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Massey Ferguson is an agricultural machinery manufacturer, established in 1953 through the merger of farm equipment makers Massey-Harris of Canada and the Ferguson Company of the United Kingdom. It was based in Coventry then moved to Beauvais in 2003 when the Coventry factory was shut down.
The new Ferguson 35 was launched in the United States on 5 January 1955, a year earlier than planned, [1] following a decision made at a conference in San Antonio in March 1954. [ 2 ] It was initially available in two models; standard or deluxe, with a third (utility) added in 1956.
After a lawsuit from motorcycle manufacturer Phelon & Moore, Perkins dropped the Panther (and Python and Puma for the corresponding P3 and P4 models) and stuck to abbreviations from then on. [1] Perkins was sold by Massey Ferguson's parent Varity Corporation in 1998, and is now a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc.
The MF135 was the first of the MF100 range, and was a successor to the MF35. [2] Production began in 1964 and ended in 1975, when it was succeeded by the MF235. [1] Several hundred thousand were produced, and along with the sister MF165, were the most popular tractors of the era. [3]
One of the car parks at the front of the site was (2005) still used as a demonstration area for equipment carrying the Massey Ferguson brand, although it is no longer made on this site. 517,651 TE20 tractors of all models were built at Banner Lane, Coventry. In mid-1953 Ferguson merged with Massey-Harris to become Massey-Harris-Ferguson. The ...
Massey-Harris Super 101 with louvered side cowling. The Massey-Harris Model 101 was a tractor built by Massey-Harris (later Massey Ferguson) from 1938 to 1946. [1] Developed under the guidance of James S. Duncan, who gambled corporate losses would drop and won, the 101 introduced the Chrysler L-head inline six.
The Massey Ferguson tractors that were originally fitted with this engine are: 168S, 175, 175S, (174 - Romanian model). Later came the 261, 265, 275, 365, 375, 384S. Volvo Trucks used this engine in their Snabbe and Trygge trucks beginning in 1967; they called it the D39.
The Massey-Harris Model 20 was a two-plow type of tractor built by Massey-Harris (later Massey Ferguson) from 1946 to 1948. [2] Introduced to commemorate Massey's 100th anniversary in 1947, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the 20 was virtually identical to the earlier Model 81 , which had first appeared in 1941. [ 4 ]