Ford and Fordson Tractors

JONATHAN WHITLAM

Childhood memories are powerful things that, in many cases, can influence us for the rest of our lives. Early experiences can set trends and establish behaviours, and I know that many tractor enthusiasts were fundamentally influenced by the machines they encountered as children.

This was certainly the case for me, growing up in the 1970s and ‘80s there were certain tractors that made more of an impact than others. Living

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