[Ford-ferguson] Massey Harris and Ferguson Pony model?

[MasseyH at aol.com]

Unfortunately Wild Harvest went by the wayside about three years ago.   
Keith did a great job but just was not getting the support nor had the time  
needed to do it justice.  I was a subscriber to the very  end!!  We are hoping 
Legacy Quarterly will help fill the void left  from Wild Harvest. His Data 
Book was published in 1999.  As far as I know  they are not available today. 
Occasionally you will find them at Amazon.com but  you will pay huge 
dollars for it!!
 
We are hoping Legacy Quarterly will help fill the void left from Wild  
Harvest.
 
That would be a great project for someone!!!  Update and reprint the  data 
book.  There are more people out there that want the book than those  of us 
who already have one!!  Nice opportunity!!
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/2/2010 10:03:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jacktractor at live.com writes:

I once  subscribed to "Wild Harvest" when Keith Oltrogge was involved with 
it.   Is it still operational? Do you have a source for
Keith Oltrogge's  book?

[MasseyH at aol.com]~I have found that the Massey Tractor Data Book  by Keith 
Oltrogge is about the best reference.  In there he
references  the numbers I shared earlier - serial numbers 23149 to 23853 as 
being gray  Ponys.  In most cases we say if it has a 23XXX
number it might have  been gray.  All gray Ponys had the MHF   tag on them. 
 The  serial number and the Pacer front end are usually
the giveaway as to  whether it is a gray Pony or not.  HOWEVER, the rare 
1957 red MH Pony  also had the Pacer front end but their
numbers started with 24XXX. Hope  this helps a little.

[pmthicke at centurytel.net]~Are there records of  which Pony's with the MHF 
tag are the actual gray Ferguson  models?

[MasseyH at aol.com]~Some of the later models of red MH Pony had  the MHF tags 
as well.

[pmthicke at centurytel.net]~One difference that I  have seen is on the name 
plate tag located below   the right front  of the engine.
It will only say Massey Harris for the Massey Harris tractor  and Massey 
Harris Ferguson on the Ferguson model.

[Indiana  Robinson]~Does anyone know for sure about any differences in the 
Massey Harris  Pony and the Ferguson Pony? I read
"somewhere" that the only difference was  the serial numbers and the paint. 
 I also seem to recall reading that  there were no clear
records as to which serial numbers were painted gray  and which were red 
and yellow. My Pony is Massey Harris (or at least that  is
how it was last painted) but I am a little tempted to paint it gray to  
show it along side of my TO-20 Ferguson. I have an 8N and I
am "quietly"  (that means you do not mention it in front of the wife) 
watching for a steal  in a 9N. I have a bunch of old tractors in
all sizes, colors and in  different conditions (18, I think). But since I 
retired I am slowly shifting  to smaller tractors that I can
haul several at a time easily.
My small  ones are:
TO-20
8N
AC-C
MM-R
MH Pony
Case VAC
Farmall  CUB
I plan to show all of these this summer/fall. The 8N is the least  likely 
to be ready. I may have to show it in a row of baskets.
;-) I do  show some in working clothes. Have you hugged your horses    
today?

Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana    USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com

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