100 Years of a Old Fordson F Model
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Published 2021-10-13
Henry Ford had experimented with numerous tractor ideas before a serious design was tested in early 1917. This was then hurried into production later that year to be available to help Britain’s food production due to World War One.
A contract to the British Government for 6,000 of these ‘MOM’ (Ministry of Munitions) tractors was filled before production was available to American and Canadian farmers, and subsequently, the world. The first shipment of the mass-produced Fordson, according to local press, was “on the water” in November 1918, and this ‘first shipment’ was advertised as sold out in July 1919. The F model, or ‘Detroit’ Fordson as it became generally known, was the most common of pre-World War Two tractors, where some 750,000 were built from 1917 to 1928. There has always been a fascination amongst some tractor collectors about the pre-1920 Fordson made at Ford’s Dearborn, USA, plant before the move to the Detroit facility.
All Comments (15)
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I actually saw one of these on Display in Bewdley last week and I honestly liked the look of it. Really good looking tractor as well
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Beautifully restored tractor. Credit to the owner.
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Henry Ford is more interested in machines then the drudgery farm work, so he built a 1917 Fordson Tractor to make the farmers work easier. It is popular for the farmers but it has limited facilities, such as three point hitch until 1939 to make more less work for the farmer. They called it “Model T of the soil.”
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A older gentleman told me about putting Fordson engines in shrimp boats. Old school!
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Realmente una máquina hermosa 🙏💗de otro tiempo y de otro mundo 🙋♀️
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Great job!
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The Fordson model F must only tractor from that era that has replacement parts still available from specialist suppliers!
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Wow that's nice!
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A Dearborn USA built model F makes it very old as Australia imported the Irish built and English built Fordsons very early on.
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Beautiful Fordson! I have one from 1925, you can see it on my channel. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
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I’m looking to purchase a FORDSOM model F it has been painted green and it has a rubber tires on it but I don’t think it’s the industrial model. The engine is also locked up. I don’t know the condition of the cylinders or anything they want $1000 for it I don’t know if there’s anyone on here who knows much about these tractors, but if there is, could you give me a checklist of what I should go over when buying the tractor And if $1000 is a good price
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Possiedo un fordson del 1919 non riesco a capire perché il tappo del radiatore ha due tubi che sembrano corna .....qualcuno può darmi spiegazioni.grazie
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I am building this paper model..which year?
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Meh
