Restored 2N

[Richard from SE AZ]

Another TOTALLY restored 44 2N painted 8N colors and a "53" 8N for sale in the photo ads. It's so easy to do a little research.

 

[souNdguy]

guy i bought my 850 from swore up and down it was an '801'

I showed him the '850' stamped on t he trans casting and he got mad and said that was some other number and it was an 801.

hard to fix 'stupid'

 

[arnold z]

You can paint them any color you choose. There are many types/levels of restoration. A factory original reato would require the correct color. 90% of the "perfectly restored" 8Ns are the wrong color red and the wrong color grey. The same for the 9Ns grey.When it comes to original, unless you were actually present the day something was built, it"s anyone"s guess what"s original past a certain point. Daily log sheets in factory production lines are full of comments. Many times when a supply of something runs dry, something else is used for a day or two til the original stuff arrives. This is all approved by a supervisor or manager to keep production moving, and logged in the records somewhere. If someone restores an ugly, beat down tractor to a beautiful, working piece of art and history, they deserve kudos for their time and effort. That"s just my humble opinion.

 

[howdy1960]

here's his sign

 

[Fuddy Duddy]

My new $400 8N looks like at one time someone painted it a Blue Belly. Most of that paint now has worn off. See one every now and then painted with John Deere colors. I liked the one someone once posted here that must had belonged to a Hippie Commune. Painted all different color with flowers all over it. You can paint them how ever you like. Won't make a difference till you try to sell it. If I was to buy a painted 9/2N I would prefer it not have red on it. I would offer less if it did. But then most of mine are a nice original Brown Rust color.

 

[Royse]

(quoted from post at 09:52:55 06/17/13) You can paint them any color you choose. There are many types/levels of restoration. A factory original reato would require the correct color. 90% of the "perfectly restored" 8Ns are the wrong color red and the wrong color grey. The same for the 9Ns grey.When it comes to original, unless you were actually present the day something was built, it"s anyone"s guess what"s original past a certain point. Daily log sheets in factory production lines are full of comments. Many times when a supply of something runs dry, something else is used for a day or two til the original stuff arrives. This is all approved by a supervisor or manager to keep production moving, and logged in the records somewhere. If someone restores an ugly, beat down tractor to a beautiful, working piece of art and history, they deserve kudos for their time and effort. That"s just my humble opinion.

Arnold Z, welcome to the forum!
I agree, they deserve kudos for the effort and time they put into it.
Not to mention saving a piece of history.
I just wish we had some other word to use besides "restored".
Maybe "refurbished" would work. Restored in the car world means
different things too, but usually it's closer to the purists' version.
I lean toward the pure definition of the word restored.
Some of mine are 12 volt, that certainly doesn't fit that description.
I call them pretty, I call them cool, I call them dirty words when
they won't start, I call them mine.
I just don't call them restored!

 

[Ken N Tx]

(quoted from post at 12:54:40 06/17/13) My new $400 8N looks like at one time someone painted it a Blue Belly. Most of that paint now has worn off. See one every now and then painted with John Deere colors. I liked the one someone once posted here that must had belonged to a Hippie Commune. Painted all different color with flowers all over it. You can paint them how ever you like. Won't make a difference till you try to sell it. If I was to buy a painted 9/2N I would prefer it not have red on it. I would offer less if it did. But then most of mine are a nice original Brown Rust color.

 

[arnold z]

(quoted from post at 01:27:29 06/18/13)

(quoted from post at 09:52:55 06/17/13) You can paint them any color you choose. There are many types/levels of restoration. A factory original reato would require the correct color. 90% of the "perfectly restored" 8Ns are the wrong color red and the wrong color grey. The same for the 9Ns grey.When it comes to original, unless you were actually present the day something was built, it"s anyone"s guess what"s original past a certain point. Daily log sheets in factory production lines are full of comments. Many times when a supply of something runs dry, something else is used for a day or two til the original stuff arrives. This is all approved by a supervisor or manager to keep production moving, and logged in the records somewhere. If someone restores an ugly, beat down tractor to a beautiful, working piece of art and history, they deserve kudos for their time and effort. That"s just my humble opinion.

Arnold Z, welcome to the forum!
I agree, they deserve kudos for the effort and time they put into it.
Not to mention saving a piece of history.
I just wish we had some other word to use besides "restored".
Maybe "refurbished" would work. Restored in the car world means
different things too, but usually it's closer to the purists' version.
I lean toward the pure definition of the word restored.
Some of mine are 12 volt, that certainly doesn't fit that description.
I call them pretty, I call them cool, I call them dirty words when
they won't start, I call them mine.
I just don't call them restored!

Same here. I like to call mine "fixed up to go back to work" As soon as the word restored is spoken , everyone around it whips out the microscope. Many a time I've heard two guys arguing over what's "correct" and both may be right or both wrong. I sometimes use the word "restificated" just to see the :? on their face. Technically, if one bolt has been replaced, it's not restored. I know guys who will have original fasteners replated,etc. I like what is called a working or sympathetic restoration. Those are beautiful machines that can be used and touched up if they get a little scratched.

 

[Fuddy Duddy]

I like that, They even added fenders to the front of the John Deere
one. I guess the picture of the Hippie one is long gone. I'd like rto
see it again.

 

[showcrop]

It seems to me, that while you own a tractor, yes, it is yours, you can paint it, not paint it, dimple the sheet metal with a hammer if you want. BUT, once you put that for sale sign on it and expect to get a little extra for having significantly upgraded the condition, you probably ought to have done the upgrading some where near right, and that which shows is probably going to be a bigger factor to the potential buyer than that which doesn't show.

 

[Bill(Wis)]

external_link in Wilkinson,Indiana has been "remanufacturing" Ns for many years. Although they have researched the "correct" colors they don't try to replicate every nut, bolt and screw to original. In fact, if you want electronic ignition, that's what you get. They call it "remanufacturing".