Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast

It’s always a pleasure to see the Proctor family, who always greet you with a smile and a hello and who are part of the East Anglian preservation fabric. They support so much and run the three-day, July Weeting Steam and Vehicle Rally tractor section

The tractor was one of 45,023 of that model produced at the Banner Lane, Coventry factory in that year and supplied new to the MF Dealer Corlett Sons & Cowley at Douglas, Isle of Man. Registered on 5 April 1963 to its owner William Thomas Radcliffe w

While the AGCO MF Beauvais facility was shut down from 18 March because of the coronavirus situation, it used the 3D printing capacity on site to donate full face shields to its local community medical staff heroes, working hard to save lives from th

Cundalls Auctioneers of Malton were instructed to carry out the sale, which included MF tractors and combine. Unfortunately most people attending the sale did not keep two metres apart, which was clearly visible from live internet bidding. The main a

Thanks to Neville House Farm and its owner, this event has a site to hold this Suffolk National Ploughing qualifier event that is much appreciated. The excellent event saw some 57 top class ploughmen in operation on the sandy loam land, which had dri

Universal Hobbies has recently introduced a 1:32 ‘black’ Massey Ferguson 5713 S – Next Edition. The very distinctive tractor looks the part and features special logos on the dash panel and on the side of the bonnet. The model is limited to a 1,000 pi

A tractor without an implement is like a pen without ink.” In Harry Ferguson’s own words, this simple sentence put his concept of agricultural mechanisation into a nutshell. He designed the tractor, not just as a power source for pulling things, but

Hay time is when many older classic tractors get pressed into service, to get the crop prepared and gathered in during what is, often, a short weather window. On some farms this means that the old scraper tractor, that usually spends its time covered

* Specifications for 200 series similar but transport widths are reduced by 111mm (4.4”) ■

By the time the branding of the company changed from Massey Harris to Massey Ferguson, the all-new 703 model had been developed and launched in 1957. This model bore no resemblance to the 701 model that had gone before and was very much a clean sheet

As alluded to earlier, this is not the only tractor in John’s collection; he has a 1957 Ferguson FE 35 Grey Gold as well, which was bought back in 1977 from a local Hyde farm for £240. “I was 20 years old when I bought it,” John said, “It was fitted

BAND ONE: Possibly not running, but in very complete condition. Known at times as ex-farm condition. BAND TWO: Will run but needs work done to it. BAND THREE: In original condition (see notes left) BAND FOUR: Older restoration, but complete and shoul