Ford and Fordson Tractors

The official magazine of the Ford & Fordson Association. Ford & Fordson Tractors magazine covers the 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.

Ford and Fordson Tractors

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Meet the contributors

JUST ANNOUNCED DAVE ADKINS SALE

RARE COUNTYO

GOOD STOCK OFFERD BY PUGH’S

READER MESSAGE

NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

DUANE HELMAN STOCK COMES TO UK

RURAL TIMES PAST

FORD 2600 TRACTOR WORLD RECORD EVENT

GREAT MATCH FOR FORDSONS

SHROPSHIRE LAD • The model 2600 was the baby of Ford’s successful 600 series, and Ernie Carter from Shropshire owns a late example, writes Bob Weir.

LUXURY LINE – THE 700 SERIES CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT • The new Q cab was introduced to the 600 Series tractors in late spring of 1976 and it transformed the driving experience for Ford users. But this was not the end of Ford’s plans to improve the tractor operators’ lot even further and, in the summer of 1976, the new 700 Series was launched, bringing new levels of comfort. This series of articles looks at the 700 Series models and how they evolved over the years, plus the concepts legacy after the Series 10 arrived in 1981. In this, the third instalment, we look at the improvements and enhancements made to the range during its production life, writes Jonathan Whitlam

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KEEPING IT LOCAL • Woodhall Country Show – 17 May

SHAUNY – THE HARVEST GOLD SURVIVOR • Among the many vintage tractors that have survived the decades, few carry a story quite as remarkable as Shauny, a beautifully restored 1941 Fordson Standard N that proudly shines once again in its original Harvest Gold orange thanks to Heather and Tobias Wedgwood

MISSED AN ISSUE? • COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION

BRILLIANT NATIONAL • Peter Love continues with part two of the National Vintage Tractor Road Run

SALES DIARY

65TH CARRINGTON RALLY 24-25 May 2026 • My wife Anita and I were very kindly invited to the event by John Vowell, a member of the Ford & Fordson Association who along with his wife-to-be Miranda Cornell volunteer to run the FFA stand as Carrington is not too far from where they live

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Ford & Fordson Association Round-Up • Association chairman, Pat Pawsey, delivers a round-up of news and views from in and around the ever-enthusiastic FFA

NEWARK VINTAGE TRACTOR & HERITAGE SHOW – 7TH AND 8TH NOVEMBER

CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS – 10TH AND 11TH OCTOBER, AUSTREY, ATHERSTONE, WARWICKSHIRE

MEMBERS NEWS AND REPORTS: CARRINGTON STEAM & HERITAGE RALLY 23RD – 24TH MAY 2026

THE FORD WAS FIRST AT THE PROM

NEWBY HALL – 6TH AND 7TH JUNE KEITH BROOMHALL REPORTS

GREAT TO BE BACK AT THE THREE OKEFORDS, DORSET

CHILLING AT ‘TRACTOR DAY’ WITH FORESTRY ENGLAND IN DORSET

TWAS A WARM ONE AT A WINDY CHICKERELL STEAM AND VINTAGE SHOW…

ASHBY MAGNA RALLY

RESTORING A 1971 FORD 4000 WITH ORIGINALITY FIRMLY IN MIND

LLYN PENINSULA WAS THE PLACE TO BE…

BRILLIANT TRACTORFEST

SALES CORNER • 2026 has seen the most classic and vintage tractor sales to take place this century, on average, one a week since the end of...