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<p class="MsoNormal">The January 2020 issue of Massey Harris Ferguson Legacy Quarterly promises an article next issue about the MF65 and its predecessor MF50. The point is made that the MF65 was really the first tractor designed and built by Massey Ferguson.
The inset photo with the promise shows a NF MF65.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A former co-worker had worked at a Detroit MF supplier heat treating gears in the 60s.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Legacyquarterly.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Francis Robinson aka "farmer" Central Indiana USA AT List Member (<a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com">robinson46176@gmail.com</a>); <snip> A decision was made in 1961 to buy a new MF 65 diesel high arch and a lot of thought and discussion
went into which tractor to trade in for it. <snip><o:p></o:p></p>
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