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Wae only hid a Standard Fordson Jim, noo if yir no jist showan off!!,
The Number plate on whur ane wiz BS 3763 so shae wiz newer thin yir ane Jim so there!!.
Why o why have I carried such usless things in me head all these years when I could have retained something usefull!!.

John I mind yir faither getting a David brown, must hiv been aboot 1957 era , he was working wi us at lyness cutting up scrap, think he left and went tae Dounreay for a while around that time ..

John before you correct me.. I think it was an International that your faither bought.. and no a D/B...

No ordinary Fordson for is John. I think this wan came home in 1949. A few years later i can mind a young Ernie Wishart coming oot and put a powerdrive shaft in her. We got a powerdrive binder then which was a great improvement on the old one but a wee bit tricky to work as you only wad the one clutch and when you lifted your foot powerdrive and tractor both took off together

Yir right Jimmy hid wiz a International B.250. The owld man ordered her fae Harrold Tait and shae didna arrive so faither gits ontae the phone tae Harrold tae see whit hid happened. Harrold says I thought yae were talking a load o s**t!!, As if me owld man wid ivver!! Anyway oot shae came gleaman, shae wiz on 10inch tyres wae no power drive, both were extras at that time, 1956!!.
I think Ernie Wishart came oot tae fit bigger tyres and the power drive,anyway I think the price wiz £500, a hell o a lot o money then, and that wiz why faither wiz at the jobs you spoke about Jimmy, tae pay for the new tractor.
The youth of today, min they hivna got a clue, there was no such thing as HP or leasing then, hid wiz cash up front or nothing!!.