Fordson Serial #1

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Dandy Dave
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Fordson Serial #1

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For all you dreamers out there. Fordson F serial #1 is at the Henry Ford...

You will never have #1 so you will have to search for #2,3,4...and up... ect. Dazzeling example of an early Fordson...

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1960 Fordson Power Major

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Re: Fordson Serial #1

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I'm afraid that's not a 1917 tractor. It was probably completed on 23 April 1918, but not the first Fordson (that was an MOM from 8 October 1917, not counting the X prototypes or earlier experiments), and nor was it the first to have a branded part, for a few appeared earlier. You could argue it was but that means the MOM tractors can't be called Fordson's, which I don't really think is approproriate even if the name wasn't mentioned until February 1918, given how small the differences between the last MOM and first domestic Fordson. You can read more here:
https://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpb ... f=1&t=8867
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