1000000 Fordson Tractor from Dagenham

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Vulgunx
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1000000 Fordson Tractor from Dagenham

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Im starting to make a folder of the old fordson factory/work on farms and came across this just anybody know the history of it or have anymore old fordson photos?

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Brian
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Looks like that one went for export.
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You're right Brian :)

According to the Synopsis of Fordson Newsreeel No. 50 of 1960 at the British Film Institute, it was sent out to Jamaica for the "Freedom from Hunger" campaign.

I wonder if it is still laid up there in some forgotten corner waiting to be found :?:
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Re: 1000000 Fordson Tractor from Dagenham

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Very Cool Blokes and Mates.:clap: What a photo moment! It is out there some where. Dandy Dave!
Have a Fordsonful day Folks!

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