Off work today (school closed) and talking to a chap at lunchtime who had an old grey Ferguson tractor (1955ish T20ish) rusting away behind his house.

Not quite sure how it happened but money changed hands and its now mine.

First problem - how to tell her indoors
Next problem - am already losing my garage so have no place for the Locost - hiding a tractor might be difficult.
Down the line problem - dont have a farm or land to drive / use a tractor.

But..... I have a grey tractor to play with - Hooray!! (Wonder what it would be like with a pinto and twin webers?)

Life is great

Gary

a pinto??

nahhhh, you want to make it into one of these

Engine out of a TR2/3/4 should fit nicely

John

What do you think it would need to be able to pull a wheelie?

G

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(Wonder what it would be like with a pinto and twin webers?)

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That hurt!

where's the photos?! i like a tractor

I'm jealous! I've wanted a Fergie for years.

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Originally posted by dinosaurjuice
a pinto??

nahhhh, you want to make it into one of these

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Lucky devil I wish I had never sold mine. No tax required and insurance is peanuts from NFU.

Looking at the video i remembered that As i grew up in a farm, i have seen many accidents with tractors rolling over and people get killed.

Ah the little grey Fergie - first thing I ever drove

Would love one meself, must have a front loader though for digging things up

Have just done the deed and told her. Didn't go down well even though I said it would be useful to clear snow.

Still - the up side is that I own a tractor!

Pics to follow when it arrives

G

Yes would like one for all the wrong reasons , just the same as you!

Oooooooooh grey massie Nice.

If you've got to have one tractor that's the one to go for!!

Nice!! That v6 is mad

You should put a methanol Blown V8 in it and do tractor pulling!!!

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they are nice little machines when they are running and simple to fix
I got one when I was 13, and rebuilt the engine with some help from my dad (its a 1.8 coventry standard engine I think - about 26bhp)

sold it a couple of years ago to free up some space and cash for the dax

mine was an early TE20A (strait petrol, 80mm bore, 6V electrics) but I guess your will be a petrol/parafin with 86mm bores and 12v electrics

I converted mine to 12v, but you can't swap the starters so they turn at twice the speed (it makes starting it alot easier) luckly the starters are built like brick outhouses and can take it


you need a copy of a vapourmatic cataloge and this website http://www.fergiland.co.uk/
those should get you just about everything - even the workshop manual


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Oooooooooh grey massie Nice.

If you've got to have one tractor that's the one to go for!!

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I have two, now you have a reason to buy some land, with a house (for her), a shop (for you and the Locost and a place to sleep when you do something else she won't like) and a barn ( to store the tractor and other misguided purchases). Welcome to the real world.

The Massey came from CANADA, built tractors from the early 1900's

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The Massey came from CANADA, built tractors from the early 1900's

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I have a 1950 TED (Petrol/TVO) model which is used for rolling and chain harrowing horse paddocks and other odd jobs like stump pulling. I often wondered if any other Locostbuilders had one but didn't like to ask because I was unsure of the reaction I might get. Good to know there is good interest on this forum and at least one other owner. The first thing you should do is look on the top of the 'dash' there should be a metal plate with the model type and serial number which you can use to identify the model and year.
If you need any links to sites where you can find info and parts, pm me and I can send you some. Nick

could do with a tractor in the boot of my car for when the roads are white. (BMW - wont even pull itself off the drive when it snows).

Get it re-sold on ebay I would be very VERY supprised if you ended up out of pocket ( unless you paid silly mony for it ).

I know three farmers up here that would buy it tomorow if it was a runner and a further 2 who would buy it to do up.

Regards

Agriv8

I love Fergies memories of chilldhood. In the late 1960s and 1970s I also remember shed loads of old feriges getting shipped over to Ireland from Stranraer as they suited the small Irish farms

What fuel version ? Petrol, TVO Diesel ?

Fantastic response folks - some good ideas and a few expertrs thrown in - will be contacting you all in due course.....

Gary