And I suppose that Massey paid off an impartial magazine to make these claims? The book you claim was written about Ford tractors. The magazine is about all tractors. If was doing a "carefully researched" book on Ford tractors, I'd most likely do my research on Ford tractors and not so much on other brands as in the case of 135's and the rest of the 100 series Massey's, because when it comes to sales figures, nothing is even close! Why would someone write a book about Ford tractors and mention that MF tractors far outsold them? It doesn't make any sense does it? You are guessing about your sales figures. MF sold over 25,000 135's in 1965, over 30,000 in 1966 and over 25,000 again in 1967. In fact early model UK 135's sold 179,400 in the period from 1965 to 1971! and later UK model 135's sold another 90,713 in the period from 1971 to 1979 for a total of 270,113 tractors. These numbers are only for the UK made tractors and don't include the US, French, or other foreign made tractors which would add significant numbers to overall sales figures. UK production couldn't keep up with demand for 135's. A spacer was put in later 135's and they were renumbered a 148 model. A few companies even made 4 wheel drive conversions for 135's. Since you don't want to believe the 1 out of 4 claim, lets see some sales numbers for Fords and the other makes you mentioned. Actual numbers would hold a little more weight than your being sure that other makes would be relatively close in sales numbers. 135's are legendary tractors and have been, and still are, in great demand for anyone wanting a proven lower H.P. tractor. There are companies in the UK that find 135's to restore for resale because of the huge demand for them. The restored ones are not cheap to buy and usually have a buyer before they are even finished. Ford made a decent tractor but it certainly didn't sell anywhere near the numbers of the MF 100 series tractors, especially the 135. If you want to check out a good book on MF tractors, A World Wide Guide to MF 100 and 1000 tractors by John Farnworth would be a good start. For the sales figures I quoted, look under Puddingsworld web site and then go into Jarle's MF site. Dave
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