65 photo for Brendan Warren

samn40

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Brendan, I know ou like the 65s.....Here is one I restored for Massey Ferguson. You will see how different our front grilles are, In fact the nose cone is from the F-40
Sam
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Thanks for the pictures. That is one sharp looking tractor. It appears the only difference is the hood and the grill. I imagine the air cleaner might be different too. I really like that toolbox on the side. I might have hunt up the tin work and make myself a clone. A neighbor has a Ferguson 40 gas job, but he won't part with it. I've always liked the looks of it. I just did all the brakes and axle seals on my project 65 this week and have been busy cleaning and painting all the gray parts. It's a good thing I've got an inside project, we're at 20 below zero F this morning!
 
Where are you located Warren? I had -20F here in Old Town, Maine this morning. Coldest we have had for a while but it has been an unusually cold December.
 
I'm in NNY, just about on the Canadian border. Brier Hill, NY to be more exact. We've been extra cold this December as well. If it's going to stay like this I don't want to know what January is going to be like.
 
I agree, around here the old saying is "as the days lengthen the cold strengthens" hope that don't hold true this winter.
 
The bonnet is longer than the F-40 bonnet and the side panels are two piece, but that can all be extended. I can supply all the grille and nosecone parts brand new. but where you will stumble in making a clone is with the Lucas electrics and the rear wheels. Our lighting kit is also Lucas and again different to yours and expensive! But again very good repros are available.
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Nice tractor, Sam.

My grandfather had a 65 Massey-Ferguson when I was a kid, but it was so tall that I was scared to drive it! ( I preferred the friendly little 8N - I know, apples and oranges...)

And Sam, it's nice to see those "pipped-head" rim bolts installed the [b:b5a878b95a][i:b5a878b95a]correct[/i:b5a878b95a][/b:b5a878b95a] way in the wheel centers on that 65! :wink: (I still haven't given up on trying to figure out a way to make those "keyhole" shaped holes in the original wheel centers on my TO-20.)
 
I found a 40 on ebay, but it's all the way out in Oklahoma! It might be easier to come to Ireland. I've not heard good things about the Lucas electrical set up, but that's what is on my uncle's David Brown and he doesn't seem to have any trouble.Mine is a Delco (GM) and a Donaldson (GM) air cleaner set up. Your wiring job looks real tidy. Is that something you built or something you bought? Is that brake line you ran the rear lights in? I bent copper for my last one but what you did looks a lot handier. I guess I'll have to stick with what I've got for now, can't see the grill from the seat anyhow.
 
The main wiring loom is available here again as it was made originally, wrapped in woven cloth. I managed to buy a headlight loom that looks like the original woven cloth but it is a synthetic material and a bit more shiny. The rear loom,I made up as it was originally, with armoured cable and a single red wire inside. The lights were earthed/grounded to the light brackets. Lucas electrics got the same bad name in America that Delco and Borg Warner electrics got in the UK. There was nothing wrong with Lucas electrics until they reached about 50 years old ......the problem was for you guys that parts were not readily available!
Sam
 

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