Tractor Stories – 1952 Ford 8N

I found a 1952 Ford 8N Setter in an open shed which had been sitting for 10+ years.  I was interested in restoring it so I asked the man who owned it if I could buy it.  He said that it was his dad's tractor who had passed away several years earlier.  He sold it to me so that it would not sit there and ruin away.  It was in bad shape.  The gas had dried up in the tank and had stopped up the gas bowl and carburator.  One tire was flat and the others were low.  It had no brakes.  The brake pads and coils were bad and the clutch was stuck. 

     My plan is to totally restore it so that one day I can pass it on to my 4-year old grandson to enjoy.

Raymond R. Weathers
Laurens, SC