Andy

I see G&M are now offering this model for ?15 on their website? Anyone know how or why?

The buyer never paid for this, claimed someone contacted them offering it alot cheaper after the auction.

Yeh I've noticed that too, I just wondered if we would see something yellow in the standard UH farm and country box as that 817 doesnt look very yellow to me \

UH were supposed to be releasing a Fendt in yellow for their 2006 standard release programme. Do we think that the Fendt 817 produced for manfreid weise is this model?

Yeh It makes serious money, not sure on production numbers on it but must be fairly small. I was told there were only 50 or so of the chrome fordsons, but perhaps nigel or another Chad valley collector may be able to give us a more accurate number.

Chad Valley Toys of England ~ Specialists in clockwork / working toys Produced Range of 1/16th Scale Tractors throughout the 1950's Fordson E27N Tractor - Clockwork - Boxed ?300/450 Fordson Major in Blue - Clockwork - Boxed ?300/450 Fordson Major in Industrial Colours - Boxed ?3000+ Fordson Major in Chrome - Produced as a ploughing trophy or presentation model - Plain Box or plinth ?1000+ Fordson Dexta - Boxed ?300/450 Ferguson (grey) - Boxed ?600/800 Ferguson (green) - Boxed ?600/800 All models were only produced for little more than a year. Fordson Major Dexta E27N

It goes along at scale speed. Pricewise, around ?60

Took order of these today, A very nice bulky toy, fun when you get it going too! Moves forwards, backwards, steers and the cab rotates.

Dont think the box is original, evert. The illustration looks good though.

I think John Deere would lock Bill up down in their dungeon if he released a pic of the 7930. But yes..it would be good to see some alternative angles for the FW30.

size comparison

No its the real deal. Is on the Britains website

Looks like it needs some attention before released

here we go

Exhaust has been moved to breather side and one slight colour change is all I can see.

Yeh it's a good point to make, as far as I know, they don't have the facility to do it at the moment.

Thanks Scott.

Yes thats why I was a little confused, Ive managed to find one light blue, but like you say it is in a pre war box version. \

We have managed to get the box slightly better, amazing what gluing can do! Waiting on a new cabinet now so we can put it on proper display, so no we wont be selling it

With the 146F set we purchased, there was a 5F set too, I assume this colour is slightly rarer than the green that we normally see with this set, does anyone know why or how long it was done in this colour? I know of the following variations now, if you know of any more please add them! Green Khaki green dark blue light blue white / cream Cheers Andy

Does anyone know the dates for the above set, containing gordon highlanders. Purchased it a while back but can find no reference to it in books I have. Thanks Andy

I spoke to Britains about the US / UK price issue. A big factor in their case is import duty. They pay huge sums on items they bring in which pushes the price up compared to the US avoiding this charge. Sometimes also price spent on the item has an affect, i.e the large RC john deere model, to get it to the UK, RC2 had to make some substantial changes from the US version to make it legally safe here, which makes it more expensive to buy.

Wouldnt call it rare, perhaps slightly obselete, I've come accross several at toy fairs.

Its just a case of being in the right place at the right time. 9 times out of 10, that stupid joe bloggs person is in the spot, but this time around we were lucky!