Fordson 1927 Model F Restoration 

My hat is off to you folks! I have three Fordsons and couldn't be more proud to see preservationists putting this amount of work into save a machine; very well done. If you check the Ford Fordson Collector's association website, they're developing a registry of surviving Ford / Fordson tractors.

Mr. Henry Ford built robust machine's! What a restoration job! Nearly unbelieveble! Great!

Very nice , and a thumbs up liked.

The way the tractor looked at the beginning, I'm afraid I would have given up. They did a wonderful job on it!

Oh wow that is excellent! It's not often you find one from the original owners, that's very special; excellent!

what an amazing piece of history brought back to life

Well done to my brother Roy and friends, a lot of hard work proud of you all.

Absolutely amazing. I have always wanted a Fordson. I am going to look at a 1930 N. wish me luck. You have inspired me to say the least !

I'm doing a project on tractors specifically, it's interesting seeing how history has impacted our present day so much. Will be using this video to show the class, just to see it moving. Thanks

Great job

Excellent job, so much nicer to see them running again, rather than rotting in a garden, or cemented in a park somewhere.

Very good work Roy and the rest of the guys at Gatton Society. I will come again one day to check out the rest of the village.

Beautiful truck!....my father had a buzz saw like that when i was a child.

Totally awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Que hermoso ver en marcha éstas maquinas que tanto bien hicieron al campo. Felicidades por el trabajo. Abrazo desde Argentina!!!

AMAZING RESTORATION DEAR BROTHER ROY AND FRIENDS, VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL GREAT WORK ALL ,AT GATTON .HOPE TO VISIT ONE DAY.

Wish more people would do this instead of wasting their lives in front of a television.

Nice job

I read the link to this in the old machinery magazine. magnificent story.

wonderful job .. well done ...

Thank you so much for letting me know. I will try and buy it online.

Thanks for the info. Yes, we are aware of the "aftermarket guard/fender situation" plus our machine has lots of patent info on the dash. We (luckily) know the tractor's origins via sales order/receipts from the original owners so we are pretty confident of the old girls birth year.

the tractor that killed the steamer. nice bit of resto boys.

Thanks very much. Glad you appreciate it.

Awesome you could save that

Nice work guys. The cam looked a bit rough, but hey, it works.

thanks for not playing some stupid back ground music that drives people crazy

its a good thing you replaced the timing gears, i have never seen one with the original gears that didnt howl

Love to have a go on it!

PS: I was looking at your video and pausing it; it should be noted that the "factory" fenders were not available until 1923, since you appear to have them with the dash supports, that would suggest it's a 23-28. However, if that were the case then it should have patent numbers on the dash and a vin on the block (right side of the block, just above the first [front] manifold stud). Many of these machines have been mixed and matched over the years, so it could be that it's a mutt; also common.

What a fantastic video, well done guys, loved the way the "story board" told us what was going on, did you ever get around to re-painting? Any update video of what she looks like in 2017? Great job.

Thanks Gordon. I have also posted 3 other videos of some of our engines. if you search GDHSVideos you should find them.

Was there much water damage to the tansmission and final drives? Great job!

Thanks very much for your comments. We have looked everywhere on the old girl's engine block but can't find a serial number (apparently this isn't unheard of for old Fordsons) so don't know if we can register it on the register - we'll look into it. If you are in Australia you may want to track down the April/May edition (Issue 166) of The Old Machinery Magazine which contains a story providing more details of the restoration.

Margaret. Thank you for your comments. There will be an article on this restoration published in the next issue (April/May) of TOMM (The Old Machinery Magazine) in which your brother Roy features heavily.

How did you make sure the cam was hardened to withstand the forces of pushing the valves in the long run?I guess there was some heat treatment involved.

I have a 1938 dmonstrater orange with blue wheels. And a 1942. N. Fordson Bomb hauler RCAF blue with dual rubber tires .The onlyone. known to exist .Pulled 15 wagons of bombs . Have the fuel wagon for it also I am having a big auction sale of Antiques .80 years of collection. August 10 Team Auction northern AB Ca.Internet bidding .

Catharine. Thank you for your comments. There will be an article on this restoration published in the next issue (April/May) of TOMM (The Old Machinery Magazine) in which your brother Roy features heavily.

You're correct;not uncommon. If there's no patent numbers on the dash, it's likely between a 1918 and a 1920. Sometimes you can find a casting number buried on it somewhere, usually the casting number will simply be a date-stamp which will get you close. I'm sure you can register it anyway, at least it's a survivor thanks to your hard work! I'm not in Australia, though I'd like to go there someday. I'm in the finger-lakes region of NY, USA. There's a video of my original 1924 on my channel.

i have an old mckommick deering but im to old to redoit

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Dear Machining4speed, If you send us a letter with your return postal (or email) address we would be happy to send a copy of the restoration article I mentioned to you. Gatton and District Historical Society PO Box 390 Gatton QLD Australia 4343. If you are interested in the (excellent) magazine which published it search online for "The Old Machinery Magazine"

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