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David Hoff

12-26-2003 17:57:31




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Just finished reading "Vintage Farm Tractor" but no mention of the 40 that came out as Ferguson and Massey were getting hitched. Were those Cream colored Fergies that rare???? We had one, I sold it at auction in 2000.




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Dave Hoff

12-28-2003 12:24:26




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 Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to David Hoff, 12-26-2003 17:57:31  
Thanks for all the comments. What I called cream must be beige. Mine was repainted M-F colors before I got it. It had MHF on castings but when I went for a dist. cap I learned quick enough it was a F40, not a MF anything. (a 4 titer, not a 3) Anyway it served me well, till we needed to move and auction it off. A click in the reverse gears, but no harm for 40 yrs., a back-up alarm I called it.

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Dave Hoff

12-28-2003 12:27:45




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 Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Dave Hoff, 12-28-2003 12:24:26  
And yes, the transmission would lock up and require taking the tran.oil filler plug out and stick the handy, dandy, TE-20 wrench in to straighten out the gears and fork. But still a great tractor.



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Joe

12-27-2003 18:14:41




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 Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to David Hoff, 12-26-2003 17:57:31  
According to the serial numbers, there were 9,015 Ferguson 40s manufactured in 1956 and 1957, so it is a relatively rare tractor. Most were beige and gray though some were beige and green. The number of tractors that were originally painted with each of the different paint schemes has never been clear. The MH50 and the MF50 were the same tractor with different sheet metal, and, of course, painted red and gray.

Joe

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Cosmo

12-28-2003 05:49:32




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 Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Joe, 12-27-2003 18:14:41  
I grew up on an F40. It was called a HI-40 I believe because it stood a few inches taller than a regular Ferguson. It was cream and gray. I have only seen one other like it and that was several years ago at an auction in South Georgia. I wished several times I had contacted the owner to see if it was the one my Daddy bought new. Is anyone familiar with this particular model?



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Bill

12-27-2003 15:27:39




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 Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to David Hoff, 12-26-2003 17:57:31  
I see one of them from time to time and they are usually repainted to MF colors. Someone correct me, but when the F40 came out, Massey-Harris-Ferguson was keeping both MH and Ferguson brands. The F40 was the Ferguson version and the MH50 was the Massey Harris version. I think they were made under those tags for two years, 1956 & 1957. When they dropped the Harris name and consolidated both brand names in to Massey Ferguson, the tractor became the MF50 and continued in production until the end of 1964. The F40 is a good machine, same as the MH50 and MF50.

They had a beige hood and I am not sure of the body color. It might have been a deep metalic green.

Bill

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Houston

12-27-2003 21:51:06




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 Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Bill, 12-27-2003 15:27:39  
Yes Bill you are right about the Ferguson and Massey being different. We have one on our farm and the correct collors are Beige for the sheet metal and grey for the engine and undercarrige. When we bought it the collors were red and grey and we planted tobacco with it.



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Phil(va)

12-27-2003 15:15:56




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 Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to David Hoff, 12-26-2003 17:57:31  
I have one as well. Good tractor. Maybe not mentioned often because there weren't that many of them, and also because essentially they were about same as a 35 Deluxe, except for the sheet metal.



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Willie

12-27-2003 18:46:11




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 Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Phil(va), 12-27-2003 15:15:56  
What would be considered a fair market price for a F-40 ? It is a 1957 model with 3200 hours on a now non-working hour meter. It is in excellent shape with new paint ( cream and brown ) and real good tires all around. Local Vocational school recently addressed all potential problems with engine. Sheet metal is great ( even the grille ) Only thing it needs is some decals.



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Matthew santer

12-16-2005 09:42:48




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 Re: Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Willie, 12-27-2003 18:46:11  
I just purchased one in good shape for $2,500 dollars. It needs painted and If anyone knows the formula for that odd color I would like to see it. Thanks Matthew



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Phil(va)

12-29-2003 17:15:15




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 Re: Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Willie, 12-27-2003 18:46:11  
Based on your description, I would guess in my neck of the woods it might bring $3500 - $4000.



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Tim

12-29-2003 12:35:57




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 Re: Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Willie, 12-27-2003 18:46:11  
I don't see many come up for sale very often in Indiana. I just bought a 56 F40 High Clearance with a loader. This makes a good addition to my dad's 57 F40 row crop.



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Dave Hoff

12-28-2003 12:16:43




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 Re: Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Willie, 12-27-2003 18:46:11  
Thanks for the reply. We got $2,000 for ours at farm auction. It had been repainted the M-F colors long time back. I had overhauled the engine 1,000 hrs before. Brakes were bad (arn't they all) and there had been a click in reverse for 40 plus years we had it.



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Leroy

12-28-2003 06:00:57




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 Re: Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Willie, 12-27-2003 18:46:11  
Would it be the standard F40 with 28" wheels or the High F40 with 38" wheels that could have dual front wheels, single front wheel or adjustable wide front axle, cheapest would be standard, High with dual front then the most rare single and adj. front, used to be several standards in this area, have only seen a couple of H40's and only with dual front, would love to have a couple of H40's with dual front and adj. front. I an guesstin that if I could even find that wide front then it would be aropund $10,000, way more than I could afford.

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Paul

12-28-2003 03:48:58




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 Re: Re: Re: Ferguson 40 in reply to Willie, 12-27-2003 18:46:11  
In the left had colum of this site, under "Research & Info" click " tractor values" then hit "Ferguson", a restored 57' F-40, went for $5000, purchased in Ohio, 1998 I have a 57 F-40, I bought , March 2001, for $2500, put on 4 new tires, needs paint, and hydr. work. Its a great tractor. I saw one in the paper a week after I got mine, and figured there were a few around. Have only seen one advertised since, and I have been looking almost daily. I might have to settle on a TO-35, I want something that my front loader, and other impliments will easily fit, so I can restore the F-40.

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