Ford NAA tractor
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Ford NAA tractor
| image = File:NAA pulling hay rake.jpg
| caption = 1953 Ford Golden Jubilee
| manufacturer = Ford
| aka =
| production = 1952–1954
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| designer =
| class = Agriculture
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| engine = 4 cylinder inline
| transmission = 4-speed manual
| wheelbase = {{convert|73.875|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|118.875|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|64.75|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
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| weight = {{convert|2550|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| predecessor = Ford N-Series tractor
| successor = 600 Series
| sp = us
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The Ford NAA tractor is a tractor that was introduced by Ford as an entirely new model in 1953 and dubbed the Golden Jubilee.{{cite news|title=Ford's New Golden Jubilee Model Farm Tractor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1516299/golden_jubilee_2/|accessdate=4 January 2015|publisher=The Sandusky Register|date=2 Jan 1953|page=13}}{{Open access}}{{cite web|title=The Jubilee-NAA 1952 -1954|url=http://www.oldfordtractors.com/identify.htm|website=Old Ford tractors|accessdate=3 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220022204/http://www.oldfordtractors.com/identify.htm|archive-date=20 December 2014|url-status=dead}} File:Ford NAA tractor Golden Jubilee Badge.jpg
The NAA designation was a reference to the first three digits of the serial number style used starting with this tractor.{{cite web|title=Serial Numbers|url=http://66.49.166.42/VFTR/naa1.htm|website=The Vintage Ford Tractor Resource|accessdate=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823001810/http://66.49.166.42/VFTR/naa1.htm|archive-date=23 August 2012|url-status=dead}} It was designed as a replacement for the Ford N-Series tractors.{{cite news|title=Golden Jubilee Ford Tractor Goes on Display on Saturday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1516293/golden_jubilee_1/|accessdate=4 January 2015|publisher=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=3 Jan 1953|page=3}}{{Open access}} Larger than the 8N, the Golden Jubilee featured live hydraulics, a 50th-year Golden Jubilee badging, an overhead-valve "Red Tiger" four-cylinder engine and streamlined styling, but just as significantly, it was the first tractor Ford built after losing its court battle with Harry Ferguson in 1952 over the patents the Irish inventor held on the Ferguson System three-point hitch.
Engine
Below the NAA's new hood was a 134-cu.in., overhead-valve, gas-burning inline four-cylinder engine worth 32 hp. Ford's British Fordson tractors were readily available with diesel engines, but in the States, diesels were still uncommon. A kerosene-burning NAA, known as the NAB, was an option but found few buyers.
Transmission
A four-speed transmission was standard on the NAA, and auxiliary gearing was available.
Hydraulics
The NAA's Solid System hydraulics relied on an engine-driven hydraulic pump rather than the PTO-driven pump that was standard issue on the N tractors (this meant that the hydraulics could be operated without the PTO being engaged) and a live PTO was optional.
Other changes
The NAA is also slightly larger than its predecessors: four inches longer, four inches higher and 100 pounds heavier at 2,840 pounds.
For 1954, The NAA was carried over, sans the Golden Jubilee badging (which is popular with collectors today), with only a gear ratio change. In late 1954, Ford introduced its three-digit number series tractors, which further improved upon the NAA. The 600 incorporated improved brakes and wheel seals as well as an ASAE standard PTO. The 700 was a row-crop tractor that could be ordered with either a tricycle or wide front end.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/2/1/219-ford-naa.html Tractor Data for NAA]
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