Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast

Building on the reputation of the great Grey Fergie, which saw more than half a million built, Massey Ferguson, with their red tractors, dominated the tractor market in Britain and many other places from the late 1950s to the 1970s. Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast magazine celebrates this hey-day and also looks at the more modern and older tractors linked to the Ferguson name. From restorations to recollections and also hundreds of readers free-ads there’s something for everyone here Featuring models, articles and news to interest all collectors, owners and enthusiasts, each issue is packed with restorations and recollections as well as readers free-ads there’s something for everyone. Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast magazine simply celebrates this iconic red and grey tractor.

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SWEDISH PLOUGHMAN • It was so good to see all the ploughmen from across Europe on 1–2 March at the Reversible Ploughing Championships, and Vintage European Ploughing Championships at Upper Morton, Retford, Nottingham. The weather was glorious and so were the ground conditions and the crowd who attended. We see Andreas Larsson from Sweden in the Vintage Mounted class with his Ransomes TS59 on the back of the MF35: he went on to finish fifth.

Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast

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CHARITY VINTAGE 24-HOUR PLOUGHING MARATHON

WELSH NATIONAL HEADING TO CARDIGAN BAY

THE FRENCH ARE COMING!

CHILTERN VINTAGE TRACTOR CHARITY RUN

IVOR JAMES TO DOWNSIZE COLLECTION

THINGS SET FOR TRACTOR FEST

THE AMAZING JOHN BUTLER

CLUB GIVES TO HOSPICE

CHEFFINS CELEBRATES 200 YEARS WITH £200K FOR CHARITY

FERGUSON IN CLASSIC CAR WEEKLY

DIARY DATES

BOOK REVIEWS • Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast is delighted to receive books and DVDs that come to the market for review, pertaining to the subject. It pays to tell CMFE, which has the biggest readership of any magazine of its kind, about your new products.

PLENTY OF RED AND GREY AT EUROS

BIGGER CROWD THAN EVER

EVENTS ROUND-UP

‘AMAZING GRACE’ – FAMILY TRACTOR GETS A REFRESH! • Keen MF enthusiast Mathew Grindley tells his own story of his family-owned, 1976 Massey Ferguson 165, which he has brought back to perfection.

WHEN HARRY MET HENRY • The Ford tractor with Ferguson system has found its place in history as the world’s first modern tractor, but the road to its development was a long one, says Jane Brooks.

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AN ENGLISHMAN IN NORWAY • A Beautiful 1978 Massey Ferguson 590-4 emigrated to Norway in 2019 to live its pensioner life in the land of the Vikings. The owner, Magnus Marthinsen had a boyhood dream of owning one of these tractors and tells his story here.

JONATHAN WHITLAM • It is widely accepted that Harry Ferguson and his team were responsible for one of the most, if not THE most important, advances in tractor development: that of hydraulic draft control teamed with a three-point linkage system. When introduced on the Ferguson Type A in 1936, and the more refined version on the Ford 9N in 1939, the principle of a mounted implement becoming a part of the tractor itself, and capable of a set draft control, set the basis for a universally accepted design by the end of the 20th century.

THE MASSEY FERGUSON 35 STORY THREE-POT SUCCESS • The Massey Ferguson 35 tractor was one of the most successful of all time and is still regarded as one of the most versatile machines to grace the fields of the world, with many still being used for a job of work to this very day. The story of this model is fascinating and incorporates two manufacturers and two continents. In this series of...