The very first tractors to be put into production by Henry Ford did not have a specific name when originally built from 1917. It took until the following year, and over 6000 tractors, before the name Fordson was used, added to the front of the fuel tank on the tractors which were also now known as the Model F.
Developed
The Fordson name was also kept when production of a new revised version, the Model N, began in 1929 in Cork, Ireland, after the original Detroit-built Model F had ceased production in America. In 1933, Fordson production moved once again, this time to its new permanent home of Dagenham, in Essex, England.
Over the next 31 years, the Fordson name would become synonymous with the farm tractor in Britain, and the original model soon developed into the Major and then a more modern Newchoose from, with varying power outputs to suit different farming requirements.
