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sleeping beauties
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:35 pm
by Frans
Today is was in a shed from a local farmer I was allouwd to take 1 picture of a part from the shed, there is some more but he dont wants to talk abouth it so here it is,
I think its the perfect place for Brian
On the front its a Guldner, and in the back beside the yellow nuffie there is a Citroen DS
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:35 pm
by Brian
I'm bringing a trailer Frans
That Nuffield is very rare and the Guldner......... Well, what can I say!!!
PS. You can have the Citroen!
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:17 pm
by henk
Makes your hart goes boem digidi boem.
Why not a Citroen. A great France car with a Dutch name
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:43 pm
by Bensdexta
henk wrote:Why not a Citroen. A great France car with a Dutch name
The DS suspension was truely amazing, years ahead of its time. Pity they were such rust buckets and French
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:04 pm
by Brian
A Nuffield and a Guldner increase the heart rate! A 4WD Nuffield makes it truly race!!
Is it possible to get ant detail from the Nuffy Franz? Like what front axle is it. It does not look like a Selene so it could be an Italian Cantatora. Or even a BMC one! If it was, we need to offer him GOLD for the tractor!
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:10 pm
by Frans
Brian,
I can ask him to make some pics from the ax what must I look at ?
he is verry keen that I dont make to much pics
will try again
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:03 pm
by EddieJ
Brian wrote:Is it possible to get ant detail from the Nuffy Franz? Like what front axle is it. It does not look like a Selene so it could be an Italian Cantatora. Or even a BMC one! If it was, we need to offer him GOLD for the tractor!
My father is pretty sure is a Bray conversion, apparently he has some stories but I'll spare you that...
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:20 pm
by Frans
The Nuffield is a Italian made one its on the tractor made in Italy, next week I my take a picture of his newest nuffield with a back loader on it
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:39 pm
by Brian
That is what I thought! I would love to see it! There were not many Nuffield 4WD. That one does not look like the ones I have seen and thought it was the Italian one.
Any chance of a private view some time Franz?
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:15 pm
by Frans
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:17 am
by Brian
That looks interesting Franz, I had seen pictures in magazines of similar conversions.
The Universal was perhaps a better tractor than the Major
but really needed something like the Ford sales team behind it.
The engines pull like stink but the design of the hydraulics, while pulling the weight down on the rear wheels, were not quite up to the job.
As I have said in the past, and Jos will back me up here, they are a wonderful tractor to drive and give the driver a sense of being "in" the seat rather than "on" it.
Very fast on the road too.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:38 am
by henk
Nice catch Frans. From the same barn?
Do you have a picture of the steering mechanism?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:20 pm
by Jos Cuypers
Brian wrote:
As I have said in the past, and Jos will back me up here, they are a wonderful tractor to drive and give the driver a sense of being "in" the seat rather than "on" it.
Very fast on the road too.
Fully agree. With the gas-handle at the left pulled till the end (Full trottle), right elbow on the mud-guard as the steering wheel is a little bit off-set to the right ... wind in the hair , smoke in the face. direct injection (no pre-heating ! !) Why has my father sold that red nuffy.... tears tears tears for me, but big smile for greta as that would have meant a 3'th tractor and no time to repair.
