The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Mike, thanks for trying to help me. Alas, I have turned out to be a poor student!

Eric

Obviously I haven't got it right!

Eric

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To try out direct photo posting, herewith a shot of the CLM dashboard. The starter switch is a real beauty. A real man-sized job. The oil gauge is the real thing, but the ammeter is not. I have not been able to find out if Paris-Rhone made such instruments. Certainly, I have never seen one. Does any...

So far, for showing photos, I have added a link to Photobucket because in the forum FAQ it says, and I quote: Images can indeed be shown in your posts. However, there is no facility at present for uploading images directly to this board. End of quote. But, others are posting photos here. I know ther...

A belated "thank you" for the welcome. As there is not a lot of incoming mail, I will ad a little to the story. This photo shows the axle and radiator casting which is different from the Perkins conversion. CLM chose to incorporate the bottom radiator tank. We fitted a straight axle so that the trac...

Because of of copyright issues, I didn't post these photos, just the links. I do not like all this copyright stuff, but I can't afford to fight them. How someone can claim copyright to something they did not produce in the first place is beyond me.
The bottom photo is the interesting one.

Eric

HV McKay was one of Australia’s largest agricultural machinery manufacturers for a fair bit of the 20’th century. In 1924 they produced a self propelled header (combine in foreign countries) powered by a Fordson engine. When Fordson production ended in 1928, the headers were fitted with a Wisconsin ...

Kev, thanks for the welcome! The avatar photo is our tractor, or nearly. Since that picture was taken the engine has been fitted to another tractor. Apart from now being two-toned, it looks about the same. I admire your optimism about getting information. There are at least 2 Leopard conversions in ...

Here's another tractor from our small collection of after-market engine conversions. http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc10/Antique_Engines/CLM2.jpg This has been Australianised. I would like to find an illustration of what the original French conversion looked like. Missing from our collection, an...

Owning a rare tractor is great, apart from not being able to find information on it! My needs are simple; all I want is some factory original illustrations of an electrically equipped Fordson N with a Leopard under the bonnet. The much-published one at a 1937 show in the UK is crank start. The detai...