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From: Northshore, MN
That '40 panel truck looks to be a rolling billboard for the 8n, but I can't make out the lettering on the side. Nice panel, though!
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Hey, Stu, once in awhile even a blind hog finds a nut. I ran across a '59 841 with P/S and the Elenco conversion at a local farm sale here a couple months ago. It looks just like the one in your first picture above. It's rough around the edges and needs mucho TLC and a front axle overhaul, but it runs great and everything is there. It was one of those rare occasions where I was the only one at the sale who knew what he was really looking at. I bought it for - well, let's just say I didn't get hurt and had a grin on my face when I drove it on the trailer! 
Fleet Owner
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From: Central PA
Looks like a '52.
Elenco is a company that did 4x4 conversions on 8N, Jubilee, and later Ford tractors. They made use of war surplus Dodge Power Wagon front axles and front wheels, and added their own designed transfer case and linkage. Today they are very sought after by tractor collectors. Below is a couple I saw at a show. At that same show I was wandering the swap meet field and found a partial Elenco system all rusted to heck spread out on a farm wagon. The seller wanted $1700 for the pieces, and it was missing the front axle. I passed. I later told the story to a friend and got tears. Seems like it was a deal. Today a fellow named Tony Jacobs from (IIRC) Massachusetts owns the right to the system.
Also, if anybody wonders what the story is on the grey tractor next to the 8N, it's a 9N that was custom done. It's got a later Ranger front axle, lock outs, with old "wide five" hubs and wheels. Nicely done, but not original. Stu
Elenco is a company that did 4x4 conversions on 8N, Jubilee, and later Ford tractors. They made use of war surplus Dodge Power Wagon front axles and front wheels, and added their own designed transfer case and linkage. Today they are very sought after by tractor collectors. Below is a couple I saw at a show. At that same show I was wandering the swap meet field and found a partial Elenco system all rusted to heck spread out on a farm wagon. The seller wanted $1700 for the pieces, and it was missing the front axle. I passed. I later told the story to a friend and got tears. Seems like it was a deal. Today a fellow named Tony Jacobs from (IIRC) Massachusetts owns the right to the system.
Also, if anybody wonders what the story is on the grey tractor next to the 8N, it's a 9N that was custom done. It's got a later Ranger front axle, lock outs, with old "wide five" hubs and wheels. Nicely done, but not original. Stu
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