A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT!
Launched at the Smithfield Show in December, 1951, as a replacement for the popular E27N, the first of Fordson’s E1A series tractors was the New Fordson Major.
In its Smithfield Show report, Commercial Motor magazine noted that it was the first time that a Fordson tractor had been offered with an oil (diesel) engine of Ford design and construction, together with petrol and vaporising-oil engines.
The report went on to comment: “The use of common major components, such as crankcase and cylinder block, crankshaft and other units, for all three engines not only cheapens production, but offers decided advantages to the operator.
“Evidence of this is to be found in the price of the oil-engine version, which is £109 5s. less than that of the old model. As the mountings of the three engines are identical,
