they were not as common. There might have been foreign brands too? but I did not ask that question.
It also mentioned an "industry standard" with the operator sitting on the right side.

Soaked, yes on the 2000 offset. In 1962 the 501s, 601s and 701s became 2000s and the larger 801s and 901s became 4000s but they were nearly identical to their predecessors. That same year they went to Empire Blue across the brand and continued with that color till the demise of Ford tractors in 1999 or thereabouts.

 

[Lynn Patrick]

If he was looking at them from the front the seat would be off to the left!

 

[Jim L WA]

So, how do you reconcile his claim of seat offset to left with the 501's seat offset to right? Frankly, I think the likelihood that you are correct is very high and that OP misspoke about the offset. Conventional moldboard plowing would be very difficult with the lh offset. Pictures will be very enlightening.

It all depends on which end of the tractor he was looking at.

 

[Ultradog MN]

It all depends on which end of the tractor he was looking at.

If the OP had ever been a sailor he would have said the tractor was offset to Port and it wouldn't have mattered which end he was looking at.

 

[Kondoge]

I would’ve guessed he was looking at the tractors pretty face, but it’s possible he was eyeing its rump.