The official magazine of the Ford & Fordson Association. Ford & Fordson Tractors magazine covers ACthe early Fordsons to the last of the Fords, and the latest news with New Holland. Each issue of this quality glossy magazine is packed with reader stories, buyers’ guides, news, reports, technical advice and parts for sale. The old Fordson and the Ford that followed were incredibly versatile tractors and were arguably converted by more specialist companies like County, Doe, Roadless and many others. We celebrate all this in our magazine with features on restorations, collections, recollections. Tractor collectors may also find that rare part or tractor for sale in our reader’s free ads.
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TERRIFIC TINKERS! • The 2021 Tinkers Park Steam Rally was a great success, and Chris Graham was there with his camera
FANTASTIC 4000! • The Ford Force 4000 was a top-seller for Ford during the late 1960s and, as Chris Graham explains, can represent a great, first tractor option for new buyers today
A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT! • Jane Brooks takes a nostalgic look back at the Fordson E1A series tractors in this, the 70th anniversary of the model’s launch
EDWIN NOLT’S BRAINCHILD • Peter Love takes an affectionate look back at the development of Edwin Nolt’s Automatic Baler, a machine that proved little short of revolutionary for farming, and for New Holland
STILL SOLDIERING-ON! • While modern Valtra and John Deere machines handle much of the work on William Jackson’s Northumberland farm, there’s still a valued place on the ‘_ eet’ for a faithful but ageing Ford 7810 Force III
PUSH AND SHOVE! • Chris Graham returns to Bernard Pike’s yard in East Sussex, and enjoys a brief encounter with a Fordson-based rarity
Ford & Fordson Association Round-Up • Association chairman, Pat Pawsey, presents another varied collection of news and views from in and around the ever-enthusiastic FFA
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2021 SUMMER EVENTS DIARY
OUT & ABOUT • Peter Love spotlights some of the road runs that Ford, Fordson, County and Roadless enthusiasts have been enjoying over the past month or two
LONGSTOCK RALLY ROAD RUN
ST. HARMON TRACTOR RUN
SALES CORNER • Our resident auction and sales guru, Peter Love, offers a snapshot of the Ford and Fordson movers and shakers changing hands at recent auctions and sales across the UK
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