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Posted by David in England on July 10, 2006 at 03:48:50 from (86.137.16.168):

Hi Guys; Firstly - I will leave the photo in photobucket for a while !!! Read with interest your comments on what is "rare". Over here tractor makes & models seem to run in trends. One tractor is "in" for a while, then another becomes the "must have". This causes asking prices to rise considerably. Plus the main tractor magazine here publishes prices of stuff sold at auction, if its a record price then everyone else who owns one similar believes theirs in worth the same or more. At auction 2 people will push prices way over the "true value" because they both want it. You dont know if one guy has won the lottery, and the other guy's aunt died and left him a fortune in her will! The "rare" tractors here tend to be the classic era which were total failures when they were new, and were worthless when trying to sell or trade them in at that time. Some were broken up, others stayed rotting in the back of the barn for many years. Some examples here were the Ferguson Brown (the 1st tractor built by David Brown with Harry Ferguson's 3 point hitch), the David Brown 50D and Marshall MP6 which were praire style tractors without 3 point from the early 1950's. The conversions on Ford 1000 series & Fordsons done by County, Doe & Roadless are "hot items" right now. The photo shows a 1954 Fordson Diesel Major converted by KFD (Kent Ford Dealers) for use in orchards - lowered height & reduced wheel base. Less than 400 converted 1952-57, less than 40 still exist to-day (many were exported new or converted back to normal Major spec over the years). This one of mine is 99% restored and coupled to PTO crop drying fan to bed in the rebuilt engine. This is a "rare" tractor, very few ever come onto the market. Cheers David
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