5 Welcome
Why the National Vintage Tractor Road Run must never lose its sunny smile.

6 Marshall art
Paul Badger’s immaculate 1982 Marshall 802 might look like a new tractor, but its owner would much rather use it than ogle at it, writes Jerry Thurston.

10 ‘National’ boost to Carrington Run
Boosted by the participation of visitors from as far away as Cornwall, this year’s Easter Saturday Carrington Rally Road Run was one of the best so far.

15 Turned out nice again!
Scorching weather made it a day to remember as Lincolnshire hosted the 20th National Vintage Tractor Road Run on Easter Sunday

22 Still masterful, still sweet
Jerry Thurston tells why Edwin Jones’s Ploughmaster 95r continues to command great respect even in its new role in preservation.

28 Under the hammer
Jane Brooks reports from Cheffins’ latest vintage auction.

32 News

34 Life on the Moss
Jenny Peters comes across a David Brown 850 Implematic that spent much of its working life collecting turf from Whixall Moss in Shropshire.

38 Letters

40 In time for St Paddy!
Justin Roberts visits Darragh Leonard in the Republic of Ireland to find out all about the home-built six-cylinder Nissan Patrol-engined Fordson Dexta that he finished in the nick of time for a St Patrick’s Day parade.

44 Norton glory ofa different kind
A Norton motorcycle fan through and through, Philip Carter chose a big side-valve ‘single’ from that legendary marque when he launched the Carterson horticultural tractor. Geoff Ravenhall tells the story.

46 Keep your load on!
With the vintage tractor season getting well into its stride, John Baker puts a frayed ratchet strap to the test with surprising results, and finds out what’s in the Department of Transport’s Code of Practice for the Safety of Loads on Vehicles.

55 The Long March
Pete Kelly takes a Chinese flat-pack tractor on a 750-mile tour of the British Isles, and is surprised by how well it holds together.

64 Off to a tricky start
Ben Phillips tells of the engine problems he encountered with his Ferguson FE35 turned out in the style of an MF35.

68 Rare Breeds Factfile
The 40th rare breed in Marianne Thomas’s popular series is the Gloucestershire Old Spots pig.

69 The tractor with two hearts
Diesel or petrol? Peter Henshaw finds a 1936 International with schizophrenia - Martin Richards’ amazing 1936 WD-40.

74 Dougie’s really Super Dexta
Although the styling of the later-series Fordson Dextas might not be to everyone’s taste, Dougie Lamond of Kirkby Thore, near Penrith, has made a superb job of his ex-scraper machine. David Bowers tells the story.

79 Crawlers are go
Graham Hampstead repairs the brakes on an International BTD6 - and at last the hybrid he’s been working on for months bursts into life!

83 Small, but very hard-worked!
One way of describing Eric Shand’s fleet of tractors might be ‘small, but perfectly formed’, but a more accurate description would be ‘small, but very hard-worked indeed’, writes Jock Stewart.

86 Diary Dates
Our new-style events section takes readers up to the end of July.

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96 Four legs and a few tales from Wales
Spring brings a busy time on the smallholding for our North Wales correspondent Jo Roberts.

99 Tractor Marketplace
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5 Welcome
Why the National Vintage Tractor Road Run must never lose its sunny smile.

6 Marshall art
Paul Badger’s immaculate 1982 Marshall 802 might look like a new tractor, but its owner would much rather use it than ogle at it, writes Jerry Thurston.

10 ‘National’ boost to Carrington Run
Boosted b....