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Posted By Discussion Topic: 1941 Sedan Delivery -- page: 1 2     MDB 01-14-2012 @ 4:18 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 28 Joined: Nov 2010 Here's a new one for me, does anyone find interesting? E-Bay Item 320827107528 offered with 4 Cylinder engine. Was this a factory option? Ford tractor engine? ect.?? Really peaks my inquisitive nature! kubes40 01-14-2012 @ 5:59 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 3398 Joined: Oct 2009 This vehicle has been offered for sale numerous times prior to this. What I found most interesting is how (and why) over $30k was spent on the "restoration"... 46fordnut 01-14-2012 @ 7:13 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 332 Joined: Oct 2009 how could i be restored if it looks like the head might be leaking and the only leaf spring showing is half painted. very poor ! catch 22 did he say bondo? who would use that to restore ? did not ford in those years only have a 6 or an 8? something fishy. 100 horse running wild deuce_roadster 01-14-2012 @ 7:38 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 284 Joined: Oct 2009 Looks like a typical museum car. Maybe the 30k price includes buying the car from the museum! It probably does OK if you use AACA standards but certainly not the EFV8 club's. carguy 01-15-2012 @ 6:02 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 167 Joined: Oct 2009 We own a restoration business and I can attest that it's not difficult at all to get $30 grand in a restoration. I agree that this vehicle has issues but I, like MDB, am wondering if the 4 cylinder engine could be legit. I can't imagine that anyone would choose a 4 banger over a V-8 as late as 1940. Bill Brown '34 Cabriolet 41-42fordadvisor 01-15-2012 @ 7:30 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 110 Joined: Nov 2009 Ford did indeed offer a four cylinder engine as a option for the 1941 and 1942 light commercial vehicles . This engine was indeed the same four cylinder engine that was used in the Ford tractor. So this sedan delivery could have come from the Ford factory with this four cylinder engine. A few years ago I saw a 1941 Ford pick-up with a four cylinder engine at a National Early Ford V-8 Club meet. supereal 01-15-2012 @ 10:52 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 That engine for 41-41 shared many of the same parts as the Ford tractor 9N. The difference was mostly in the oil pan, as the tractor used the Ford practice of having the engine for the main structural part, with a heavy cast oil pan, while the truck version had a more conventional sheet metal pan. The idea was to provide an economical vehicle for short trip deliveries. Unfortunately, it shared the lack of power of the 9N, and couldn't get out of its own way. The later 8N and Jubilee tractors were a considerable improvement, but the engines never appeared again in trucks. I owned a Ford 9N tractor, and it could hardly pull itself. It is interesting that Ford is now importing a Turkish built truck, the "Transit", with a tiny engine for reasons of economy, a revival of the earlier concept. wrosenkrans 01-15-2012 @ 11:55 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 134 Joined: Oct 2010 Several of the Ford prototype Jeep vehicles, before they standardized on the design for production by Willys and Ford, had the Ford 9n tractor engine in them. Shoehorning that into the Jeep engine bay was not a good thing - the forth spark plug and most of the back of the engine was virtually unreachable and impossible to work on, even to change the plug. Wayne & Barb '42 Super De Luxe Tudor jims33 01-15-2012 @ 5:32 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 25 Joined: Dec 2011 I've messed around with 9N's some and never thought they were particularly short on power. I had one years ago and remember pulling stuff with the 3 point bar (I know you're not supposed to do that). It would pull so hard the front wheels would come 3 feet in the air. It seemed like I couldn't kill it. I worked on one this spring for a friend and got it running, it sure seemed like it had plenty of pulling power to me. Not compared to a modern diesel I suppose, but still pretty good. The 8N was a nicer tractor though. I use a 600 Ford for plowing snow now, and I don't think it could pull as hard as a good 9N. alanwoodieman 01-15-2012 @ 7:15 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 868 Joined: Oct 2009 National meet in Atlanta, red truck with a 4 cylinder, I have a couple of pictures. Strangest thing I ever say-had a 4:44 rear axle. Used to build tractor engines, 8N, 9N ,2N, easy to work on ran forever and would pull just about anything put behind them, geared very low, would pull but not fast!!

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