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David in Wales

09-20-2007 00:45:00

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I published an article in a tractor magazine asking for serial numbers & locations promising the owners I would not reveal their details. I was told of about 30 surviving tractors. They sold most of the production in the early years which met the demand, then sales fell off and they only sold a few each year.
Mine is April 1954 serial no. 189. I have seen no. 190 which wasnt built until October 1954.
The majority were sold into the apple orchard & hop growing areas. Some of the lowered 68 models were sold into the hill areas of Wales and the Southwest of England becaus they were more stable on banks. But they had lower drawbar height and the hay would bunch up under the drawbar when baling big swaths of grass. Over the years some got converted back to normal height by replacing the front axle and fitting 36 inch rear wheels. A few people still have their axles & wheels in the junk pile but the tractors were sold off years ago.
My tractor came from a hill farm about 20 miles north of here. It had been tipped over into a ditch and the tinwork was too badly rusted and bent to be salvaged, so its all new. They also built a few model KFD64 which were based on the industrial majors with single brakes and no 3 point hitch. They fitted a snap coupler in place of the drawbar & horizontal exhaust for working inside factorys pulling trailers around. Ford bought some to use inside and around their car & truck plants. These are rare, Ive only found 3 survivors.
David

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