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| big steve Member Since: 24 Dec 2009 Location: hertfordshire Posts: 2456   
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Yes looking good chaps
4 of the ones I have came from the Paul rackham collection  2015 2.2 tdci hardtop xs
3.2 conversion DONE 238bhp and 707nm torque and thats just the start ;-P hybrid turbo in build -done ready to fit ashcroft atb in transfer box 6 speed auto in build |
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8th Mar 2017 8:26pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10513 
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This is my International B414 and it has a front loader that came with it, i think it is late 60's/early 70's not sure of the actual year. It has been in the family for about 35 years now, we used it on my mother's small holding, getting in the hay and all sorts of stuff. It is a runner and was used all the time and now i have got it, ( as my mother passed away last year ) i hope one day to restore her
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8th Mar 2017 9:10pm |
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| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907 
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I bought a Petrol/TVO (tractor vapourising oil) c1946 Fordson E27N in need of restoration for £100 back in 1983 (I couldn't afford a steam roller, so it was the next best thing).
I did it up as best I could, drove it through my mum and dad's garden wall on its first trip afterwards (no point pressing the brake to stop with all that torque) and off we went to a show, where it promptly seized up. There are about 210 tubes in an E27N's radiator, and I seem to recall six of those on mine weren't blocked.... My dad hated me having it, and I eventually sold it to the treasurer of the club he drank at. The treasurer was later done for stealing cash from the club's fruit machine, most of which had been put into the machine by my dad, so I always teased him that he'd actually bought it off me. I think it cost me £300 to buy and restore, and I got £600 for it (in 1986), so I was happy with that. I expect it would be worth just a bit more today. Digressing, if anyone wants something far rarer to restore, I know where there's a railway goods van body that I believe is a Pre-Grouping Midland Railway one. There's no underframe, and attempts to get some interest in it from one of the preserved railways have sadly failed as they've got too much to do already. As it's almost certainly unique, this seems such a shame. |
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8th Mar 2017 9:45pm |
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| Rickydodah Member Since: 14 Jul 2014 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1091 |
This was the kind of thing I cut my teeth on as an apprentice. I think they stopped production around 1966/7 pretty much when I started. International were never particularly popular as spares availability was diabolical as they didn't have a very good dealer network. Most of my work was with David Brown, Fords and Masseys. The DB range were far easier to work on and would be my choice is I ever went down the restoration route I started with nothing and still have most of it left! |
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8th Mar 2017 9:54pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7873 
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Big Steve, were you the guy who flew in, in the helicopter?
 James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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8th Mar 2017 9:58pm |
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| big steve Member Since: 24 Dec 2009 Location: hertfordshire Posts: 2456
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Lol no I could wish 2015 2.2 tdci hardtop xs
3.2 conversion DONE 238bhp and 707nm torque and thats just the start ;-P hybrid turbo in build -done ready to fit ashcroft atb in transfer box 6 speed auto in build |
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8th Mar 2017 10:07pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10513
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Many thanks for the info Rickydodah
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.
Clayton. |
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8th Mar 2017 11:25pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006 
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I have tractors. But then I really should have being a farmer.
Personally I think it all went wrong when the scale of farming increased beyond the scope of a 50 horse tractor one of those vicious circle things that ends up with 4 and 5 hundred horse tractors and associated massive implements that are totally inappropriate for our countryside infrastructure. Or maybe I'm just ranting. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon. |
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9th Mar 2017 7:46am |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2496 
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I had two vintage tractors but unfortunately my toy box was getting rather full so under pressure from SWMBO I had to sell them.
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9th Mar 2017 9:30am |
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| camelman Member Since: 27 Feb 2013 Location: Peak District Posts: 3321
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Not quite as old as some of the stuff but still 55 years old and still being used
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9th Mar 2017 10:30am |
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| Rickydodah Member Since: 14 Jul 2014 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1091 |
^^^^^^ That 35 is very, very nice Sir
 I started with nothing and still have most of it left! |
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9th Mar 2017 10:45am |
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| alwoodley72 Member Since: 14 Mar 2010 Location: salisbury, wilts Posts: 719 
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^^^i agree!.. there is something very beautiful about the little grey fergie though... my only tractor foray has been a couple of wheelhorse c145 70's ride ons, lovely little things, full of character..
Cheers. Alex 98 300 tdi 90 project 94 Range Rover vogue 4.2 lse 79 911 sc 08 130 double cab utility |
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9th Mar 2017 8:49pm |
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| Toby60 Member Since: 06 Dec 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 28 
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My 1953 Ferguson TED20. It is road legal and I have the original buff log book. I'm in the process of doing it up and have completed the back half just leaving the engine and front axle to do.
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9th Mar 2017 10:50pm |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 992 
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I have serious tractor envy
Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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9th Mar 2017 10:53pm |
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