Here are your hints:
1957 Ford
No roof
4-cylinder
Manual
Aaaaand.... GUESS
Here are your hints:
1957 Ford
No roof
4-cylinder
Manual
Aaaaand.... GUESS
T Bird?
Good guess, but no.
Fairlane?
Edit...
I think that only came with a Fordmatic three speed so maybe a Ranchero with a chop top.
Something with this in it?
8N?
In reply to OHSCrifle :
In reply to RX Reven' :
You guys are thinking too big and too fast. Smallest in those were I6s or V8s
Something like an Anglia or something.
Ford 600 tractor?
edited to add: Ford Jubilee
In reply to mechanicalmeanderings :
I'll give it to you. The Jubilee was 1953-only, but this is a 57 601 Workmaster
In reply to Puddy46 :
You darn near hit it. Dad and I restored an 8N a while back.
I'm in. I have a '49 8N. I've had it for ~20 years and really enjoy it. I read recently that the Ns are great, unless you really need a tractor. :) Yours will be a nice step up (primarily the live PTO).
In reply to Motojunky :
That would be great, except the live PTO was optional, and this one doesn't have it. It's a pretty plain-jane model. My buddy has a 660 with all the bells and whistles - the plunger 5-speed shifter, power steering, row crop kit (which he swapped back to the wide front), and someone built on to the hydraulic yoke to make a pretty proper 3-point hitch.
These tractors were never really good at being tractors by today's standards. They're good at towing, mowing, and going.
Based on the title, I was gonna say "a girl named Amy." But then I read your post.
Eiei-o.
Ya had me thinking British, so I'd of never gotten there.
But i have a '65 Ford 2000, so, cool.
After using the 2000 (i want a 3000 diesel) i could never go back to a N.
I like that work master.
Can one of you be my sponsor to prevent me from falling into a flathead swap? I have an addiction.
In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :
Nope. No help at all. In fact, i saw a flattie for sale in ga, reasonable, recently 
03Panther said:Ya had me thinking British, so I'd of never gotten there.
But i have a '65 Ford 2000, so, cool.
After using the 2000 (i want a 3000 diesel) i could never go back to a N.
I like that work master.
You were right on with the "British".
Or am I wrong? I always thought of early Ford tractors as British design...
I know the 2000/3000/4000 is British, and i think they grew out of the 601. So, might be.
i know my 2000 is all US threads, where as my old JCB is VERY British
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:Can one of you be my sponsor to prevent me from falling into a flathead swap? I have an addiction.
EvanB said:Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:Can one of you be my sponsor to prevent me from falling into a flathead swap? I have an addiction.
Dick 
Streetwiseguy said:03Panther said:Ya had me thinking British, so I'd of never gotten there.
But i have a '65 Ford 2000, so, cool.
After using the 2000 (i want a 3000 diesel) i could never go back to a N.
I like that work master.You were right on with the "British".
Or am I wrong? I always thought of early Ford tractors as British design...
When I think of British tractors, my mind goes straight to David Browns from the VAK years.
In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :
Nice, a high school friend of mine picked a 601 like that up back in the early 90's and restored it. It even had the side mounted sickle bar mower like yours. (He removed that) I remember he was looking at these as opposed to the earlier Fords because it had a PTO and a real 3 point hitch. He lived on family property with many acres and cart paths through the woods, I got to try it out hauling firewood more than once.
03Panther said:I know the 2000/3000/4000 is British, and i think they grew out of the 601. So, might be.
i know my 2000 is all US threads, where as my old JCB is VERY British
Well, here's the link to all of them.
Ford (US) and Ferguson (UK) teamed up to make the Fordson and subsequently the Ford 8N/9N. Ferguson's main contribution was the new fancy 3-point hitch technology. Ford and Ferguson got into a legal battle in which Ford lost the rights to use the 3-point. Ford had to forge ahead with their own tractor (the NAA, which is the 600 series like this one) which lacked a true 3-point hitch setup and instead used a two-yoke proprietary setup. Ferguson instead teamed up with Massey and supplied Massey Fergusons to both the US and UK.
Over the years, David Brown (UK) teamed up with Massey-Harris to provide tractors to Canada, Ferguson was in bed with many of them because Ferguson was more of a component manufacturer - transmissions, Perkins engines, etc.
Fun fact, Ferguson bought the early Aston Martin company in the 40s, and it was Ferguson who brought about the DB series of cars.
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