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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Restoring a special Fordson

My grandfather bought this 1937 Fordson row crop Model N tractor new and I have restored it. This tractor is one of 250 built with this type of front end and the side-arm steering the casting out front is to mount a cultivator on.

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