[AT] New 8N

Sun Feb 22 06:59:44 PST 2009

Charlie,

I agree.  I was thinking more of one of the caseIH Farmall compacts (I say
"compact," I think they have a line of even larger Farmalls on the market
now) with say, H-styled sheetmetal (plastic) on it.

The N series Fords were nice, in their day.  It took JD and IH to perfect
the concept of the small, two-three plow tractor with decent hydraulics,
more HP and operator comfort, etc.

Al

> [Original Message]
> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 2/22/2009 6:50:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N
>
> Al, I'd be the last to kick a Farmall A.  They are great tractors for
what 
> they do.  However, I'd be willing to bet the gov't wouldn't let you build 
> one today.  They are inherently unstable.  Not in the hands of someone
that 
> knows what they are doing (including small boys when well trained) but
can 
> you imagine the roll-overs and law suits if you built one new and put it
in 
> the hands of a yuppie with a horse farm?  The same applies to a lot of
our 
> old iron including all of the 1 row high crop tractors and the offset
Ford.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N
>
>
> >I have never been a real big fan of the N-series Fords to begin with, and
> > as far as this "new" one goes, to borrow a line from Smokey and the 
> > Bandit:
> > anybody that would own something like that would go to a minister's 
> > funeral
> > dressed in feathers!!
> >
> > It would be interesting if CNH would try something similar with their
> > Farmall line--making a model with A/B/C/H/M styling, but you can't
improve
> > on perfection!
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> Date: 2/21/2009 3:30:31 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N
> >>
> >> Charlie, just a wild guess but I'd bet you could add another zero to
that
> >> $600  and multiply by 4 and still not have enough to buy that new
little
> >> Ford. Wonder if it will still be as popular as the old Ns are now at 60
> >> years of age? Those little old tractors bring good money at the farm
> >> auctions now, somewhere in the 1 to 2,000 dollar price range.
> >> That three point hitch on the new one would possibly be strong enough
to
> >> lift the old 8N off the ground at 2800 pounds capacity.
> >> Could this be a new trend, using well known old names to sell new
> > tractors?
> >> I think CNH did it with the McCormick name recently, using it on their
> > line
> >> of Landini tractors. Our good old Canadian built Versatile tractors
went
> >> through quite a series of name changes over the years but have recently
> > come
> >> back to the original Versatile name even though the new owner is a
> >> (Russian?) based one, Rostselmash. These however, are still a true
North
> >> American built tractor.
> >> Whats next, a Mahindra tractor in Cockshutt 40 sheet metal? I bet
they'd
> >> sell a few.
> >> Charlie, if I have trouble getting my new 8N across the border I might
> > have
> >> to park it at your place for a while. Thanks for the offer. :-)
> >>
> >> Ralph in Sask.
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
> >> To: "new atislist" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:08 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> First thoughts!
> >>
> >> What can be seen of the 3 pt. hitch looks like the old 8n.  I do not
see
> >> much else though.
> >> The old 8n was somewhere around $600 usd new.  Is this one the same
> > price??
> >> ("I'll bet"   Grin)
> >> Even so, Ralph, if you have yours shipped to me, I will test drive it
for
> > a
> >> couple of years and not charge for my time.  Best offer that I have 
> >> today.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Charlie V. in WNY
> >>
> >>
> >> > Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:12:20 -0600
> >> > From: alfg at sasktel.net
> >> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >> > Subject: [AT] New 8N
> >> >
> >> > Heres an interesting item that turned up in this week's Western 
> >> > Producer
> >> > magazine. It appears that Ford/New Holland/CNH or whatever the powers
> > that
> >> > be now are using the old 8N's popularity to try and sell a few new
> >> > tractors.
> >> > This one does bear a passing resemblance to the old 8N. Have a look
at
> > the
> >> > new "Boomer 8N"
> >> > www.the8n.com
> >> >
> >> > Ralph in Sask.
> >> >
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