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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PAUL MORTIMER • … offers his thoughts on tractor restoration aims and objectives, and wonders why some owners do what they do to these venerable old machines
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER! • Chris Graham spotlights the six-cylinder 30 Series, which offered Ford tractor users a whole new world of operational convenience
A guide to dashcams • Emily Hardy, from Brigade Electronics, provides a brief guide to everything you need to know about investing in a dashcam
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SAVING A SPECIAL FRIEND • Chris Graham meets Paul Holmes, and the 1975 Ford 4000 that he’s now restoring for his 93-year-old father who’s owned it from new
ONE OF A KIND • Chris Graham meets Jonathan Boaz and his unique Fordson N that proudly carries a childhood memory-inspired, home-made cab
SUPER DEXTA RESTORATION • Part 3: The engine swap on Tony Chambers’ Fordson Super Dexta was nearly finished and, in this final episode of the mini series, Ben Phillips describes how he completed the job
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Ford & Fordson Association Round-Up • Association chairman, Pat Pawsey, serves up another essential selection of news and views from in and around the ever-enthusiastic FFA
NEW YEAR’S DAY RUN
SHEPTON MALLET TRACTOR SHOW
BUSY SPARES DAY
MORE TALES FROM THE FARM
MIGUEL’S DEXTA PROGRESS
ONE FOR HIMSELF
A HAPPY DAY, AT LAST!
OUT & ABOUT • Peter Love spotlights some of the events that Ford, Fordson, County and Roadless enthusiasts have been enjoying over the past month or two
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GREAT SHOW AT MALVERN
HORTICULTURAL WORKING DAY
SALES CORNER • Peter Love offers a snapshot of the Ford & Fordson movers and shakers changing hands at recent auctions and sales across the UK
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POWER MAJORS AT EURO AUCTIONS
HUGE CROWD AT BATH & WEST
GREAT START IN WESSEX
HAZLE MEADOWS RECORDS
EASTER SALE PREVIEW
PRICE GUIDE
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