Mearns Vintage Vehicle Rally - Arnhall Farm Edzell - Saturday & Sunday 24th & 25th August 2013

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The next rally I will be attending is the Mearns Vintage Vehicle Club rally to be held at Arnhall Farm near Edzell DD9 7UZ which is situated opposite the former Edzell Air base. There is a vintage sale at 1pm on the Saturday and the main rally day will be the Sunday. I plan to take a traielr load of stuff down to the roup since I need to start downsizing. I will be back down again on the Sunday with my 1951 Farmall Cub and the weather is looking better on the Sunday than the Saturday.

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I was at this rally yesterday and today. Yesterday I went to Edzell with a trailer load of stuff for the vintage sale and went via the Cairn O Mount road with has 12 and 14 and 16 degree hills but the A4 took to them like a duck to water. Today I loaded my Farmall Cub in the morning and went down to the show via the same road which is 10 miles shorter than the usual main road I take with my uncle Jim and we had a very enjoyable day. I got 2nd place in the P/P class coming second to a new David Brown restoration and beating a Grey Ferguson with 30 cwt trailer which usually takes a first place in the P/P or Ferguson class at most shows. Anyway the owners of the Grey Ferguson are a father and son team and the father got a second place with his MF 35 in the diesel class and  he was the first to come and shake my hand since he said the winner, my tractor and his sons were the only three which were in the running for placings in his opinion. Made me quite happy to think that my tractor can still get a placing 13 years after the restoration was complete

 

80 odd photos loading to PB to share or bore you with as the case may be tomorrow  

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1950 David Brown with DB plough

 

 

 

Chairman Sye Bruce took down Craibston'e cut away Nuffield 4/60

 

 

 

 

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A late entry a Marshall M from Davie Adams from Insch.

 

 

1964 Fordson Super Major

 

 

1960 Fordson Power Major

 

 

1961 MF

 

 

1962 Fordson Super Major

 

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A late entry Fordson Dexta

 

 

1947 Ferguson P3

 

 

1961 MF 65

 

 

Late entry a Roadless Power Major with Winsam Cab and winch.

 

 

Another late entry a Nuffield 4/60

 

 

1962 International B414

 

 

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There were 39 tractors but what a late entries this year.

 

David Brown Selectamatic 880

 

 

MF 35

 

 

1976 David Brown 885

 

 

Another MF35

 

 

 

International B250

 

 

1941 Fordson N

 

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Ferguson & 30cwt trailer

 

 

1948 David Brown Cropmaster

 

 

1955 Ferguson Berry tractor

 

 

Orange / yellow Fordson

 

 

1973 MF 135 multi power

 

 

1968 International 434

 

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Ransomes MG 2 but in the incorrect shad of blue I'm afraid.

 

 

French Farmall Cub

 

 

My own 1951 American Farmall Cub

 

 

1943 Fordson N

 

 

A reg Ford 7710 used to transport 2 Majors to the show from Dundee

 

 

There was debate as to what this was used for. I thought perhaps splitting tatties drills once spuds planted

 

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1948 Field Marshall Series 2

 

 

1972 Ford 3000

 

 

 

1946 Field Marshall Series 1

 

 

1961 Fordson Super Major

 

 

 

1962 Volvo BM

 

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MF 188 Multi Power

 

 

 

A right looking bitsa

 

 

AC 272

 

 

Ferguson Yellow Belly

 

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1964 Fordson Super Dexta

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1st in P/P class

 

 

2nd in P/P

 

 

3rd in P/P

 

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1st in Diesel and best Ford or Fordson

 

 

2nd in Diesel

 

 

3rd in Diesel

 

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Henry Pirie demonstration his Ferguson saw bench

 

 

 

Kevin Reid who conducted the auction was Saturday was back on Sunday selling his model collection.