Photo 1968 era Massey Ferguson

Can anyone possibly supply a list of models being sold as new in 1968 or give any other hints on trying to track down this model and photo?

TIA for any help.

Thanks a lot to all of you who have responded! This seems like a helpful bunch of folks here!!

This is bugging me more than I thought it would!! :-) I am going to try to "go mining" for old photographs this weekend since I think I should have a picture somewhere. And they are buried so deeply that I definately mean "mining"!!

Thanks to all for the replies. If/after I get this figured out I will advise.

To help narrow it down a bit, was this tractor a utility style or flat deck? (Did you sit straddle of the transmission or on a level "floor"?) Flat-deck models were 180 and up.

Any Multipower tractor would have had the 6-speed. (2X3) So the tranny description sound correct. That would have been common throughout the entire line. But were the shifters on the top of the tranny or on the dash? (On the tranny would indicate utility model)

Can you recall how big of a plow he used with the tractor? That might help narrow things down a bit.

Did the model number reflect the HP rating? I seem to recall that it was an 80 HP tractor so if model number reflects HP then that is another reason to think 180.

I dug out my dad's old day book / diary and found the day he bought the tractor, Thu Ap 11, 1968, and the day it was delivered, Sat Ap 13, but he does not mention the model number in the entry.

I will continue digging but will appreciate any further thoughts. Additional information that might help includes, diesel - Perkins engine, I recall a MultiPower feature that was selected just by flipping a lever. Also seem to recall one shifter for low or high power and I think a 3 speed main shifter.

If I can't run across any photos on the web I may have to dig through years of photos on the hope I may have a shot that might include that tractor.

My parents sold our farm in 1995 and I now wish I had taken many more photos than I ever did! :-(

Thanks again for the thoughts so far.

My book is very vague on exactly what models were badged as 1968's so here go some guesses...

MF135
MF150
MF165
MF175
MF180

MF130
MF148?
MF168

1085
1080
1100
1130
1150

Not sure what tractors came in narrow front, HTH

Let's go Mountaineers,

Aaron