John 1594
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- Cambridgeshire
Fordson F US build = trembler coil box ignition system, no mudguards and cleated rear wheels, painted grey with red wheels usualy
Fordson F/N, Irish build, as above but with mudguards extending down to low level behind the rear wheels to counteract the tendency they had to flip over on thier backs when pulling hard
Fordson N, british build, shorter mudguards than the irish N, but extending to the full with of the wheels which now had spade lugs instead of cleats. Magneto ignition instead of coil box, Now painted blue with orange wheels. All models up to this one had a water washer air cleaner
Fordson N, Orange. Higher compression engine, oil bath air cleaner, wide mudguards as previous N
Fordson N, green, war spec. Narrow mudguards, straight axle (previous models were bent) Hole in side of rad casting which matched dimesion of spark plugs to allow easier dismanting by land girls. Also fitted with temp gauge to aid changeover to TVO
Fordson E27N. Same engine as the previous N models, with minor modifications to the vaporizer to aid starting, New crown wheel/pinion final drive replacing worm gear drive of the original N, pto now fitted as standard, with larger wheels and new front axle/radiator/drivers platform, with a dog clutch 3 speed box. This box was the basis of the 6 speed box fitted in the major, they just fitted a high/low box in the front of it
Fordson major, Laurie Martlands new high speed diesel engine mated to the modified 3 speed E27N box, with an added hgh low giving 6 speeds, same front axlE and final drives as E27N, with a dry clutch, new styling and hyd lift as standard
cant say 100% im correct on all of this, not really a ford man, but thats it in a nutshell basically
Fordson F/N, Irish build, as above but with mudguards extending down to low level behind the rear wheels to counteract the tendency they had to flip over on thier backs when pulling hard
Fordson N, british build, shorter mudguards than the irish N, but extending to the full with of the wheels which now had spade lugs instead of cleats. Magneto ignition instead of coil box, Now painted blue with orange wheels. All models up to this one had a water washer air cleaner
Fordson N, Orange. Higher compression engine, oil bath air cleaner, wide mudguards as previous N
Fordson N, green, war spec. Narrow mudguards, straight axle (previous models were bent) Hole in side of rad casting which matched dimesion of spark plugs to allow easier dismanting by land girls. Also fitted with temp gauge to aid changeover to TVO
Fordson E27N. Same engine as the previous N models, with minor modifications to the vaporizer to aid starting, New crown wheel/pinion final drive replacing worm gear drive of the original N, pto now fitted as standard, with larger wheels and new front axle/radiator/drivers platform, with a dog clutch 3 speed box. This box was the basis of the 6 speed box fitted in the major, they just fitted a high/low box in the front of it
Fordson major, Laurie Martlands new high speed diesel engine mated to the modified 3 speed E27N box, with an added hgh low giving 6 speeds, same front axlE and final drives as E27N, with a dry clutch, new styling and hyd lift as standard
cant say 100% im correct on all of this, not really a ford man, but thats it in a nutshell basically