Regulars

3 Welcome

6 Made of the right stuff
This holds true not only for lovers of all things International who visited the 7th Newark Vintage Tractor Show (7-8 November) this year, but also for the people who are fast making this event a landmark date in the show calendar.

10 News
What’s going on in the world of tractors.

12 News
What’s going on in the world of tractors.

18 What’s next, dad?
Pete Kelly makes a welcome return with the story of a clapped-out 1959 Chamberlain Super 70DA tractor, whose restoration had some rather scary problems in store -no wonder they called it ‘Chucky’!

60 Tractor Talk
Your views and product reviews.

64 Model World

68 Kale calamities and wuzzel worries
The tending of certain crops on his allotment has been the cause of some testing times for our smallholding correspondent.

72 Winter in the Glens
In the dank, dark dismal days of winter, Polly Pullar needs little excuse when there’s a break in the weather to grab her camera and head for the hills.

76 Cerrig y Drudion Collection
When someone tells you they’ve got some old tractors in a shed on a Welsh hillside, you don’t expect to see one David Brown Aircraft Tug, let alone two.

129 Rare Breeds
No 70 Hamburg Poultry.

130 Next Month
Preview of the February issue of Tractor magazine.

Your tractors

22 The tractor that started it all
With an endless stream of tractors for restoration now coming through his door, Ben Phillips fondly remembers the first - a 1949 Ferguson TEA20.

26 Estyn the tractor man
A fitting moniker for Welshman Estyn Gough for all the dedication he has put into the tractors he has restored.

32 American Major?
A three-plough Ford diesel tractor from the late 1950s must be a Power Major, mustn’t it? Not if it’s a 961, built in Michigan, USA.

40 Moth to a flame
Although Lanz’s hot-bulb engine technology could prove rather daunting, Mike Bagworth was still drawn to this French tractor that sold under the Le Percheron name for his first restoration.

44 Honey I shrunk the tractor
Or the tractors that were left out in the rain - Geoff Ravenhall looks at compact tractors.

54 Red in the veins
We visit Northern Ireland to meet Neville Porter, who has the biggest collection of David Browns in the fair isle.

Farming heritage

36 A real survivor
This Minneapolis 17-30 Model B has stood the test of time and is still going strong, as our technical correspondent found out recently at Little Casterton.

46 Farming in East Lothian
Andrew Ritchie reflects on attempts to tame the steep incline of Black Castle Hill.

50 The million acre harvest
In 1944 over one million acres were harvested by the Massey-Harris Self-Propelled Harvest Brigade. Jane Brooks takes a look at this remarkable achievement.

80 It’s a wonderful life
We talk to world-class ploughman Ray Robson, who recalls his ploughing memories and how he got ‘ploughing in the blood’.

86 Spreading the load
Alec Worbey’s scrapbooks chart the mechanisation of an age-old farming task - muck spreading.

Marketplace

90 Tractor events
Road runs, rallies and ploughing events.

102 Tractor Price Index
Veteran, vintage and classic tractor values; Advance Rumely to Fiat.

106 Sales & Marketplace
News Around the auctions.

Front cover

This International BMD 1953 belonging to John Pritchard from Cheshire and decked out in coronation livery was one of the stars at this year’s Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show. Turn to page six for the full story.

Regulars

3 Welcome

6 Made of the right stuff
This holds true not only for lovers of all things International who visited the 7th Newark Vintage Tractor Show (7-8 November) this year, but also for the people who are fast making this event a landmark date in the show calendar.

10 News
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