Fords and Fordsons on VonZu's grandparents farm

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Fords and Fordsons on VonZu's grandparents farm

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My grandparents ran what was known as a "machine station" in it's day. They had a considerable amount of blue tractors operating in their active days.
Here are some pictures from the glorious past :)

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VonZu
Great photo's. Love seeing action photo's from days gone by.
Was that first photo an E27N with dual wheels?
No County photo's in this selection.
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I'm not sure what that other tractor on the first photo is. I'll have to ask my dad.

To my knowledge they never used county on their farm. I don't think they were that popular in farming during the early days. They were more popular in forrestry and construction. Maybe it had something to do with Norwegian farms being small.
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Yes, nice photos. Would I be right to date them to the 60's and early 70's? Looks like the farm had a very rocky hill top. Dandy Dave!
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Thanks :)

I think 60-70's should be about right.
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I found some more nostalgics. I suspect that there might be something not blue here, but I cannot tell due to lack of colours :)

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And then for some colours:

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Kiwi Kev wrote:Was that first photo an E27N with dual wheels?
The one to the right is a MAN, according to my uncle.

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Thanks for the pictures VonZu, really interesting. Men were men in those days, life is much easier nowadays but we don`t always appreciate it.
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Great pictures Vonzu.
Seems your granddad was font of MAN diesels.
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Great pics VonZU! Love to see the tractors as they were being used years ago.
It looks like you Grandpa really knew how to grow rocks. :scratchhead:

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henk wrote:Great pictures Vonzu.
Seems your granddad was font of MAN diesels.
Well, I kind of have the impression that they were all very fond of the Fordsons and Fords, much because of the MAN tractors :lol:
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BearCreek Majors wrote:Great pics VonZU! Love to see the tractors as they were being used years ago.
It looks like you Grandpa really knew how to grow rocks. :scratchhead:

Pat
Allways very bountiful rock harvests :)
Kind of heavy crops though...
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Great pictures VonZu!! Thank you for sharing! :clap:
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Thanks, and you're welcome :)
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VonZu ,nice pictures of Ford/Fordsons :clap: , but whats the story of the poor little Imp and its Coventry Climax FWMA based engine.... :cry: TSG
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