[AT] Trying to come up with a fair price for an 8n

[Tyler Juranek]

Hello Will,
>From what it sounds like, I would price it to him at $1300.00 or $1400.00.
Ford built more 8N tractors in the four years they made them then John
Deere built A's.
Hth,
Tyler

On 6/10/12, William Powell <william.neff.powell at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My brother-in-law has a good 8n that I think he would like to get rid of. I
> have a good friend of the family that might want to buy it. I want to find
> a
> fair price for the tractor, here are the facts.
>
> When running it runs well. Within the last two years I have rebuilt the
> carb, new coil, points.
>
> It was converted to 8 volt but we never got the resistor right. I think it
> needs to go back to 6 volts and a new resistor unit under the dash. It has
> a
> variable resistor that we picked up, we start it high and lower it when its
> running.
>
> Battery is probably shot from sitting.
>
> Rear Axle seals are shot so the brake don't really work, or it may just be
> one brake, I can't remember.
>
> He has a brush cutter and back blade that will probably go with it, can't
> remember the brand. Brush cutter is 3 point and has a leaky front housing
> seal.
>
> It has chains and decent rubber.
>
> Paint is gray and pretty much shot. It's been sitting out for years with no
> tarp on it.
>
> It has front cast iron wheel disk weights. I can't tell if they are
> factory.
> They were done well and bolt on the outside of the front rims.
>
> I was thinking somewhere around $2000 would be a fair value?
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will Powell
>
>
>
>
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