Having successfully restored a Massey Ferguson 165 and then a 178, Surrey-based Massey Ferguson enthusiast Simon Wright decided to set his sights on a bigger challenge, quite literally. It was while at the 2018 Somerset Show that he got his first glimpse of the mighty MF 1150, and it made quite an impression. Just the sight and sound of that American-made, Perkins V8-powered monster were all it took to convince him that he needed to have one of his own!
“One of my first thoughts,” Simon told me, “was how well an 1150 would sit with my other two tractors, with such similar looks albeit on a bigger scale. I was also attracted by the V8 engine, which not only looks superb and very different, but makes a fantastic noise, too! What’s not to like?”
The search begins
Having hot-footed it back from Somerset, Simon wasted little time in beginning his search for an MF 1150 to buy. Of course, with the model never having been officially imported into the UK, he quickly found that possible purchases were thin on the ground. Fortunately, with luck on his side, he stumbled upon an advert in a tractor magazine from an enthusiast
