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Pickup Trucks that Could Pull a Plow

Posted February 04, 2010 12:01 AM by dstrohl

While researching for parts to rebuild the engine on our 1934 Hemmings Speedster, I came across something I had never heard of before, namely that Ford offered four cylinder 9N tractor engines as an option on some of their pre-war model trucks.

The 1941 sedan delivery series 1NA and pickup series 1NC 1/2-ton and 1ND 3/4-ton were equipped with the 119.7 cubic inch tractor engine which had the same bore and stroke as the Mercury 239 flathead V-8. These engines were commonly referred to by Ford salespeople as "a half of a Mercury" and could deliver a little under half the horsepower of the flathead.

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02/04/2010 1:49 PM

Interesting! 25 - 30 Hp in a pickup doesn't seem like much though. We have a old 9N ford on the farm and I did a major restoration on a few years ago. Those little 4 cylinders where well built but didn't have much for power.

If I am recalling it correctly International had something that I have heard referred to as the half 8 engines. They where basically the 304 - 345 - 392 V8 block with the drivers side cylinder bank missing. I have seen a few in the salvage yards but the only person I ever talked to that owned one said it was the most gutless wonders ever built.

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02/05/2010 3:32 PM

I thought that tractor horsepower was measured at the rear wheel.

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02/04/2010 11:11 PM

Question- weren't the original Morris Garage engines tractor engines?

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02/06/2010 1:05 AM

Don't know about Morris, but I'm reasonable sure that the Triumph TR3 engine came from a tractor. It was a pretty good low end engine.

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02/06/2010 3:15 AM

I don't know the full history, but somewhere back when, Triumph and MG sorta got cross-bread- in the end, there wasn't a whole lot of difference between the Sprite and the Midget...

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