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.

Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast

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Meet the contributors

HJ PUGH IN IRELAND

DAVID LEMON

GLENLUCE VINTAGE TRACTORS

SOMERSET VINTAGE TRACTOR SHOW

TRACTOR WORLD 2024

NATIONAL ENTRIES GOING WELL

RED AND GREY OUT AT CHRISTMAS!

DRIVE IT DAY, 2024!

MF 65 MK.1 HIGHLIGHT

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JONATHAN WHITLAM • … reflects on the advantages of sticking with tried and trusted technology and how this approach paid such dividends for Massey Ferguson with its influential Red Giants range of tractors

IN THE BEGINNING… • Willie Carson enjoys the chance to discover more about James Adams’ beautifully original and much-cherished Ferguson Brown

DRIVING PASSIONS • Ray McAvoy-Kifford has been building a collection of Ferguson and Massey Ferguson tractors and implements over the past 13 years. Chris Graham meets the man and his treasured MF 590

WORKING MEMORIES • Jonathan Whitlam spotlights a 1980s classic – the MF 690 – that still enjoys flexing its mechanical muscles now and then in Lincolnshire today

BRILLIANT BIDDENDEN • Chris Graham belatedly reports from last year’s Biddenden Tractorfest, which enjoyed blistering summer weather and a bumper crowd

MF 6100 & 8100 SERIES • Jonathan Whitlam takes a close look at the development, introduction and specification of the Massey Ferguson 8100 Series

CLUBBING TOGETHER • As a special tribute to Mike Thorne and Michael Williams, who both sadly died recently, John Selley presents Part 2 of Mike’s fascinating account detailing a daring, late-1950s South Pole adventure featuring Ferguson TE-A 20s as support vehicles

Classic Massey & Ferguson Enthusiast

A CLASSIC PAIR • We talk to James Issitt about his passion for red and grey tractors, and spotlight the two smallest machines in his collection

MASSEY FERGUSON 35 RESTORATION • Ben Phillips refits the clutch and then switches his attention to the cylinder of the 1961 MF 35

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WINTER/SPRING SALES • January-May

TOP PLOUGHERS IN MATCH ACTION! • Peter Love reviews two of 2023’s biggest tractor events, the British National Ploughing Championships and the Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show

SPOILT FOR CHOICE AT NEWARK

THE AMAZING JIM RUSSELL SALE • Peter Love reports from an incredible Cheffins auction that will certainly live long in the memory

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