sparc
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75 Ford 2000 3 Cylinder
OK, so my search for a tractor is over, I have the '75 Model 2000 3 Cylinder, and how I got there is in this thread:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-ford-8n-worth-consideration.html#post2786123
But now its time to clean and fix it up with the intent of putting it to work eventually.
I downloaded a photo I took the other day of the data plate under the hood. Next month is its 47th birthday!
I bought it on 4/21 and the production code for the tractor is 5/21/1975. For a second when I looked at it I thought I had actually bought it on its birthday, then I remembered this is only April.
Well, close enough I say, she's off to a new adventure, spared from that dark and depressing barn she had been sequestered to when not being worked. She may miss her friends, and there were a few, but better times await.
So in this thread I'll post photos and describe what I find as I go about getting her back in shape. And I am sure I will have questions too, not having owned a tractor before but only having driven a few in the past. I started out looking at an 8N which had been nicely restored. Along the way I looked at a number of Fords from the 8N on up to a '73 3000. The one I missed out on (my own fault) was a beautiful 63 4000 4 Cylinder with only 580 hours. But no use crying over spilt milk, life moves on.
Personally the 2/3/4000 series tractors I don't consider as good looking as some of their predecessors like a Jubilee or an 861; the lines are not graceful they're squared off and rough looking. But that's just my opinion; kinda reminds me of what Ford did to the Comet in 64 when they changed body styles.
So here is what I'm starting with, and we'll see where it goes.
OK, so my search for a tractor is over, I have the '75 Model 2000 3 Cylinder, and how I got there is in this thread:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-ford-8n-worth-consideration.html#post2786123
But now its time to clean and fix it up with the intent of putting it to work eventually.
I downloaded a photo I took the other day of the data plate under the hood. Next month is its 47th birthday!
I bought it on 4/21 and the production code for the tractor is 5/21/1975. For a second when I looked at it I thought I had actually bought it on its birthday, then I remembered this is only April. Well, close enough I say, she's off to a new adventure, spared from that dark and depressing barn she had been sequestered to when not being worked. She may miss her friends, and there were a few, but better times await.
So in this thread I'll post photos and describe what I find as I go about getting her back in shape. And I am sure I will have questions too, not having owned a tractor before but only having driven a few in the past. I started out looking at an 8N which had been nicely restored. Along the way I looked at a number of Fords from the 8N on up to a '73 3000. The one I missed out on (my own fault) was a beautiful 63 4000 4 Cylinder with only 580 hours. But no use crying over spilt milk, life moves on.
Personally the 2/3/4000 series tractors I don't consider as good looking as some of their predecessors like a Jubilee or an 861; the lines are not graceful they're squared off and rough looking. But that's just my opinion; kinda reminds me of what Ford did to the Comet in 64 when they changed body styles.
So here is what I'm starting with, and we'll see where it goes.
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