PHOTO - now THIS is a RARE tractor

Hi Gang;
This is the "only" example (?) of Fordson Dexta fitted with a gasoline engine in England. All the engines for Dextas & Super Dextas were diesel, manufactured by Perkins Engines, and supplied to Ford Motor Co (slight differences from engines used by MF etc).
All (not too many built) were exported to Scandinavia. One was retained in ENgland and used on the grass mowing duties around Ford Tractor training centre at Boreham House. It escaped into preservation a few years back. Ford retained it for years because the engine was quiet and wouldnt disturb the students in the class rooms.

Now my wife is moaning that I have to dip into the family savings jar to get some money out. No not for another tractor, but for gas & entry charge to a big tractor show to take some more photos for you guys.
What do you want to see? Green, red, orange, common makes or something different? You can send answers on a used $20 note, send via Allans "mate" Akmed !!!
Actually I do sympathise with you Allan, last Christmas some "thing" from the swampy end of the gene pool hacked into my computor, and I got some very "interesting" photos. I am broad minded, but these photos shocked even me, and really upset HER INDOORS.
Cheers David

Just a couple of points. The Dexta engine was made at Dagenham and assembled by Perkins. It was a Ford designed unit in association with Perkins. It was not a true Perkins engine! It's a red rag to a bull to all old Fordson fitters to call it a Perkins :0).

Ford made Prkins grind all the casting marks that said "Perkins" off the few aprts that they provided.

Petrol dexta's are not all that rare. There are lots around in both Europe, America and Canada. Ther also seem to be quite a few in Ireland. We just did not see them over here.

In fact I drive one on a regular basis ploughing quite close to you and I shall be driving it again next Sunday on a road run at Ludlow.

The engine is a Standard Motor Company industrial unit which is a different beast to the Standard engine in the TE20 although a lot of the parts are the same.

My old company sold a petrol Dexta from Boreham to a local horticultural enterprise along with a few other "experimental" units like L4 E1ADDN's and petrol E1ADN's when Boreham cleared their stocks for the introduction of the New Performance Range in the early 1960's.

Wish I had been in the finacial position to buy a couple of these at the time.

Maybe I should take a peek at those nasty photos to make my own judgements? :>)

Allan

KEH