After the merger, in 2001, Versatile was sold to Buhler industries, and the International Harvester plant at Doncaster was sold to ARGO, which re-branded the tractors as McCormick.Īn immaculate Fordson F reg JAE 223 with the solid cast rear wheel centres at Bath and Southwest Tractor show in 2009 In 1999, Fiat also bought Case IH, thereby becoming the world's second largest tractor producer. In the years that followed, the Ford blue and Fiat terracotta were merged, and the tractors were re-named New Holland. In 1991, Fiat, already one of the biggest tractor companies ever, bought Ford-New Holland, and Ford-Versatile. In 1986, after Steiger sold out to Case IH, Ford decided to make its own Articulated tractors, purchasing Versatile to form Ford-Versatile. The company was then renamed Ford-New Holland. In 1985, it bought out New Holland from the Sperry Corporation. To make the Tractor division more desirable, Ford set about to make itself a full-line manufacturer. In the 1980s, as the oil crisis made manufacturing difficult, Ford decided to sell its tractor business. factory was moved from Dagenham to Basildon in the 1964, the Fordson name was dropped from the company's tractors, with the last Fordsons coming out of the Dagenham plant in 1964. In the 1960s, the Ford and Fordson divisions agreed to merge. The Ford Tractors replaced the previous Fordson in England. The 9N, as it was known, was met with instant success.
The two agreed to build a "Ford tractor with Ferguson system". In 1938, Harry Ferguson met with Ford at his house in Dearbor. The company was originally called Fordson, but after losing a price war to International, he withdrew U.S production. The Ford Tractor division was the result of Henry Ford’s desire to replace horses on farms. For Ford corporate history, see Ford Motor Company.Įarly Fordson Tractors at Rushden show 2008
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