sleeping beauties

Frans · Post by **Frans** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:35 pm

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

Post by **Brian** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:35 pm

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!

henk · Post by **henk** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:17 pm

Makes your hart goes boem digidi boem.
Why not a Citroen. A great France car with a Dutch name

Bensdexta · Post by **Bensdexta** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:43 pm

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

Post by **Brian** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:04 pm

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!

Frans · Post by **Frans** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:10 pm

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

EddieJ · Post by **EddieJ** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:03 pm

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...

Frans · Post by **Frans** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:20 pm

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

Post by **Brian** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:39 pm

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?

Frans · Post by **Frans** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:15 pm

Here the newest Nuffield conversion, its a found but its still working

Post by **Brian** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:17 am

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.

henk · Post by **henk** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:38 am

Nice catch Frans. From the same barn?
Do you have a picture of the steering mechanism?

Jos Cuypers · Post by **Jos Cuypers** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:20 pm

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.