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    Magnificent Middleweight

    Sep 23, 2022 4 minutes

    As many tractor enthusiasts will testify, it’s easy to be ‘bitten by the bug’ and Scotland’s Robert Chisholm is no exception. Already the proud owner of a Nuffield 342 and Leyland 245 Synchro, purchased as non-runners, he was looking for a four-cylinder model to join the fold and happened upon a 255 in 2019.

    The tractor was purchased from Towlaw in Co. Durham, in July of that year, but several months passed before remedial work commenced.

    In a bid to ascertain what state the tractor was in mechanically, Robert fitted new fuel filters and bled the system before attempting to start it. After a jump start, the Leyland 4/98DT engine spluttered into life and it soon became clear that all

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