 No offence to those who have posted below, however, most provide erroneous or not quite accurate information. When Ferguson realized that Ford had no intention of opening a 9N line in Great Britton, and thus putting Ferguson at the lead, Harry investigated looking into starting his own line of tractors, This also coincided with the break-up of the hand shake agreement. With the ending of the Ford supplied tractors to Harry's US distributor network he need a supply of tractors, He contracted with Sir John Black of the standard motor company to build these tractors. Thus, the TE-20 was born. The initial TE-20 had Continental Z120 engines in them. This is because the Standard Motor Company's "Standard Motor" was not ready. The TE-20's were manufactured for the USA market and were shipped to the States. The TE-20 with the continental Z120 engine was built up until SN 48,000. During the final production period TEA-20's and TE-20's were built side by side. The TEA-20 is the exact same tractor as the TE-20 with the exception that the motor on the TEA-20 is a Standard motor from the standard motor company. Both were built on the same Banner Lane assembly line in Coventry England. The TE-20 version ended as the TO-20 line started up in Detroit, MI USA. Due to tariffs, taxes etc. The TO-20 supplied the USA market, while the TEA-20 line supplied the British Commonwealth market (i.e. Canada) and the rest of the world. TE is short of Tractor England
TO is short for Tractor Overseas... i.e. USA Now market condition and consumer demand put pressures on Ferguson to provide a large variety of variants on the same basic tractor design. Thus was born the letter series. TEA= Gasoline Utility Tractor
TEB-20 Narrow w/Continental 1946-48
TEC-20 Narrow w/Standard 1948-56
TED-20 STD V.O vaporized oil 1949-56
TEE-20 STD V.O Narrow 1946-56
TEF-20 STD Diesel 1951-56
TEH-20 STD Zero octane engine 1950-56
TEJ-20 STD Zero Octane Narrow 1950-65
TEK-20 STD Petrol Vineyard 1952-56
TEL-20 STD V.O. Vineyard 1952-56
TEM-20 STD Zero Octane Vineyard 1952-56
TEP-20 STD Petrol Industrial 1952-56
TER-20 STD V.O. Industrial 1952-56
TES-20 STD Lamp Oil Industrial 1952-56
TET-20 STD Diesel Industrial 1952-56 I hope this helps. the attached picture is of the continental and standard motors.
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