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December 2009 - Issue 74
■ Brilliant Bray
■ Nuffield 10/60 Restored
■ Articulate individual
■ GREAT CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS
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■ Munktell – The Plank
■ Ian’s Internationals
■ MF135 – It’s a winner
■ Farming in the 70s
■ Jo Roberts
■ Polly Pullar
■ Model World
■ Graham Hampstead
■ Sales & Marketplace
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■ Tractor Price Index
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From the editor
Tony Hoyland
Talking to my son the other day about the subjects I took at school, I mentioned that I studied Latin. “Go on then,” he says, “say something.” And I honestly couldn’t remember a single word – guess that’s what time does to your memory then. But as I write this, the words ‘tempus fugit’, which roughly translates as ‘time flies’, come back to me and seem quite appropriate, as the time for the Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show has come round yet again...
News...
National Vintage Tractor Road Run 2010 update
THE route for the National Vintage Tractor Road Run 2010 has now been finalised, say the organisers. The event will start and finish at the Norfolk Gliding Club, Tibenham, on Sunday 4 April and is hosted by Tivetshall Old Ram Tractor Club. The route will be approximately 25 miles in length with around eight miles off-road. Great thought has gone into the planning of the midday stop which will be long enough for everyone to have a good look around the tractors and indulge in the catering arrangements which will be available...
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John’s ‘new’ tractor
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Article of the month...
The past was orange
Rescued from a hedge, a Nuffield 10/60 restored by a man who used to run a fleet of them, was pepped up to a 20mph-plus maximum.
“How old am I?” George Mitchell turns to his wife Marion. “Eighty last Feb,” she reminds him. Actually, I think George knows exactly how old he is, and if I can still be doing half of what he’s doing at 80, I’ll be happy. Working on tractors, ploughing matches and road runs, he still does the lot...
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