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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 08/05/2019 at 17:40 • Filed to: Ferguson TE20, Silly, Jaguar, V12

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This is a Ferguson TE20 tractor, aka the Little Grey Fergie. They were very popular in the immediate post-horse era.

They had a choice of diesel or TVO engines, both four cylinder units.

You wouldn’t find one with a 5.3 litre Jaguar V12 and straight pipes instead would you?

No.

That would be silly.

MonkeePuzzle > Cé hé sin 08/05/2019 at 18:04

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Ferguson TE37 tractor

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > MonkeePuzzle 08/05/2019 at 18:38

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When you upgrade your wheels and not your ride.

Speed > Cé hé sin 08/05/2019 at 18:45

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I’ve racked up hundreds of acres cutting grass with my parents ‘47 Ford N. I absolute adore ol’ Dixie. That little flathead 4 fires up every time and chugs along for 8 hours at a time with no trouble. I can’t day the same for the John Deere finishing mower I’d drag behind it. That old tractor got me really interested in old flathead engines and 30s-40s cars/trucks. A future aspiration is a frame up model A build.

The one time I did break down (sediment in fuel) I tugged it around with my E34 Beater.

M.T. Blake > Cé hé sin 08/05/2019 at 18:49

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They’ve made it completely useless, but this is also how geniuses are made. 

wafflesnfalafel > Cé hé sin 08/05/2019 at 19:19

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G’pa was a John Deere man - nobody needs more than 2 cyl.  :)

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Cé hé sin 08/06/2019 at 01:14

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Hmmm....that might work. Let's face it...what else are you going to do with that engine anyway?

Cé hé sin > wafflesnfalafel 08/06/2019 at 06:49

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Two cylinders?? Fancy. Probably had those fancy valves and things as well.

Here’s simple.

Single cylinder NA two stroke. Starting was, shall we say, challenging.

Cé hé sin > Speed 08/06/2019 at 06:58

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There was a complicated and ultimately litigi ous relationship between Ford and Ferguson tractors as I recall.