Photograph of my Grandfather

[Borkmeister]

Hi there,
I'm found a photograph of my Grandfather sitting on a tractor. Can anybody see if it is a Fordson or another tractor? It also would be nice to know in what year it was (registrationnumber/licenseplate). The photo was taken in the North of the Netherlands in the province of Groningen.



Regards Nieko Dijkstra
The name of my grandfather was Dirk Marten Dijkstra

[JC]

Welcome to Fordson Tractor Pages.

I can't see your picture. I think that it may be password protected or otherwise unavailable to the public.

[Brian]

Yes, it is "forbidden" access. Put it on Photobucket or send it to my e-mail and I will post it.

[henk]

Nieko,

Welcome. It's great to have a new Dutch guy over here.
The tractor I think must be a Fordson F. Don't know wich year, but the license plate with an A was the letter for cars from Zeeland. I can't remember that tractors had to be licensed. Maybe to cross the Germane border at Groningen.

[Borkmeister]

In the meantime I found out that A is the letter for the province of Groningen. Before 1940 all the motorized vehicles driving on the road must have a licenseplate. So the photo was taken between 1920-1940 i suppose. My grandfather had all kinds of tractors and steam-driven machines ()locomobiel). He hired himself and his machines to farmers during harvest en to work in the moorfields.

regards Nieko

Ps
How come that some of you can't see the picture and some can?
I will post the picture to one of you so you can see it to.

[Borkmeister]

This must do the trick:


I hope that anyone can see this picture...

[BarryT]

Borkmeister,

That's a Fordson model F, and from the photo I would say it's the model built in Cork, Ireland.

Regards,

BarryT

[Borkmeister]

Thanks for this reply! Could you say anything about the year this tractor came out?

regards Nieko

[BarryT]

Borkmeister,

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, the Fordson F was manufactured from 1917 - 1928 initially in America until 1919 when production was moved to Cork, Ireland. You can immediately recognise the American Fs by the distinct ladder like formation of the grill side plates, the tractor your Grandfather is sat on has the solid grill side plates and therefore it was my opinion that this was an Irish manufactured F.

If you look in the Fordson F, N section of this website there is some more information and some of the guys that frequently visit this section can give you lots more information I'm sure.

Regards,

BarryT

[Aussie Frank]

Hi Borkmeister,

There was an interesting discussion about how to identify the early Fordsons a while ago. You can find it here http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpbb ... f=1&t=1123 What I can say is that it is definately a Model F Fordson after 1919, but any more than that I am not expert enough to say. It is a very interesting tractor though as it has industrial wheels. I am sure many collectors would love to own it now if it were still in existence.

Regards, Frank.

[Borkmeister]

Most gratefull for all the reactions! Big hand for all the knowledge! I'll continue in search for more historical information about my ancestors,

Regards Nieko Dijkstra
Westerbork
Netherlands