Ford was in the farming industry producing tractors for over 70 years. Here is when it stopped making tractors and why it got ...

Larry Gay is the author of four farm tractor books including A Guide to Ford, Fordson, and New Holland Tractors. This book may be obtained from ASABE at 800-695-2723 or www.asabe.org, click ...

Basildon’s New Holland plant ... with the creation of a special edition "groovy tractor". the factory started out as Ford and ... When it first opened in April 1964 it had more than 3,000 ...

Average horsepower of New Holland tractors built at Basildon last year was between 160 and 170hp, ... but by 1964 the Ford models from the new Basildon factory probably averaged about 50hp.