STUNNING NI MASSEY FERGUSON 100 SERIES COLLECTION

PL: When you decided to slow down – although that’s what you say! Why did you take up tractor restoration and, particularly, Massey Fergusons? I know that you do much of the work on the tractors yourself, but who are the people that have been with you, mostly doing the restoration and what is their background?

GR: It was a more relaxed pace but still has four wheels and a steering wheel and, as you can see from earlier, I have been around Masseys since my school days, spending lots of time on my neighbour’s Massey Ferguson 65, ploughing and rotovating, along with many other farm duties.

The Massey Ferguson 65 was my first purchase at an auction and had been restored. I was then looking for a 35 and this is when I met Desssie, who had restored the 175, so I bought the 175 home and things carried on from there. Dessie is a retired motor mechanic and has