thinking about buying

I have a 41 ford 9n, not many differences at all between the 9n,8n, and fergusons, (ferguson designed N series tractors for ford). Everything in SS's posts are true, but I will add a couple things. These tractors are work horses, and as others have said, parts are readily available and not nearly as expensive as farmall or john deere parts, and they are easy to work on. i dont know what you plan to use the tractor for, but they arent the best for use with a front end loader. due to the lack of power steering and the front ends arent built as heavy as some tractors built later. as long as you aint carrying large buckets of dirt/gravel, you can get around that by throwing a set of discs on the 3pt. Heres a couple more links you might find helpful

http://www.yesterdaystractor.com/
they also have photo ads on the left of the page, so you can get a better idea of prices for your area

and heres the zane thang SS mentioned
http://www.tntwebdevelopment.com/tff/zanethang.htm

IMHO, ferguson made the best tractors ever built, way ahead of there time, they were even used to make the 1958 trek to the south pole by sir edmund hillary:blob: