THE RECORDS SHOW 6,180 6 CYLINDER KITS WERE MADE, AND 140 V8 KITS SUPPLIED TO THE DEALERS. THEREFORE, THIS ALSO RESULTED THE END OF THE CONVERSION KITS FOR THE 8N TRACTORS. A LAWSUIT WAS LOOKED AT, AND AFTER SOME THOUGHT, IT WAS SHELVED FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DEALERS AND FORD.įORD ENGINEERS MADE PLANS TO LOOK INTO A LARGER AND MORE POWERFUL TRACTOR, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DISCONTINUING OF THE 8N IN 1952, AND THE START OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE IN 1953. THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THE CONVERSION AND THEY (FORD) WASN'T TOO PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AS THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SALES OF THE 8N TRACTORS. GLOVER EQUIPTMENT COMPANY BEING THE ORIGINATED IN ALL THIS, MADE AN AGREEMENT TO TRADE RADIATORS FOR THE KITS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE SOLE TERRITORY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.ĭURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CONVERSIONS KITS BEING INSTALLED, JOE FUNK MADE A TRIP TO DEARBORN TO TALK TO THE FORD PEOPLE. THEIR FIRST DESIGN, WERE THE I-BEAN (RAIL BARS) TO SUPPORT THE ENGINE, AN SPACER BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, ENTENDING THE RADIUS ARMS, AND NEW AIR CLEANER PIPE, AND OTHERS PARTS TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSION KIT. TO GET A LARGER ENGINE FOR THE FARMERS, CONTACTED THE FUNK BROTHERS ON THE PURPOSE TO MAKE A CONVERSION KIT TO ADAPT THE 95 HORSEPOWER 6 CYLINDER ENGINE THAT FORD HAD.įUNK MANUFACTURING COMPANY ENGINEERED, DESIGNED, DEVELOPED THE PARTS TO ADAPT TO THE ORIGINAL 8N TRANSMISSION. OLLIE GLOVER STILL INVOLVED IN THE STRUGGLE IN 1947, THE SALES OF AIRCRAFT DROPPED OFF, AND IN 1948 THE COMPANY DISCONTINUED MANUFACTURING AIRPLANES.ĭURING THE LATTER PART OF 1948, AFTER THE 8N HAD BEEN SOLD BY THE DEALERS, THE FARMERS INSISTED THEY NEEDED A LARGER HORSEPOWER ENGINE IN THE 8N'S.

DURING THE WAR, PRODUCTION OF AIRCRAFT WAS DISCONTINUED AND THE COMPANY DEVOTED ITS EFFORTS TO MANUFACTURING PARTS FOR GUN DIRECTORS FOR ONE OF THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS.ĪFTER THE WAR, PRODUCTION OF AIRCRAFT WAS RESUMED. HOWARD AND JOE FUNK MOVED TO SOUTH COFFEYVILLE, OKLAHOMA IN 1941, AND STARTED THE FUNK MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING AN AIRPLANE WHICH THE FUNK BROTHERS AND BERNARD WADE HAD DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, PRODUCED, PRIOR TO W.W.II. FUNK AIRCRAFT HAD SOME HARD TIMES AND CLOSED. FUNK DURING THEIR DAYS IN AKRON, OHIO WHEN THE FUNK BROTHERS OWNED THE FUNK AIRCRAFT COMPANY. OLLIE GLOVER HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HOWARD C. GLOVER HAD A NUMBER OF FARMERS IN ILLINOIS, IOWA, AND INDIANA THAT NEEDED THE LARGER TRACTOR-PLOWING POWER. STILL THE FARMERS CLAIM THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH.Ī MAN NAMED OLLIE GLOVER OF GLOVER EQUIPTMENT COMPANY, MILFORD, ILLINOIS STARTED TALKING TO FORD ABOUT A LARGER HORSEPOWER ENGINE. SO THE 8N SERIES WAS MADE IN 1948 WITH MORE HORSEPOWER. WHEN FORD MADE THE 9N AND 2N TRACTORS, MOST OF THE FARMERS WANTED MORE HORSEPOWER TO PULL THE 3 BOTTOM PLOW FROM THE STANDARD 2 BOTTOM PLOW.

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