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Defender:
Last Sunday, my boss at work held his annual classic tractor run to raise funds for the local Young Farmers.
He invited numerous classic tractor owners & we even had a 40ft flatbed artic turn up from Kendal with several tractors on.
The rain held off for long enough for us to do a 10 mile run around the local roads in West Lancashire.

My steed for the run was this Fordson Dexta:

The only slight hiccup was when the exhaust fell off & it was a little tricky trying to put it back on without burning my hands.  :lol:

A selection of some of the other tractors:









County 1174 - This is the tractor I use at work daily for recovering bogged trailers

We even had a couple of Green Godess's turn up:


And a couple of Showman's Engines:


The boss's Ford 3600 & Field Marshall:


Some of the other classics owned by my boss:


For the past couple of months I've been restoring a 1968 Muir Hill 101 at work & the deadline was last Sunday's run.
I gave it a run out on the road late on Saturday afternoon to make sure everything worked.
Whilst it's not quite finished, my boss was able to drive it on the run.
I forgot to take any 'Before' photos, but did take some ''During' photos of the restoration:
Partially stripped




And some 'After' photos:




And here's a short 30 second clip of my boss driving the Muir Hill out of the yard: (Click image for video)


The winter project is to restore the County 1174  :roll:

piggysteve:
Magic, I hope there was the lovely smell of TVO to finish the day off.

Steve

carbore:
I am starting to get a "thing" for equal wheel kit like the Conty and muir hill. Lovely work on the restoration. Nice pics, Thanks.

JimP:
This is just fueling my need for a Tractor!!!! :whothedaddy:

Disco Matt:
Wasn't the Field Marshal the one with a single cylinder engine and a big flywheel? Apparently the whole thing bounces at tickover.

Good to see more recent machinery being restored as well as the older kit, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the equal wheel tractors as they're not commonly seen here.

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