Thank you for your kind comment, I caught Nicol's face on camera by accident but for me it is the best moment of the video. I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.
You should have seen the smile on my face. I didn't believe it was going to work. I was totally amazed. The whole process of starting this tractor was almost ritual
@@OutlawAaronDo you have any specific critiques? It's running and free of rust. Maybe there are some aftermarket parts I don't recognize because I'm not familiar with the model but it appears to be in a similar state to the day it left the factory to my eyes.
Any start-up procedure that involves saltpetre-soaked blotting paper and a hammer, is the sign of a proper machine. Very excellent work all around! 👍🏻🍻
We may have to all drive Field Marshall tractors in the event of a super strong Solar Flair or nuclear weapon Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). If all the electrical devices on earth burned out at once - this thing would not care !
I guess this is where the term "Starts with a bang" comes from. Simple way to start a tractor without a handcrank or a electric starter. But you always need to have a shotgun shell at hand.
Fires first time! Thanks for watching 😁 Edit: I forgot to say it can be hand cranked too but it is about 6,000cc all in one high compression cylinder! Not for the feint of heart!
What a beautiful example of an old PopPop Marshall. We used one often for threshing with the old threshing drum, elevator for stacking the straw etc. Dad used to let me light the litmus paper and strike the starting cartridge after he had set it all up. After the first start of the day it was usually started with the handle after setting the decrompresion control to maximum to give time for several fast build up turns. It was a matter of pride to start it first attempt. We also had a Marshal Crawler Tracked version, rather unusual too in our area. I was about 12 years old I suppose and I was allowed to use that one, under supervision of my older brother, for rolling, harrowing and so on. Still remember how difficult I found the gear selector levers at times. MEMORIES !.
Same here, except that I was only about seven or eight. I can still remember being fascinated by watching it being started. Happy, happy days of a farming childhood just after the war.
@@kelvinsparks4651 I know where there is a complete and original Nuffield with original tools etc. Power steering failed and it was put away many years ago in a shed. It is a shame it will be classed as scrap. Problem is its in Canada at a relatives farm. It is really too good to be scarapped , not even rusty.
I am 62 years old, but I felt like a kid watching the starting procedures for this awesome machine! Thank you so much for posting it. Tractors and tug boats are working tools that never cease to enchant me, because, despite the intrinsic burlyness, there is something so pure and poetic in their functionality, as well as the practical forms.
@josephmontanaro2350 it 12, a special starter load in black powder, a slow burn. A big laugh to get one into a friend's automatic on a low light duck flight, the jet of flame is amazing 😁
Too many younger people take these stories, working memories for granted ,,now we have poorly made , impossible for parts ( junky) even cheap China made riding lawnmowers with plastic transmissions ,which become disposable ,instead of rebuildable
I’m from America and seen many old tractors from all around the world and never seen a tractor like this one! Honestly, a pretty neat and interesting tractor.
Years ago I accidentally came across an antique tractor show in a field half a mile from where I lived. I called in and met the guy from over the road from me with his antique tractor. I had no idea that he had it. It had been in his family from new! It was a special narrow model for orchard use, tending fruit trees. Anyway, someone else at the show had a tractor that used exactly this starting procedure. He used shotgun shells that he'd taken the shot out of himself. I was amazed; I'd never seen anything like it before. Sadly, my neighbour has been gone for years now. Thanks for bringing back memories.
That is wonderful. Its great that people have pieces of history that they can actually demonstrate to people who are interested as opposed to something in a museum which can only be looked at.
My dad had just come out of the RAF when he bought the tractor. in the days when many tractors were hand cranked I think he thought this was very modern
Great tractor and great story. Many years ago as a child the farming community in my home town told a similar story where the driver parked the running tractor "Field Marshal" and went into the farm house for breakfast, only to return to find the tractor it in a pond alongside the road he had parked it.
Such a beatiful piece of farm equipment restored with love and dedication in the work, the machine will run for centuries Also, the shotgun starter demonstration is impressive, starting the engine without hesitation
I'm 69, and fondly remember my orange Dinky Toys Field Marshall tractor; what a great brand name also. Incredible restoration! Thanks for sharing this video.
Kids of 1954, that's me too. I had that Dinky as well. I had forgotten but when you said orange I remembered it so well. Thank you for your part in my nostalgia journey. Thanks for watching.
What a beautiful machine, thanks for sharing the start up. You can tell that old boy loves that thing, it was dang near spotless. I enjoyed this thoroughly.
Not only a beautiful machine but a wanderfull bonus story !!!! You waited a long time to see her run !!! I wander what your Dad might say !!! Thankyou for sharing 😉😎
Never in all my years on this earth have I had the honor to witness such a genius work of pure analog parts. Thank you, for restoring this old beast and giving me the pleasure of watching it start
What a beautiful comment, thank you! Thank you also for watching. Any praise for the quality of the restoration should go to Mr Nicol Mackenzie who spent four years returning the tractor to a living machine from being a pile of scrap. More by luck than skill or judgment this has been my most successful video by far and your viewing has made its contribution to that success, so again thank you.
They are good at bouncing and finding their own level on soft ground !!! Don't turn your back on it for too long as they will as you mentioned vanish in a puff of steam !!! Fantastic story and resto . Thank you for sharing it with us ❤
That startup procedure was SO ate up!! Designed by a great mind, and first copy built from scratch by tool and die guys. All without the aid of a computer other than the human brain. Thank you for doing this video.Im 75 and have never heard of this gorgeous tractor before.
Built in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. To help you Google more info, I loved this machine and was amazed to find her lovingly restored in my own village. Thanks For watching for commenting 👍🏻
Geez I'm 46 and this is the absolute coolest thing I've seen!!! I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Michigan I've seen some oldies but nothing like that thanks for the video!!!
Back in the day this was aircraft technology simplified and applied to agriculture. I'm pleased that you enjoyed it thanks for your comment and for watching.
She is a beauty! I liked the "start" setting on it. I have done the same thing for years with the lawn tractors that usually could use a battery. Thinking I save buying a battery until I squeeze the last start out of it.😊
That is simply beautiful Patch . Sounds so good. I never heard of a tractor 🚜 starting that way. Thank you for sharing your story. Wow broke in half. So co to see it restored. You are an interesting person 😉💕. Glad you got to see it restored. What a rare and beautiful Joy. I'm so happy for you 💕😘
@@rhondaredeemedprodigal I have a 1965 Massey Ferguson 135 that I first drove when I was 17. Two Fords that I bartered to guys that wanted to restore them may feature in coming videos one is a Major that was a Whitlow Dinkum Digger( an early backhoe machine) and the other a Dexter with a front loader!
Well that was just as neat as you can get 😎what a great restoration of a tractor 🚜👍I loved the way he started it 👍growing up around an antique shop anything old and cool 😎 will just draw me in 🎉
Good to see old tractor working. Tractor is in really good condition and maintained. Remind me of my Grandfather. Looking ahead for video's of this beautiful machine.
What a work of art!!! The fact that its a beautiful machine and being restored like it just came out of the factory gives me joy. Plus you can tell the owner loves it and who can blame him.
It is an amazing show piece now, but just imagine back when they really needed the tractor, but it was raining and they couldn't get the paper to light. Or maybe that's just how my luck works - lol. Beautiful tractor. Thanks for showing it to us.
What an incredible machine. It just goes to show how far we've come in such a short time but also just how incredible the engineers were to create such a beautiful machine back before the modern process we use today to create modern machines.
It also goes to show what we have lost... they made these up to 45hp or so, and today... just take a look at what a 45Hp tractor cost... the small farm tractor has been priced right out of existence because they aren't simple anymore they are too complex.
It's a grand old tractor from the earlier days of innovation when radical ideas stood a far greater chance of being put into production by the man that had the idea in the first place. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Former farmer here. What a beautiful restoration and such a fabulous starting procedure. I can still clearly remember my dad's farm sale and all the old Fordson Major tractors going. Wish I had managed to keep one. This is just what RUclips is for 👍👍
GOD THAT STARTUP IS SO BADASS, BOOM FROM THE SHELL AND THE SPINNING STARTS, im only 22 but i hope i come across one of these in real life, absolutely mind blowing
Such a great way to help lower cost and reliability for the tractor by designing how to start it with things a farmer would have abundance of while also being ahead of the competition.
What a lovely machine. I am 77 years and as a child I remember these being used daily, also the crawler version for ploughing. The exhaust ruffled the leaves far above when they went past.
Ah! Such memories. Your image of the ruffled leaves touches my heart, takes me back to such halcyon days. Thank you for your wonderful comment and also for watching.
Imagine stalling on the job out on the moors in a high wind with driving rain. Maybe warm starting avoids this rigmarole. I must admit I enjoy the ritual of it. I thoroughly enjoyed the vid.
I never seen a thing like this ( i am European) i am happy that my friend mentioned a machine starting like this and my phone heard it ( now its on my feed) Nice machine, well preserved for the future to drop jaws ( i love machines) this thing just made my day!
My dad worked on landscaping many years ago and they had one ...brilliant tree stump puller apparently. Thanks for showing this magnificent example. 🙂👍
@@charmainevandiford6622 Nicol did an amazing job on the restoration of it. They are magnificent, however this one is so special to me through the childhood connection.
@@patchthesinclair5896 the Tractor itself is magnificent but understand as I helped my Late Grand Father and a uncle farm in the summer growing up and I would love to have my Grand Fathers tractor. I think it was a Massey Ferguson 135 gas I think ad that was many years ago and the first one I drove. Maybe 8 or 9- and they would let me turn around at the end of the field and it stayed right in the row.
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The restoration is just as stunning as the startup procedure! Beautiful machine, and amazing that it came back from such conditions like you said at the end of the video, I bet that was a flashback moment haha!
I grew up on a large farm in South Alabama, and we had plenty of farm equipment. But that's a first for me!😮 Beautiful tractor! Thanks for sharing the start-up of the Ole Gal.
I grew up barely 200 yards from the factory and went on to work for a local haulage firm that did a lot of work for Marshalls (though before my time). The Gainsborough Heritage Centre has just taken delivery of a large scale scanner/printer to digitise the old engineer's drawings, they often send them all over the world to assist in the restoration of engines. (Marshalls started way back in the 1800's producing steam engines and agricultural equipment). They built Bristol fighters in WWI and X-Craft midget submarine in WWII.
What a beautiful machine, it makes my day every time I see such a great feat of engineering being preserved! Thank you for taking the time to make a video :-)
Looking at how meticulously it was designed and manufactured (and maintained) it’s clear that such a machine was an insane investment back when it was new
@@clausmadsen6754 In 1954 that was twice the yearly wage for my father working in a cheese factory...... as my father said to me in 1980 when after only 4 years in my job I had outstripped his wages...
Thank you for watching and for your comment. If at all you are a reading man can I recommend 'Round The Bend' by Nevil Shute. It's a tale of taking pride in workmanship to another level. The early days of commercial aviation. A boy's fairytale.
Hi Built to last! It's lovely that you know it's whereabouts and know that it has been lovely restored and cared for! Thanks for sharing. Happy holidays.
The tractor surely time travelled to you :) It doesn´t even seem like restoration, it seem he just left the factory in mint condition. Nicol made literally timelessly awesome job!
Thank you for your wonderful comment. Of all the people who have commented you are the first to recognise Nicol and the fact that this is the product of his dedication. Thank you so very much!
Amazing tractor, fires once at every lamp post, and will pull a tree up by its roots. There are not many engines where you can work out the RPM by counting the pulses from the exhaust :) That Field Marshal is a few months older than I am , and the same age as my first car.
Kind of reminds me of a Poppin Johnny. I know several older gentlemen that had a pristine tractor they rebuilt from an old tractor. They are just like brand new off the showroom floor and this is one prime example!
These old tractors are nigh-indestructible. My grandparents bought a Ford 8N in July of 1950. We were still using it when the engine finally threw a connecting rod and broke the engine block in 2008. Against my protests, it was sold for scrap. I wanted to put a flathead V8 in it.
My video entitled ’A 60 horse tractor from the 1960s given a 300 horse Cummings' might also interest you. I randomly came across it on a journey south! Thanks for watching 😁 I appreciate it very much!
The smile on that old man’s face when that thing fired up, was brighter than the sun!! Great little video!
Thank you for your kind comment, I caught Nicol's face on camera by accident but for me it is the best moment of the video. I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.
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Just make sure it's out of gear before you start it
You should have seen the smile on my face. I didn't believe it was going to work. I was totally amazed.
The whole process of starting this tractor was almost ritual
This machine is in immaculate condition. Great to see these machines being preserved.
An exceptional amount of care and attention to detail went into this restoration. It's a real testament to Nicol's workmanship. Thanks for watching
It was restored
Restored by caring and skilled hands, Mr Nicol Mackenzie from a far northern corner of Scotland.
The closer you look the worse it is though, I restore stuff for a living and this is one of those "Good from far, far from good" kind of things...
@@OutlawAaronDo you have any specific critiques? It's running and free of rust. Maybe there are some aftermarket parts I don't recognize because I'm not familiar with the model but it appears to be in a similar state to the day it left the factory to my eyes.
Any start-up procedure that involves saltpetre-soaked blotting paper and a hammer, is the sign of a proper machine. Very excellent work all around! 👍🏻🍻
Thank you now I am grinning like an idiot! Prize comment, thank you 😁
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We may have to all drive Field Marshall tractors in the event of a super strong Solar Flair or nuclear weapon Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). If all the electrical devices on earth burned out at once - this thing would not care !
@@patrickshaw8595 There’s vehicles made up to the late 90’s that are all mechanical injection and would work fine.
@@patrickshaw8595you could say it's bulletproof.
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I'll see myself out
what a nice tractor and nice video. Thank you and God bless.
Bless you to and thank you for watching I am pleased that you enjoyed it 😁
I guess this is where the term "Starts with a bang" comes from. Simple way to start a tractor without a handcrank or a electric starter. But you always need to have a shotgun shell at hand.
Fires first time! Thanks for watching 😁
Edit: I forgot to say it can be hand cranked too but it is about 6,000cc all in one high compression cylinder! Not for the feint of heart!
Farmers said the shells were too expensive!
What a beautiful example of an old PopPop Marshall. We used one often for threshing with the old threshing drum, elevator for stacking the straw etc. Dad used to let me light the litmus paper and strike the starting cartridge after he had set it all up. After the first start of the day it was usually started with the handle after setting the decrompresion control to maximum to give time for several fast build up turns. It was a matter of pride to start it first attempt. We also had a Marshal Crawler Tracked version, rather unusual too in our area. I was about 12 years old I suppose and I was allowed to use that one, under supervision of my older brother, for rolling, harrowing and so on. Still remember how difficult I found the gear selector levers at times. MEMORIES !.
Indeed, MEMORIES! Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Same here, except that I was only about seven or eight. I can still remember being fascinated by watching it being started. Happy, happy days of a farming childhood just after the war.
@@daveyr7454 Happy Innocent Times
Great times 😊 I grew up in more modern times with nuffields and red David browns 😂
@@kelvinsparks4651 I know where there is a complete and original Nuffield with original tools etc. Power steering failed and it was put away many years ago in a shed. It is a shame it will be classed as scrap. Problem is its in Canada at a relatives farm. It is really too good to be scarapped , not even rusty.
I am 62 years old, but I felt like a kid watching the starting procedures for this awesome machine! Thank you so much for posting it. Tractors and tug boats are working tools that never cease to enchant me, because, despite the intrinsic burlyness, there is something so pure and poetic in their functionality, as well as the practical forms.
I know what you mean, as a child I had a fascination for tugboats too.
Thank you for watching and for your comment 👍🏻
Aynen 👏👏👏
ThNk you for sharing this and thank goodness people like this chap and others like him are happy to put in the hours to keep this stuff going❤
Modern technology is amazing. But old technology is beautiful.
Fine words well chosen!
These machines *literally* let us go back in time, it’s so amazing ❤
Had no idea when I clicked on this video that start up would involve a piece of lit paper and a shotgun shell, ha ha!
Glad it pleased you, thank you for your comment here and for watching 😁
What gage is your tractor? 12? 10? 8? :D
@josephmontanaro2350 it 12, a special starter load in black powder, a slow burn.
A big laugh to get one into a friend's automatic on a low light duck flight, the jet of flame is amazing 😁
Beautiful restoration and amazing family history. Thank you so much for sharing with us!
Ray, thank you for your kind comment, thank you for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Too many younger people take these stories, working memories for granted ,,now we have poorly made , impossible for parts ( junky) even cheap China made riding lawnmowers with plastic transmissions ,which become disposable ,instead of rebuildable
@@SuperReznativeсейчас машины специально делают такими. Чтобы вы чаще покупали запчасти.
I’m from America and seen many old tractors from all around the world and never seen a tractor like this one! Honestly, a pretty neat and interesting tractor.
You've done a wonderful job restoring that old beauty!
I cam accept no praise, it is all the beautiful and painstaking work of Nicol Mackenzie.
Years ago I accidentally came across an antique tractor show in a field half a mile from where I lived. I called in and met the guy from over the road from me with his antique tractor. I had no idea that he had it. It had been in his family from new! It was a special narrow model for orchard use, tending fruit trees.
Anyway, someone else at the show had a tractor that used exactly this starting procedure. He used shotgun shells that he'd taken the shot out of himself. I was amazed; I'd never seen anything like it before.
Sadly, my neighbour has been gone for years now. Thanks for bringing back memories.
A bit of nostalgia keeps us planted, I'm glad that you liked it, thanks for watching 👍🏻
Love the history of your father and this tractor! Happy you could track it down and see it running again. ❤❤
@@steven.h0629 Life is sweeter than one imagines even when it seems to be but a veil of tears!
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment.
That is wonderful. Its great that people have pieces of history that they can actually demonstrate to people who are interested as opposed to something in a museum which can only be looked at.
Wow! What a valid comment! Thank you.
Thanks also for watching👍
Wow!!! I have never seen a tractor started that way and I have seen quite a few tractors. Amazing!! Thank you Patch!!!
I thought you might be amused!!!
They used to start aircraft engines like this too, as a few 12g blanks weighed a lot less than a starter motor and a big battery.
My dad had just come out of the RAF when he bought the tractor. in the days when many tractors were hand cranked I think he thought this was very modern
@@patchthesinclair5896 you
@@kathleenhensen421 What? Who me?
Wow, shotgun cartridge and glowing paper. What’s not to love, of a beautiful bygone age ❤
Bruh when i saw that, i was like "DID HE LOADED 12 GAUGE INTO A VEHICLE?!". 😂
Am I the only one thinking where the paper ash went?
Onwards and upwards I guess!
Great tractor and great story. Many years ago as a child the farming community in my home town told a similar story where the driver parked the running tractor "Field Marshal" and went into the farm house for breakfast, only to return to find the tractor it in a pond alongside the road he had parked it.
They seem to have a sense of adventure!😂
What a jewel! This is the first time I’ve watched one of these start up with such great detail. Thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome, I am glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching.
Such a beatiful piece of farm equipment restored with love and dedication in the work, the machine will run for centuries
Also, the shotgun starter demonstration is impressive, starting the engine without hesitation
Nicol's restoration is immaculate!
I'm 69, and fondly remember my orange Dinky Toys Field Marshall tractor; what a great brand name also. Incredible restoration! Thanks for sharing this video.
Kids of 1954, that's me too. I had that Dinky as well.
I had forgotten but when you said orange I remembered it so well.
Thank you for your part in my nostalgia journey. Thanks for watching.
What a beautiful machine, thanks for sharing the start up. You can tell that old boy loves that thing, it was dang near spotless. I enjoyed this thoroughly.
I enjoyed your visit to these comments! Thank you for your contribution to them and thank you so much for watching.
Not only a beautiful machine but a wanderfull bonus story !!!! You waited a long time to see her run !!! I wander what your Dad might say !!! Thankyou for sharing 😉😎
I wish he could have seen it restored. Thank you so much for your kind comment. Thank you for watching.
@@patchthesinclair5896 magical, your Dad would at least be grinning 😁😉😎
Never in all my years on this earth have I had the honor to witness such a genius work of pure analog parts. Thank you, for restoring this old beast and giving me the pleasure of watching it start
What a beautiful comment, thank you!
Thank you also for watching.
Any praise for the quality of the restoration should go to Mr Nicol Mackenzie who spent four years returning the tractor to a living machine from being a pile of scrap.
More by luck than skill or judgment this has been my most successful video by far and your viewing has made its contribution to that success, so again thank you.
There’s just nothing like antique machinery to put a smile on your face.
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They are good at bouncing and finding their own level on soft ground !!! Don't turn your back on it for too long as they will as you mentioned vanish in a puff of steam !!! Fantastic story and resto . Thank you for sharing it with us ❤
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
That startup procedure was SO ate up!! Designed by a great mind, and first copy built from scratch by tool and die guys. All without the aid of a computer other than the human brain.
Thank you for doing this video.Im 75 and have never heard of this gorgeous tractor before.
Built in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. To help you Google more info, I loved this machine and was amazed to find her lovingly restored in my own village.
Thanks For watching for commenting 👍🏻
Geez I'm 46 and this is the absolute coolest thing I've seen!!! I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Michigan I've seen some oldies but nothing like that thanks for the video!!!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
So a machine that hasent seen it through... charming as the vid goes.
I never seem to finish anything. Perhaps I have a disorder?
Волшебная старинная техника! Спасибо за то что сохраняете такую технику.
Нашу купи, примерно так же зимой заводить надо😂😂😂😂
@@НильсКлаус ваша это какая? А русская в зиму всегда отлично заводится.
TOVARISCH!!!
Классно! И очень интересно. Не очень похоже на наше)
Огонь в бумажке, старт выстрелом. И эти маховики по бокам снаружи 😮😮😮
@@399sek да конечно)))) а то у меня не было москвича и ваза))))
Really interesting video. The tractor looks better than the day it was bought. Hello from South Africa.
I think it is better than new! Hello to South Africa 😁
I've never knew about an ignition system like this! Great video!
Back in the day this was aircraft technology simplified and applied to agriculture. I'm pleased that you enjoyed it thanks for your comment and for watching.
Favoloso sia il rombo ma soprattutto la messa in moto complimenti
Thank you and thanks for watching
She is a beauty! I liked the "start" setting on it. I have done the same thing for years with the lawn tractors that usually could use a battery. Thinking I save buying a battery until I squeeze the last start out of it.😊
So glad you liked it thanks for watching and for your comment 😁
That is simply beautiful Patch . Sounds so good. I never heard of a tractor 🚜 starting that way. Thank you for sharing your story. Wow broke in half. So co to see it restored. You are an interesting person 😉💕. Glad you got to see it restored. What a rare and beautiful Joy. I'm so happy for you 💕😘
It was my favourite tractor when I was a small boy, I guess it still is!
@@patchthesinclair5896 awesome 😎.Mine is our 1968 4020 John deere.i spent a lot of summers bailing hat in it and born the same year as me 💕
@@rhondaredeemedprodigal I have a 1965 Massey Ferguson 135 that I first drove when I was 17. Two Fords that I bartered to guys that wanted to restore them may feature in coming videos one is a Major that was a Whitlow Dinkum Digger( an early backhoe machine) and the other a Dexter with a front loader!
Does this vibration creates problems,loosening fastener,driver fatigue ??
The vibrations are so low frequency that it is not a big problem.
I'm a mechanic have been for 22 years. And I love watching engines from yester years.. it's really cool I enjoyed it. Good video sir
Thank you so much for your kind comment, I hope to get to take some footage of a 1920s AJS motorcycle soon, hopefully something fit to upload.
A joy to see such a machine. Thank you for keeping a bit of history about for a while longer.
Nicol is the man who did all the beautiful work!
Thanks for watching and for your comment
Well that was just as neat as you can get 😎what a great restoration of a tractor 🚜👍I loved the way he started it 👍growing up around an antique shop anything old and cool 😎 will just draw me in 🎉
Thanks for watching, I am glad you liked it!
Good to see old tractor working. Tractor is in really good condition and maintained. Remind me of my Grandfather. Looking ahead for video's of this beautiful machine.
There will be others tractors fro my past, thank you for watching and for your kind comment
What a work of art!!! The fact that its a beautiful machine and being restored like it just came out of the factory gives me joy. Plus you can tell the owner loves it and who can blame him.
He is deservedly proud, it is his joy😁
Awesome video. the tractor is in incredible condition and your story sharing it's history at the end was lovely
Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much! I am so pleased that you liked it.
I have never seen any engine ever start like that. So fricken cool.
It is an amazing show piece now, but just imagine back when they really needed the tractor, but it was raining and they couldn't get the paper to light. Or maybe that's just how my luck works - lol. Beautiful tractor. Thanks for showing it to us.
Yo are so very welcome. Thank you for watching.
i am still fascinated!!! and a mechanic of over 50 years!!!! love the slow idle
You won't find anything as cool as this now days!
So right!
I don’t know what’s cooler, the tractor, or the old man who’s starting it!
Yep...OSHA made sure of that. Do the brakes work like Fred Flintstone?
I mean, that's because systems that are quiet and reliable become standard and thus boring, but yes...
Except for me I'm cooler
What an incredible machine. It just goes to show how far we've come in such a short time but also just how incredible the engineers were to create such a beautiful machine back before the modern process we use today to create modern machines.
It also goes to show what we have lost... they made these up to 45hp or so, and today... just take a look at what a 45Hp tractor cost... the small farm tractor has been priced right out of existence because they aren't simple anymore they are too complex.
It's a grand old tractor from the earlier days of innovation when radical ideas stood a far greater chance of being put into production by the man that had the idea in the first place. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
I can't resist a big smile, watching how the engine started so quickly, and how smooth it sounds.
Your commentary at the end combined with the rhythmic popping of the engine made for a perfect ending to this nice video.
Thank you for your kind comment and thank you for watching
Former farmer here. What a beautiful restoration and such a fabulous starting procedure. I can still clearly remember my dad's farm sale and all the old Fordson Major tractors going.
Wish I had managed to keep one.
This is just what RUclips is for 👍👍
Lovely to see it looks like it came out of the factory yesterday 👍👍
Nicol has done a painstaking restoration thank you for your kind comment and for watching.
GOD THAT STARTUP IS SO BADASS, BOOM FROM THE SHELL AND THE SPINNING STARTS, im only 22 but i hope i come across one of these in real life, absolutely mind blowing
Come to Scotland and see this one. She's a beauty!
What a cool machine! I hope it's cared for forever
I think the future is as secure as possible, thank you for watching and for your comment.
Such a great way to help lower cost and reliability for the tractor by designing how to start it with things a farmer would have abundance of while also being ahead of the competition.
What a lovely machine. I am 77 years and as a child I remember these being used daily, also the crawler version for ploughing. The exhaust ruffled the leaves far above when they went past.
Ah! Such memories. Your image of the ruffled leaves touches my heart, takes me back to such halcyon days. Thank you for your wonderful comment and also for watching.
started with a shotgun shell, thats some cowboy ingenuity. Never knew they made mechanisms like that
Now you know!
Thank you for watching 😁
Wow… Started easier than l thought it would…Nice looking tractor
Wouldn't you wake with a start if someone fired that when you were asleep?? 💥😂😂😂. Thanks for joining in!
Imagine stalling on the job out on the moors in a high wind with driving rain. Maybe warm starting avoids this rigmarole.
I must admit I enjoy the ritual of it. I thoroughly enjoyed the vid.
Once warmed up life is easier, I am pleased that you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
What a very eloquent way to start an equally eloquent old tractor! Superb!
Thank you for your kind and complimentary comment and thank you for watching.
I never seen a thing like this ( i am European)
i am happy that my friend mentioned a machine starting like this and my phone heard it ( now its on my feed)
Nice machine, well preserved for the future to drop jaws ( i love machines) this thing just made my day!
What a special comment, thank you, and thank you for watching too.👍😁
My dad worked on landscaping many years ago and they had one ...brilliant tree stump puller apparently.
Thanks for showing this magnificent example.
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Thanks for watching, I'm glad that you appreciated it.
We may be more advanced, but we definitely ain’t smarter.
The ingenuity/industriousness of humans is mind blowing.
And fun 😊
amazing, my Dad had a field marshall which i remember being started this way! they are fantastic machines
Here's to our fathers, thank you for watching and for your special comment!
Чудесно съхранена и реставрирана машина. Това е много труд. Красив труд. Със Здраве.😊
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Beautiful tractor and one of my favorite of the antique tractors. This one looks brand new.
@@charmainevandiford6622 Nicol did an amazing job on the restoration of it.
They are magnificent, however this one is so special to me through the childhood connection.
@@patchthesinclair5896 the Tractor itself is magnificent but understand as I helped my Late Grand Father and a uncle farm in the summer growing up and I would love to have my Grand Fathers tractor. I think it was a Massey Ferguson 135 gas I think ad that was many years ago and the first one I drove. Maybe 8 or 9- and they would let me turn around at the end of the field and it stayed right in the row.
I have a MF135, not restored.
It's held together by good memories! ❤️
Imagine farming with it and having to do that every morning. That would get old.
better then doing it by hand haha
2:16. Nice. Btw, What a gorgeous machine.
I am pleased that you liked it. Thanks for watching!
Wow! I would not have believed it if I did not just see it for myself. This machine is beautiful, a real piece of automotive history .
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Magnificent restoration. Not a speck of dirt on it. Looks better than new
It is finished better than when it left the factory! Thanks for watching
The restoration is just as stunning as the startup procedure! Beautiful machine, and amazing that it came back from such conditions like you said at the end of the video, I bet that was a flashback moment haha!
Indeed it was!
Thank you for watching, I am glad that you enjoyed it!
I grew up on a large farm in South Alabama, and we had plenty of farm equipment. But that's a first for me!😮 Beautiful tractor! Thanks for sharing the start-up of the Ole Gal.
So happy that it pleased you, she's a gem 😁
Fabulous video, very interesting - I never knew that was a start up procedure.
It's all quite logical and worked well! Thanks for watching and for your comment here 😁
Beautiful machine! Such an enjoyable video to watch, thank you for sharing!
But thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment!
That has to be one of the coolest things that I've ever seen 🙌. Easier than starting an old harley, for sure.
You would not want to have a 6,000 cc cylinder kick back at you... probably best to just shoot it before it gets in a mood
I haven't seen that in 49 years thank you,that brought tears 😢to my eyes,grandpa would have ❤ love to see that.
Happy tears! Bless your memories. Thank you for watching and for your heartfelt comment.
❤ this is a great ritual to start an engine. And it's nice that there are still people who can do it. ❤
Beautifully maintained, the paint and the tires look awesome
Beautiful tractor and smooth startup, intriguing startup tho.
Thank you for watching and for your comment
I grew up barely 200 yards from the factory and went on to work for a local haulage firm that did a lot of work for Marshalls (though before my time). The Gainsborough Heritage Centre has just taken delivery of a large scale scanner/printer to digitise the old engineer's drawings, they often send them all over the world to assist in the restoration of engines. (Marshalls started way back in the 1800's producing steam engines and agricultural equipment). They built Bristol fighters in WWI and X-Craft midget submarine in WWII.
Thank you for that information, I will try to get to the heritage centre some day. Thanks for watching.
Maybe we need another World War to allow British ingenuity to shine once again?
I have total respect for people who keep these lovely tractors alive. I spent time a many farm and classic tractor shows.
@@Garry-pd8gw The tractors return that respect by restoring golden memories.
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What a beautiful machine, it makes my day every time I see such a great feat of engineering being preserved! Thank you for taking the time to make a video :-)
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
I am 45 and I just discovered this method for starting engines exists, thank you for this video!
Thank you for watching. This method was most used to start aircraft but used a much bigger cartridge
Looking at how meticulously it was designed and manufactured (and maintained) it’s clear that such a machine was an insane investment back when it was new
I was curious and looked it up, 550 pounds in 1945. Inflation calculator says thats about 24K USD today, a pretty good bargain!
@@testy462 I don’t know but I’m pretty sure 500 Pounds in 1945 was easily a house or even a farm
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In 1954 that was twice the yearly wage for my father working in a cheese factory......
as my father said to me in 1980 when after only 4 years in my job I had outstripped his wages...
What a wonderful machine. This is when men took extreme pride in what they built.
Thank you for watching and for your comment. If at all you are a reading man can I recommend 'Round The Bend' by Nevil Shute. It's a tale of taking pride in workmanship to another level. The early days of commercial aviation. A boy's fairytale.
It looks a very murica way to start a tractor 😂. With a cartridge haha. It so amazing see his smile when it runs.
His smile is the best part😁
Thanks for watching!
I was expecting that!! How lovely, and that tickover is to die for.......
Lullaby tick over ! Thank you for watching and for your fun comment 😁
Hi Built to last! It's lovely that you know it's whereabouts and know that it has been lovely restored and cared for! Thanks for sharing. Happy holidays.
Thank you, it is very special to me!
And to you too, happy holidays!
The tractor surely time travelled to you :) It doesn´t even seem like restoration, it seem he just left the factory in mint condition. Nicol made literally timelessly awesome job!
Thank you for your wonderful comment. Of all the people who have commented you are the first to recognise Nicol and the fact that this is the product of his dedication.
Thank you so very much!
That is an excellent restoration! Well done!
I started watching this thinking man, that’s a lot of screwing around to get it started. Now I wish my truck started like thisLOL
Now you have me thinking 🤔
@@patchthesinclair5896 it’s just cool🤷🏼♂️LOL And him being so casual about it makes it cooler
Beautiful machines like this should represent The human race when we are gone.
It will certainly represent the resourcefulness of my father's generation to generations yet unborn. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
restauration splendide. bravo, Eric
Merci, Eric, je suis heureux que ça vous ait donné plaisir. Merci beaucoup pour m' encourager.
Amazing tractor, fires once at every lamp post, and will pull a tree up by its roots. There are not many engines where you can work out the RPM by counting the pulses from the exhaust :)
That Field Marshal is a few months older than I am , and the same age as my first car.
Thank you for watching and for your comment, I hope this pleased you as much as your comment implies!
What a gorgeous restoration, wonderful to see!
I am pleased that you liked it thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Holy cow those flywheels are just waiting to rip a leg or arm off. What an amazing beautiful tractor. And it sounds so good.
Thank you, so pleased you enjoyed the video.
Kind of reminds me of a Poppin Johnny. I know several older gentlemen that had a pristine tractor they rebuilt from an old tractor. They are just like brand new off the showroom floor and this is one prime example!
These old tractors are nigh-indestructible. My grandparents bought a Ford 8N in July of 1950. We were still using it when the engine finally threw a connecting rod and broke the engine block in 2008. Against my protests, it was sold for scrap. I wanted to put a flathead V8 in it.
My video entitled ’A 60 horse tractor from the 1960s given a 300 horse Cummings' might also interest you. I randomly came across it on a journey south!
Thanks for watching 😁 I appreciate it very much!
The starting procedure is really neat, the tractor is beautiful, the story is amazing!
Thanks for your kind comment! I really appreciate it.
Wow! What a beautiful piece of history!
That’s probably the coolest video I’ve watched all day…soaked paper, a shotgun shell and a hammer…who woulda thought that could start a tractor
A fun start to the working day!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and for your comment.
outstanding! Thanks for sharing this beautiful tractor with us.
You are so very welcome, thank you for watching!