ih5288 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 A few old Ford brochures from Australia from my filing cabinet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Big old buses, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Very nice and very rare. I assume the brochures as well? Glad to see some bigger images of them. How many were build, any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih5288 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hi Chris In the second volume of Stuart Gibbard's Ford Tractor Story, he states that a total of 740 units of the 8401 model were built. This brochure is for the early version without the red stripe along the side decal. The skid units for the tractors were built in Basildon but the tractors were 'finished' in Australia. The book also says that the FW25 and 35 models had an even shorter run, from 1985-86. They weren't actually that big, with engines from the TW25 and TW35. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehos Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Great selection. Haven't seen the preliminary one before. Single page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih5288 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yes, but it does have the full spec on the reverse. Does anyone have any other Australian Ford brochures like these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehos Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I do have the other 8401 brochure and also some more specific australian brochures of the 1000 series and newer. Will post some later this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 There is an article in the February edition of Tractor and Farming Heritage about the 8401 http://www.tractormagazine.co.uk/Current-Issue/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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