mb86 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 18 hours ago, justy 46 said: I got that book also a few months ago. Its a good book, only the middle pages started to fall out off it in no time. Just beware off that.John, it dont hold together too well or else I just got a bad one .. 11 hours ago, 844john said: Thanks Justin, no, I know what you mean, I've just ordered another copy of the ford conversions book as quite a number of the pages of the one that i have are falling out as well, mostly of Muir Hill's..... I put it down to long periods sat open on my workbench! I'll take much better care of these two! Are you two using these books as intended? It sounds like they have had some rather vigorous use...🤪💦💦 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Bargain off eBay just arrived. Need to try and find the other editions now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, The Tractor Twitcher said: Bargain off eBay just arrived. Need to try and find the other editions now. Pretty sure I had an older version of that book whilst I was at Ag College 76-79, not a clue what happened to it but if I ever do find it you are welcome to have it 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, robbo said: Pretty sure I had an older version of that book whilst I was at Ag College 76-79, not a clue what happened to it but if I ever do find it you are welcome to have it Thanks ever so much Mike. I think there's 11 or 12 editions in total. I can recall the Library at Askham Bryan College still having most if not all when I was there 2002 to 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I've seen that discussed on Facebook recently, be interested to know what its like compared to the Brian Bell book...I imagine more in depth? I've looked on Ebay for a recent ish copy but they've all been a bit pricey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, CX820Joe said: I've seen that discussed on Facebook recently, be interested to know what its like compared to the Brian Bell book...I imagine more in depth? I've looked on Ebay for a recent ish copy but they've all been a bit pricey. I have most of the Brian Bell editions too and whilst the Claude Culpin books follow a very similar layout they are definitely significantly more in depth. This example was a steal, £10 including postage, i've seen some examples and other editions make up to £80 on eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, The Tractor Twitcher said: I have most of the Brian Bell editions too and whilst the Claude Culpin books follow a very similar layout they are definitely significantly more in depth. This example was a steal, £10 including postage, i've seen some examples and other editions make up to £80 on eBay. Good find there mate, must keep an eye out for one. There was one which I nearly bought but looked to be quite rough condition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, CX820Joe said: Good find there mate, must keep an eye out for one. There was one which I nearly bought but looked to be quite rough condition. Thanks mate delighted with it. There's a 12th edition on eBay at the moment with a seller from Merseyside at £64, and there's a nice looking 5th edition at £10 too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Some recent editions, firstly a set of Patrick Dyer’s brilliant books on classic era trucks, the Ford Transconti one took a bit of tracking down but it’s proved invaluable for my current build 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Also another lovely book full of photographs of trucks in the 80’s and 90’s parked up at night, full of stunning photographs 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 A couple of recent additions, I can’t recommend these highly enough if you’re a Nash fan, absolutely lovey books, and probably the largest and heaviest books I’ve ever seen! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 When that new edition of the Red Tractors book came out, Amazon briefly dropped the price of the older edition from £52 to £19 so I swooped on it! Very nice book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipher172 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) Found this book in China, basically a model tractor collector has photographed his collection and turned it into a book. Looks pretty nice. This is the translation of the blurb inside the cover: About the Author: Wang Jiahua, born in October 1981, Qingdao, Shandong People, Scorpio, currently living in Shanghai. Graduated from Zhejiang University majoring in information engineering, and then studied in the IMBA program of Hong Kong University and Fudan University to earn an MBA degree. Hobby collection, especially in the collection of agricultural machinery models The field has been devoted to research for nearly 10 years, has collected nearly a thousand agricultural machinery models, and has taken nearly 100,000 model pictures. Edited December 29, 2022 by sipher172 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 9 hours ago, sipher172 said: Found this book in China, basically a model tractor collector has photographed his collection and turned it into a book. Looks pretty nice. This is the translation of the blurb inside the cover: About the Author: Wang Jiahua, born in October 1981, Qingdao, Shandong People, Scorpio, currently living in Shanghai. Graduated from Zhejiang University majoring in information engineering, and then studied in the IMBA program of Hong Kong University and Fudan University to earn an MBA degree. Hobby collection, especially in the collection of agricultural machinery models The field has been devoted to research for nearly 10 years, has collected nearly a thousand agricultural machinery models, and has taken nearly 100,000 model pictures. We get quite a few applications for FTF membership from Hong Kong and China and we almost always reject them as the vast majority turn out to be spammers however, it just shows that there are also some good ones out there but it is very difficult to differentiate between them 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) A few I imported from the states recently. Edited December 29, 2022 by Anderson Agri Text alteration 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Recently bought these two parts of the Renault Tractor Encyclopedia 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 One xmas pressie 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Few recent additions make for an interesting read. Finally got my hands on a Roadless book by Stuart Gibbard. Although not farming related book, a very interesting one nonetheless about how clever russian spies were mapping the world during ww2. Scary what they knew! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 And a couple more older ones 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 9 hours ago, Anderson Agri said: Finally got my hands on a Roadless book by Stuart Gibbard. I also had this book waiting under the tree this year after a quick browse of a lecturers copy back at Uni, really interesting read so far! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 6 hours ago, Stabliofarmer said: I also had this book waiting under the tree this year after a quick browse of a lecturers copy back at Uni, really interesting read so far! Excellent book 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hair Bear Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 In the Stuart Gibbard County book, there's a picture of a crawler upside down in the road. The building behind it is the old Fleet police station. Couldn't have chosen a worse place! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hair Bear Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) Last ones for now... A bit disappointed with the 500 Era book. Lots of info inside, and lots of pictures. But editor please note... Not only are some of the pictures duplicated in different chapters, many have been reversed - which on the face of it may not be noticeable apart from the huge back-to-front MF on the bonnet sides, and excepting the fact that the subject of the topic is invariably a single door machine with the door clearly on the wrong side. One picture is even upside down. Put this in to test the crazy level! Edited January 3 by Hair Bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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