I have a hard copy of the Issue 94 January 2020 "Ferguson Furrows" in my possession. This is published by FENA, http://fergusontractors.org/nfs/magazine/ I am member 1521.
Pages 22 to 25 of this issue document the famous handshake agreement in which Harry Ferguson and Henry Ford became partners. After the agreement, Harry returned to Europe to dissolve his prior agreement with David Brown. The Ferguson-Brown Type A that was used in the demonstration that led to the agreement was left in the possession of the Ford organization.
A Ford team of 10 engineers led by Lawrence Sheldrick as chief engineer and Harold Brock as team leader was assembled and given working space in the Rouge complex. This team disassembled the Ferguson-Brown Type A and built three 9N prototypes for testing. This was all done with Harry out of the area.
This article has no mention of who did any drafting work or at what scale any drawings were made. This does explain why the Ferguson design team which joined them on Harry's return had no drawings of the differential, gearbox, and engine to front axle parts when they entered into a subsequent arrangement with Standard.
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