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Old 12-08-19, 19:44
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Lang,
Regarding the photo of the Fordson with the crane on, I think this is a conversion by Stanhay of Ashford, Kent. They were operated by compressed air and you can see the compressor on the side of the transmission. The company manufactured agricultural machinery and I worked for one of its subsidiaries in my early working life.
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Old 12-08-19, 23:50
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There are quite a few photos of those compressor Fordsons on Mr Google. An intersting conversion.

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Default Great pics!

Thanks for the pics. That is exactly the tractor I have in the colorized pic with the woman pulling the bomb carts.
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Default A little late but here is the pic.

I put the tractor on display this summer for an airshow. I managed to get it close to a vintage aircraft for a pic. Not the one I hoped to get close to, but the best I could do. Aircraft owners don't want anything close to their planes...
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