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53 NAA Hood Data

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Two0aks

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Laid hands on my hood first time after removing it six years ago. Need some room. I use some pieces of 2x2 to secure it solid so I could move it easier and as I was inspecting it and marveling at it's construction and also installing the grill, I was wondering is anyone knows how to tell if your hood is original or aftermarket ? Where my Top Center Panel rests in the hood there are six rubber bumpers. The MPC lists them but not for the 53-54. Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone has some detailed history of the Original hood for this. By the way, this hood is surprisingly free of any dents with only slight rusting at the joints and latches. And as I mentioned in another post to CORELOKT, my grill has an egg shaped cutout for the hand crank versus a vertically elongated cutout. Also there were two decals inside the center panel. One was a warning about gas pressure and another one illegible.
 
Hi TwoOaks, I just went out and looked at my '54. There are no rubber bumpers at all and the grill has a round hole for the crank. Mine doesen't have any decals inside. But that doesn't mean they weren't there 64 years ago. Hope this was of some help.
 
Thanks Jiim. Bummer for me. So how certain is yours original ? and do you have any pictures up close ?
 
I'm pretty certain mine is original. I don't have any up close photos of it. I just went over to John Smiths site and was looking at pictures of some tractors (go to identifying tractors) and there is a hundred series tractor with the oval or vertical slot for the crank.
 
I can't tell you for certain how they were originally, but I've owned
four NAA's, three 1953's and a '54. All of mine had the rubber
bumpers. Or at least the holes to put them into.
All that had a full grill had the round hole instead of the elongated one.
The one I still have has a loader on it with the grill cut off.

This was the front of "Krispy" once finished. [b:017fdf2969]Before and Afters[/b:017fdf2969]

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TwoOaks,

When I got my Jube there was a lot of rattling going on.
So thinking it was the hood and seeing a couple of deteriorated rubbers, I cut 4 pure rubber piece sort of 1/4" by 1/4" and an inch or so long so that they fit snug in that rain trough.

First I cleaned out the grooves and then used contact cement to keep them in place. Latching the hood after the contact cement really seats them in there nicely.

Still had rattle up front that turned out to be the lower grille mount points, so I made rubber dampers out of shock mount rubbers.

Prrrrrr . . :)

T
 
Said bumpers:
If I was out in the rain a lot, which i'm not, I'd drill holes if and where any water pooled trapped by the rubbers.

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Thank you Jim. I did look at John Smith's site and mine is definitely not a Hundred series. JS's picture of a NAA, although small looks like mine. Round.
 
Thank you too Royse for the picture. My grill too is round but not perfectly round. As I said it's slightly oval. Krispy gives new meaning to "Silk purse out of a Sow's ear". Fantastic. My bumpers are in place, so I don't need to renew them.
 
Thank you also Tim for the links. Looking at the decals from dennis-carpenter (dot) com I see the FTD 112 is the one that is on mine and badly faded.
 
Yes, the NAA didn't use as many decals as the N series. George Bradish Tractor Parts, Latrobe, PA sells many decals for Ford and Ferguson tractors and equipment. He has vinyl adhesive as well as the water-dipped transferrable style like the originals were. Dennis Carpenter and George Bradish are the only ones licensed by FORD -that means they pay a yearly fee to Ford, to make and sell Ford parts. Most parts suppliers simply buy in bulk from them and then sell through other parts stores, ytmag included. Some make their own cheap copy vinyl adhesive style here and abroad. I know YT sells parts but they don't manufacture anything -simply buy from other suppliers and are just the middleman. I go straight to the source and give credit where due.

TPD
 
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