richie Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I have four of these catalogues dated 1975/78/79/81. They have a picture of every machine made from the tractor to ploughs and all the specification for each one. They stand 7, half inches tall by 4 wide. Just woundering does anyone else have any of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I have four of these catalogues dated 1975/78/79/81. They have a picture of every machine made from the tractor to ploughs and all the specification for each one. They stand 7, half inches tall by 4 wide. Just woundering does anyone else have any of these. I've got a few Richie... and a few from around the world as well... they make some great reading don't they When I was a lad (in the mid to late 70's) they were my whole life.... I spent hours and hours reading them from cover to cover... my dad tells me when I was about 9 he could ask me any spec in the book and I would get 99 out of 100 correct - how sad is that :D What's on the cover of the 75 one buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 I've got a few Richie... and a few from around the world as well... they make some great reading don't they When I was a lad (in the mid to late 70's) they were my whole life.... I spent hours and hours reading them from cover to cover... my dad tells me when I was about 9 he could ask me any spec in the book and I would get 99 out of 100 correct - how sad is that :D What's on the cover of the 75 one buddy Its a picture of a 560 round baler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 560 round baler really ? mines the older plain white cover , & covers all the 100 series both flexi cab & rigid tractors & 1080 & 1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 560 round baler really ? mines the older plain white cover , & covers all the 100 series both flexi cab & rigid tractors & 1080 & 1200 they usually had two a year Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 they usually had two a year Marcus That explains why they have different months written on them, eg: Dec 75, June 78, July 79 and June 81. Thanks for that Lord Ferguson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I've got some somewhere,the last I think I picked up at the launch of the 300 series tractors at the local agents..... I only went for the freebies of course... ...brochures and eats/drinks...well they were only 5 minutes up the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorsday Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Nige, It can't be....the last pocket catalogue was 1985, pre- the launch of the MF 300 Series. Rory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have ten of these remarkable little books with dates ranging from 1964/65 up to Dec 1983, and what a mine of information they are. If you a fortunate enough to have the price lists that came with them, then some of the facts are staggering. For example in July 1971 a MF 135 would have cost you £1314 or £1400 with Multi-Power, a MF 40 loader to fit it would have been £148.50. A 90hp MF1080 was priced at £3091 in standard spec and a MF625 combine with 16ft table would have set you back £5700. However by June 1982 prices were climbing, a 88hp MF698 2wd would now cost you £13,800, a 115hp MF1250 artic was £21,800 and a 320hp MF4880 was a wopping £61,420. A 625 Super II combine with 16ft cut was now £28,721. I believe Rory is correct that these books were discontinued in the mid eighties ,as I haven't seen any later ones, however I do have a very similar MF product guide [ without the detailed specs ] , that I picked up at a show a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Take a look at the MF1200 prices... from launch to just before the 1250 :o - makes some good reading.. I'll see if I can post it when I get home... unless Allis gets there before me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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