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The "standard" motor you are reading about is an engine made by The Standard Motor Company of Coventry England. This is the same engine that was put in the British Triumph Sports Car. Sir John Black owned The Standard Motor Company. HF and Black made an agreement to produce the Ferguson tractor in England to supply the English market and Europe. When Ford canceled the handshake agreement HF was in a need to supply his dealers network in the US. Thus, the production schedule was accelerated to the extent that the anticipated engine for the tractor (Sir John Black's "Standard" motor) would not be ready in time. With this problem HF went to the Continental Motor company and arranged to ship the Z-120 to England to supply the production line until Black's motor was ready. It took ~ a year and the switch over was made in 1948 around SN 45000. In the meantime HF was setting up a plant in Cleveland, OH that fell through and he ended up building Ferguson Park in Detroit. Ferguson Park produced the TO-20. The TO-20 used the same Continental Z-120 engine. Now that the immediate crisis of supplying the US dealers had been met the Coventry, England Plant using the standard motor supplied Europe and Canada with TEA-20's until 1955. The Detroit Plant supplied the US with TO-20's and TO-30's. The Z134 is a Continental Motor Company engine used in the TO-35 and the F-40 tractors. It is not a Standard Motor Company engine. Enough history for now ehh? Jeff
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