| Features |
THE ODD ONE OUT
International Harvester's 475 was, despite looking the same as the others in the range, the odd one out, says Scott Lambert. |
MARSHALL LORE
Bob Weir meets a Scotsman with an English classic, a prize-winning 1947 Field Marshall. |
MYSTERY MASSEY
A dairy farmer has added an MF 735 combine to his collection and is trying to trace its history. Can you help? |
BUYER'S GUIDE
Andrew Hall considers the DM4 from Nuffield, one of the most famous of the home-bred tractor ranges. |
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Roland Burgess bought a new David Brown tractor 46 years ago and it made its preservation debut in a Boxing Day road run. |
THE MARMITE TRACTOR
You either love them or hate SFV tractors. Graham Thomas has been a lover since 2004 – and more and more Brits are joining him. |
PRACTICAL GUIDE 1
We have given Dave Harris a 1963 Roadless conversion to work on. He is still diagnosing its problems. |
PRACTICAL GUIDE 2
Andy Delfe shares his method of installing rope-type rear main engine oil seals. |
END OF THE TRAC
Mercedes-Benz's MB Trac was unique but was not to last, as Howard Sherren discovers. |
A LIFE OF DEERES
Nigel Hutchings has experience of all things John Deere and shares it with Joseph Lewis. |
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
That nervous question crossed Jim Thompson's mind when he got his rare purchase back home, an industrial model made by County Commercial Cars. |
VETERAN TRACTOR MAN
A sprightly 83-year-old beef farmer tells us about his favourite tractor – before rushing off to work it again. |
TOP TENS
Two Ford 10 Series tractors are often working together in Somerset and sparked off Joseph Lewis's curiosity. |
TURN-OF-THE-YEAR ROUND-UP
It wasn't all Christmas pudding and New Year drams for our correspondents; they were road running. |
PRACTICAL GUIDE 3
Our cut-out-and-keep guide to restoring a David Brown 880 Selectamatic reaches the electrical system. |
AN ALLIS RESCUE
An Allis-Chalmers AD10 crawler has stood unused for 30 years or so, but help has finally arrived. |
GREAT SCOT
Kim Jackson went to see agricultural engineer Johnny Baxter who spent his working days at an International dealer and in retirement restores old tractors. |
MORE CHALLENGES
Howard Sherren brings you the second part of a restoration story on a County 1124. |
| Regulars |
| ANDREW IN THE WORKSHOP Our man at the workbench finds some time for his David Brown 2D. |
| A-Z OF TRACTORS Nick Baldwin continues his alphabetical history of tractor manufacturers. |
| DAYS OUT Michel Geldof has built up what is possibly the largest privately owned collection of tractors in Europe, but visiting it could be a challenge. |
| EURO TRACTOR If there are any Kramer tractor specialists reading this our correspondent would love to hear from you to find out what he has bought! |
| HEDGEROW TRACTORS What have readers found this month. |
| HISTORY MAN Pat Ware looks at 1960, a year of political turmoil and the launch of the upgraded Fordson Dexta. |
| JUNIOR Young tractormen and ladies try to win a hat. |
| MODEL CORNER Some interesting releases reviewed. |
| NEWS What's been happening. |
| POSTBAG Readers offer advice, queries, nostalgia and opinions. |
| POSTCARD Reg Wilkinson from Hexham in Northumberland certainly kept his eyes open for us when he went to Australia. |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Readers pose questions and provide answers. |
| READER RESTORATION Stevan Patterson describes working on a Minneapolis-Moline 5-Star Standard diesel that was rescued from a scrap yard. |
| SALES A preview of one of the biggest John Deere sales ever plus prices that have been paid at auction. |
| YARD SCRAPER OF THE MONTH Heroes of the farmyard are honoured. |
| TRACTORMART The tractor world's biggest marketplace opens here. |
| WHAT'S ON Our county-by-county guide to what's happening. |
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EDITOR'S THOUGHTS/OPPERMAN TANK
the Editor comments on the forthcoming Tractor World indoor tractor exhibition and club news. Using reader's input on the Opperman Motocart story, he also brings more on the company and the products it produced. |
COMPETITION WINNER
Andrew Hall of the Hall and Duck Lawn Mower Trust reports on the Honda Grass Master Competition to find the oldest working motor mower in the UK. |
IDENTITY AND ASSISTANCE
Readers seeking help and information on items in their collections. |
RALLY REPORT
Paul Harvey reports on the horticultural tractors seen at the Hanbury Rally |
ARCHIVES
Bill Castellan delves into the pros and cons of archiving research material in a manner which will make it useful for museum archives. |
THE BOGEY MAN
Our Mayfield specialist Bill Castellan gives a blow-by-blow account of the construction of a ride-on Bogie for one of his Mayfield tractors. |
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