Value of a 1934 Fordson

I inherited a 34 Fordson from my father. It runs and operates well. One new rear tire. The fronts are what are supposed to be original! It is in original configuration and except for him having put a GM alternator on it for 12v battery for easy starting it is amazing how good the condition is. He just never used it but for a 100x100 sq ft garden. Can someone please tell me what its worth?

a 1934 Fordson with an electric starter? Hmmmm, which tractor does to look the most like?

I'm confused.

"1934 Fordson" doesn't sound right. To have rubber tires and electric start it would have to be called simply a "Ford" and built about 1939.

We had a 1925 Fordson, but that was steel wheeled and hand crank.

I just checked Wikipedia. Ford stopped making Fordson tractors in 1928, and did NOT make tractors again until 1939 when they came out with tractors simply called "Ford". The Fords in 1939 were rubber tired with the Ferguson 3 point system and electric start.

We need more info.

The first one. I found a placard that has patent numbers and says Ford motor Company at the bottom but the grill says Fordson on it. The engine is built just like a model T. The shift pattern is almost backwards compared to most three speeds. It pretty much looks like your first one but it has a glass jar for a dirt catch on the air cleaner above the hood.

I have looked all over that tractor and for the life of me cannot find a placard with a serial number and model on it. The only thing I'm going by is what my dad had told me about 18 years ago and what I can find on the hood or grill rather that says Fordson and the placard above the steering wheel that has patent numbers and at the bottom says Ford motor Company. I helped a friend a few years ago restore a model T and I swear it is the same engine.

How about some pictures so we know what we're dealing with?

Try looking for a serial number stamped on left side of engine block. That is the only place it has a serial number.


This site will tell you more:
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Fordson model "F" production ended in the USA about 1928. It then moved to the UK and continued until 1964.
Attached is a picture of a 1933 Fordson model "N".

I hope you have some patience with me. This is the first time I have ever been on a forum of any kind. I do not use a computer because I do not have one. All I have is this smartphone which is a lot smarter than I am period it has taking me almost 15 minutes from the time I got back on this site to reply to you so I hope you don't think I'm just a real idiot. My memory is not what it used to be and I am very embarrassed considering I have a wall full of certificates from being a mechanic and having grown up on a farm and a ranch and it's all I know and yet I can't find the serial number on this tractor and I have probably bought rebuilt and sold at least a hundred of them in years past. I do not have the tractor here where I live. It is 55 mi away from me. I will be back out there Sunday and I will look in the right spot. After you told me this it clicked and I knew. I feel so stupid I know where that number is and just didn't see it because I didn't think. At any rate I've had pictures and a couple of videos that are not very good that my son took when we were there this past Sunday and for the life of me I don't or I can't figure out how to get them uploaded on this site for you and the other guys who have answered me to see. I don't know how else to go about this but I will get there. This is what happens when you let doctors cut you up and feel you full of drugs.

Looks like you just made post #5, forum allows you to post pictures after post #5.
Until then you will instead get an error message when you try to make a post with pictures attached.
The error will be for use of no no words, but the real reason is the no pics until after 5 posts.

People here really want to help, no reason to be embarrassed about anything. There are a few guys who want to show how smart they are and it seldom works to their advantage but for the most part just friendly people sharing knowledge.

What country are you in? The first picture shown was what Ford tractors generally looked like from 1939 to the mid 50's. They were 2N, 9N, and 8N models designations. In other countries things can be a lot different as Ford marketed differently than in the U. S.

in answer to your first question, it's probably worth from $1,000 to $2,500. Not enough to retire on.

Can I give you my email address? I can't get my picture and video to post. I don't understand what language they talk about when there is none in it. Can I not show the parent placard? That's all I can come up with.
Just in case.
[email protected]
I know how to use email.

I forgot to tell you. I currently live in Burleson. That's south border of Ft Worth on 35w towards Waco. I was born and raised in McAllen, Texas. Lived on a farm between Pharr and Edinburg off hwy 281 on Alberta rd. Raised by my Grandparents. Ranches throughout the Rio Grande Valley, Zapata, Ft Stockton, Kent, Van Horn, and Toyah. I've grown everything from radishes to tangerines, Brahma to Longhorns, repair and rebuilt from D8A Cat to Farmall C highboy, Model T Ford's to Pontiac NASCAR, driving them all and everything in between and flew bush style planes in the oil field. There's a snapshot of my life. I'm now 5 year SSD and shouldn't be alive so I'm trying to empty the few things I have on my bucket list.

Here is another shot of the tractor you probably have. They were made in Cork, Ireland and Dagenham, England and sold in this country in the 1930s. I tried to get a
serial number list for you but it didn't upload. I'll try again. I remember these tractors as there were several in our neighborhood in Wisconsin. Powerful, for that day,
but slow.

I can't seem to get the serial number list to post. It's on the TractorData.com website. The serial number on the Model N Fordson is on the right side of the engine below
the cylinder head.

I don't know if you can see the replies to other members but I know exactly where that serial number is and it just never came to mind to look there. All the medications I'm on just turns me into a real dumbbut sometimes. The tractor is sitting at my best friend's Farm where his widow lives. I go out there a couple of times a month to check on her and do what I can to keep her house in shape. I will be there this coming Sunday again and we'll get the serial number and that should answer all our questions. Just have a little patience with me. This is the first time I have ever been on a forum of any kind. I do not have a computer and this smartphone is all I have. I'm not real good at using this phone which is a lot smarter than I am . Hopefully my son will not have to be flying this weekend and can go with me Sunday and help me with this. he's active in the air Force right now flying c-130s out of Carswell air Force Base. I live here in South fort Worth and the tractor is about 55 MI away. I'll try to get pictures and information posted on Sunday. Thank you so much for the help you have given me so far.

I can confirm that. However, engines could have been replaced at some time. The Model N industrials had electric starters, but I've never seen one. The Fordson E27N had a starter.
This was built from 1945 to 1952. The Fordson Major Diesel (and gas) came out in 1952.
The serial numbers continued in series from 1917 until just a few years before the end.

You bring up a good point but I seriously doubt that very many Fordson N engines were completely replaced. In that day, every tractor engine I ever heard of was simply overhauled when required. Our Allis Chalmers 1936 WC went in every 7 years like clockwork. Came back with a completely overhauled engine. Only destruction of the engine maybe due to freeze up or some sort of catastrophic thing happening would cause someone to shell out for a replacement engine.

From my source, Ford sold about 90,000 rebuilt old-style engines from 1949 to 1956. Mostly in
England, I'd guess. These would replace any Fordson tractor engine back to 1917, and were
quite cheap. Ford didn't use replaceable sleeves, or bearings, so it required machine shop work which wasn't available just anywhere. In a day or two, you could swap engines with one built
to factory specs. In the US, that didn't happen much. You could probably buy a used Fordson tractor that ran better than yours for $100. As far back as I can remember, the oldest model used in our neighborhood was an E27N. Otherwise, the 9N, 2N, 8N just blew them out of the market. If anyone had an old Fordson, it was probably parked in a shed out of sight until brought out for belt power.