This car has been consigned to the 4th Annual Salt Lake City Classic Car Auction, Saturday, March 30 at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy. It is only available to purchase at the auction. Come see this and 150 other classic and collector cars for sale across the auction block.
1950 Ford 8N Funk Conversion Tractor
Ford produced over 524,000 Ford 8N tractors in the years 1947 thru 1952 and were powered by a 120ci 4 cylinder engine. The durable and reliable 8N tractors powered farm operations across the country and many are still in operation! A company called Funk Aircraft Company engineered a conversion for the 8N to a six cylinder, 226 ci proving very successful with farmers trying to increase production. The kit boosted the Ford tractors from a two-bottom to a three-bottom plow capacity and approximately 5000 8Ns were converted with the Funk conversion kit from 1943 to 1952.
Quite a few modifications were involved with The Funk Conversion and the 6-cylinder kit included the following components:
- Exhaust stack, pipe and muffler
- Rear engine plate
- Flywheel housing ring
- Timing gear cover
- Two transmission side brackets
- Two steering rod extensions
- Generator pulley and bracket
- Starter Bendix drive, starter housing, bearing, exchange armature
- Solenoid starter clamp and starter cable
- Radiator and hoses
- Hood.
In 1952 the Funk factory burned down and all the engineering data was lost, ending the Funk conversion program.
The Ford 8N presented at auction has the 6 cylinder Funk conversion and a whole lot more including:
- New, one size larger rear tires
- Internal to the rear wheel, cast iron wheel plates
- Converted to Dual Exhaust
- Both standard and optional foot controlled throttle
- Sherman High/Low auxiliary transmission
- Faint ghost flames in the hood paint
- Converted to 12 volt electrical system
- Power Meter
This tractor is being sold with a Bill of Sale
