Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast

Building on the reputation of the great Grey Fergie, which saw more than half a million built, Massey Ferguson, with their red tractors, dominated the tractor market in Britain and many other places from the late 1950s to the 1970s. Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast magazine celebrates this hey-day and also looks at the more modern and older tractors linked to the Ferguson name. From restorations to recollections and also hundreds of readers free-ads there’s something for everyone here Featuring models, articles and news to interest all collectors, owners and enthusiasts, each issue is packed with restorations and recollections as well as readers free-ads there’s something for everyone. Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast magazine simply celebrates this iconic red and grey tractor.

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Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast

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MY MASSEY FERGUSON 35X TRACTOR STORY • Chris Clack recounts the story of his authentic restoration of a 1963 MF 35X, with serial number SNMY318502 and engine number 1966510C.

MF Restart Production At Beauvais

MF Make Face Masks

Expansion at MF France

Denis Adds MF 35

On-Line sale has done Well

MFs Top in North Yorkshire • A dispersal sale took place at Leavening near Malton, in the picturesque North Yorkshire countryside, on 21 March on the instructions of David Carter, due to his retirement.

VDI Masseys

Rare MF 135 Long Wheel Base Available

Cheffins Raise £30,610

AGCO FAMILY DOMINATE IN SUFFOLK • The editor travelled to the 12th Suffolk Vintage Ploughing Society on Sunday 8 March, at Neville House Farm, Ingham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, just before the lockdown – an event that is well organised by secretary Paul Rowe.

MODELS • We are always delighted to feature your models in Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast magazine so please get in touch: peterlove@madasafish.com Telephone: 01323 833125.

This and That… • We are always delighted to receive your letters, e-mails and pictures on whatever tractor related items you like! Please E-mail: cmfe.ed@kelsey.co.uk, tel: 01323833125 or post: Peter Love, Ed CM&FE, Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6AL

Questions and Answers on Registering Old Tractors

MF ‘Lookalike’ Stolen – Tillingham Parish Council

Speaker Available

My Mistake!

Your May/June Editorial

ORIGINALITY AT ITS BEST • Willie Carson takes a look at Colin Taylor’s lovely original Ferguson Mark 1 trailer, which has been a prizewinner wherever it has gone.

THE HITCHING UP SEQUENCE

HAYMAKING 135 STYLE • Jonathan Whitlam goes haymaking with a lovely, fully restored Massey Ferguson 135, and brings us the full story.

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UK MARKETED MF BALERS • Massey Harris first entered the pickup baler market with the North American produced ‘No 1’ baler shortly after the end of the Second World War. By 1951 the baler was being produced in the UK as the MH 701 model and, towards the middle of that decade, UK engineers were working on a replacement, says Dan Harris.

TABLE SHOWING BALER SPECIFICATIONS

Massey Ferguson 65 Restoration • Ben Phillips gets down to more essential jobs on the Massey Ferguson 65 he is restoring.

FERGUSON PACKS THE POWER • David Reed visited John and Sam Winterbottom to see their two Ferguson tractors, one of which is powered by a 5.9-litre Cummins six-cylinder engine.

Price guide

Sales Diary • To avoid disappointment, please check the details listed with the company, or organisers conducting the sale before setting out.

Next issue • There is always plenty going on in the AGCO Massey family of machinery. September/October On Sale Friday 21 August