MJB1 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 This tractor is between the Mark 1 and Mark 2 serie´s in. They call it a switch serie they had already the new engine but had some stock over from the mark 1 so they used the gearbox andrearaxle on this model. I have tryed to find out what the serial nr give me but no one knows any thing about this tractor.Only thing known is that the tractor has bin sold new in 1968 to do comunity service. is there a VIN plate on the dash just above the steering column johny ? or on the casting just inside the grill ? i have a plate just above the steering column that has stamped 168 252399 B F G H P if so send the details to marky as he can find out a bit more for you , was interesting what he found out about mine i know 168 is the model number & that 252399 is the build number but didn't know what the letters denoted to what specification it was built to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Sorry for the late responding MJB i shal look tomorw for the serial nr I where this weekend at the international historic festival in Panningen Holland whit Sandy. On the way over there i made a Photo of her. also today when i drove back i have made a photo of her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertlerik Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I was in Panningen as well, sorry i did not see you, did make lots of pictures. http://www.farmtoysforum.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=27 Erik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 No problem Erik shal look in a minut Just got this photo´s in from a friend of mine. Niels v Eekelen where also at the Panningen show and i had promised him (we had a stand togheter in Lochristi) that he may drive Sandy some time. So yesterday he did. Here the photo´s I Hope you enjoyed the ride Niels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 do you know johny each time i saw the accomodation cart i did wonder if it looked worth all the agrivation of towing it everywhere but have to say the whole thing of packing up & driving to the shows looks great. I expect many people , do like we do here in the uk , load it onto a trailer & tow it to events ! so then johny when are you starting the UK tour ? it would be amazing if you could get all that to spalding next spring , i'm sure marky could get Histon Produce sponsor your trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. van Eekelen Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Nice to see the pictures, John! Sandy is really a good tractor! Niels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I do like the living van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thanks for the nice reply´s MJB i could do that if i have a big vacation (never get that from my boss :'( ) I looked for the nr on the dash Serial nr = 682859 Engine nr= FA 8839 And the tractor model = 165 8ASN DM YM Hope you mean these nr´s The living wagon is not finished need to do some thing about that like a siting area inside and some things need paint. Also i decieded that the cab of sandy has to go! I think she is much more prety whitout that cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 ah get marky on the case with those numbers ! honest opinion mate ? keep the cab loose the michelin men or keep the cab & put one michelin man on the right hand wing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Markie is ON the case.. Be right back... or BRB as my kids say... Actually.. scrub that... no text talk... Be Right Back ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 looking good johny, like the caravan to, whats the betting marky will have one for mavis soon, take the kids away to the filed next door for holidays :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 looking good johny, like the caravan to, whats the betting marky will have one for mavis soon, take the kids away to the filed next door for holidays :D take the kids away in a cart like johny's ? the only way marky's kids would go is if he actually tied them down , cart or not ! then he'd change his user name from lord ferguson to romany ferguson \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks for the reply´s guy´s I think Mark already has a living wagon because he is restoring it at the moment I think this because he never came back whit the info about the serial nr´s from Sandy Just kidding Marky mate any thing find yet Alomost 10 ferguson experts have take a look at the serial nr but got a dead end :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Serial nr = 682859 Engine nr= FA 8839 And the tractor model = 165 8ASN DM YM well Johnny... I can't tell you a great deal about you lovely lady... the information I can find from you letters and numbers is as follows... Beauvais built machine Bulit 'for use outside France' (export in other words) built between 31st October 1968 and 30th September 1969 (MF's fiscal year) (681505 to 684149) A4.212 engine with 6 or 8 speed gearbox (ie. non-multi-power) 165 is obviously the model number... 8A means something which sadly had been lost from the factory (in later models it was the model type... ie. High clear, standard, 4wd etc.) but no data exists to clarify this fact SNDMY-M is the model type... the serial number dicates the year of manufacture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 well Johnny... I can't tell you a great deal about you lovely lady... the information I can find from you letters and numbers is as follows... Beauvais built machine Bulit 'for use outside France' (export in other words) built between 31st October 1968 and 30th September 1969 (MF's fiscal year) (681505 to 684149) A4.212 engine with 6 or 8 speed gearbox (ie. non-multi-power) 165 is obviously the model number... 8A means something which sadly had been lost from the factory (in later models it was the model type... ie. High clear, standard, 4wd etc.) but no data exists to clarify this fact SNDMY-M is the model type... the serial number dicates the year of manufacture Thanks Mark mate for the info i am realy glad whit this! You are realy the lord Ferguson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 That's Ok Johnny... I assume the 8 in 8A means 8 speed as well perhaps - and the A is the letter designation of tractor type perhaps (as in... High Clear, standard 2wd etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 It has the 8gear speedbox mate and it can be the high clearence tractor . Must look when i take the cab of because it realy has to go! Don´t have the doors and the fronscreen window is as roten as ***** So it needs to much work to place it right back on and i think she is much more pretyer whitout a cab then whit a cab. Also the tractor is to old for this kind of cab because she has the round rear axle and the cab is for an squire axle type mf165/185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Got the undergil for Sandy in last week and finaly i got time to place it on her so here the photo´s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 That finishes Sandy off a treat mate.. she looks really good with that new panel... In english we call that the 'chin panel' funny name really.. I'm not sure how that translates in Dutch.. but a chin is the lump of face under your lips \ :D I'm going to meet Sandy one day buddy I have made up my mind for sure. Question is.. will you get a drive on Hattie and Mavis before I get a drive on Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 Well already mentioned by MJB´s 168 but i took the cab of Sandy and i think she looks much pretyer whitout it! So here are some photo Mark sorry i missed youre respond i hope i can come over this or next year! I dont know if ou come to Panningen this year but then you can drive Sandy i you like to Panningen is 24 and 25 July this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 as good as sandy looks without the cab as she does with mate , but i quite liked the cab , albeit without the michelin men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexMF Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 lovely tractor! i think you should restore the cab though! alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denis086 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 as said before lovey tractor but if the tractor came with the cab id restore it minus the mirrors and michelin men i dont like the way people say they restored their tractor to its original condition when the original included a cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 as said before lovey tractor but if the tractor came with the cab id restore it minus the mirrors and michelin men i dont like the way people say they restored their tractor to its original condition when the original included a cab good comment denis, i think it's been said before about cabs on refurbished & rebuilt tractors but i suppose it's all down to individual taste . i see a fair few cabless 165 & 168's at shows & although many 165's were cabless in the early days the UK spec 168 was never sold cabless so think it's a shame to see them not fitted . As for johny's 165 i like to see the cab on , but it's his choice & i still like to see it ,the rebuild bit is more a refurbished to look as good as it can get, i dont thing johny was going for a concours finish. johny's 165 is a bit oddball anyway denis as it has the later 212 engine with MF65 type backend but it still looks pretty fantastic anyway keep the pictures comong johny :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 Thanks for the reply´s guys but i want to point something out about the cab: THe cab is not original deliverd on this 165! The cab is for a squire axle tractor and not for a round axle! The did some thing to the under parts of the cab to fit it! Now i think the tractor is in concour state whit cab i think it will never be because the cab is not complete! The doors are missing the front screens under are missing and the front screen is as Rotten as *****! The tractor originaly left the factory whit the 212 engine and round rear axle! There is a guy how trade´s these 100 serie´s for import export and he said that he get many off these tractors in the past! There al gone to Africa! Dont get me wrong glad you guys think whit me! Cheers Johny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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