What a beauty credit to the man who restored it. I hope your goin to video the sale of it I carnt wait to see how much it fetches.

What machine, better than new. A credit to all the hard work that went into restoring it

Absolutely amazing. Like you say, this is showroom finish, like it's never seen a field! It's fantastic machines like this are so appreciated and people spend the time and money preserving them for the future. With so few made and many worked almost to destruction as Oliver Godfrey said, we are so lucky to be able to still see these demonstrated. If I had the money and the space, I'd have this over any sports car!! Thanks for sharing this Mucker.

@landyboy88

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What a stunning looking machine. Never seen something so well restored. Great video mucka

@guydavies3035

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@PB Then I am sure you would approve of my wedding transport. Many, many years ago I married my wife, and one of our tractor drivers took me to the church in the Farm’s main ploughing tractor, which was a total beast of a machine. Far bigger than anything else on the farm. Ford TW 30. Peter, my driver spent most of the week before cleaning, polishing and I am sure caressing it, before taking me and my best man to church.

Rumor has it Saunders has put us house on the market to finance this! Beautiful thing!

@Bazza1973ify

2 жыл бұрын

It would be sacrilege to put that gearbox in the hands of Saunders!

What a stunning piece of kit always thought the county range the holy grail of tractors in the day and still do

Wow! What a tractor restoration! I think you've probably found it - the Holy grail of classic tractors right there!

What a beautiful looking tractor my brother had a 1174 back in the days which he used to reclaim hilly fields for farmers, keep the videos coming ❤

What a stunner , I had the privilege of spending the summer on one of these back when I was 19 years old doing all land work on a 700 farm

There's restoring a tractor then there's that County. The quailty of work that's been put into that is absolutely astonishing.

Love the County tractors..we have a restored one based on the last of the Fordson skid units. The engineering is an amazing example of early UK innovation and toughness. It had a blade and back hoe on it and survived decades of total abuse but now sits quietly in my shed. Simply the best.

The jewel in the Crown, what a magnificent restoration.

Great video. Fantastic restoration. Watched it twice. Keep up the good work.

Wow what a fantastic machine. Thanks for showing this and also the links. Amazing 👍That has to be up there.

Absolutely stunning, what a thing of beauty. Cracking job by all those concerned with the restoration.👌👌👌

One of the best vintage sale catalogues I’ve seen. I can’t wait to see them all in person. For the holy grail question, I don’t really have an answer as all the tractors I will ever own I’d like to put to work. I do love the 55 series John deeres, also the Ford TW series, but I’d probably go with a Ford 946 or roadless super major!

Now that’s a beautiful tractor 😍

Those slant noses with the solid wheels look just right. I think I’ve seen this one in Classic Tractor Magazine a few years ago. Was amazed the amount of work done - absolutely no expense spared. You get a better appreciation of the paintwork in this video too. Unreal.

The effort and attention to detail James has put into that is absolutely phenomenal For me the holy grail would be a really nice original and full spec MF 168

Absolutely brilliant - Thank you!!!!

Lord muck you are right about the driving experience of a 1474 short nose I got to bring in silage bales in the summer of 09 on a 1474 in Ireland. The tractor had been bought at the Malcolm Besston auction a few years before. I had driven a few nice LWB 1184s but this was smooth. It had the 34 inch lighter adjustable wheels. I think the tractor had cost about 45000 pounds and I think it’s back in the uk it was a 1980 tractor

Great video mucka. What a fantastic looking machine what a restoration 👍🏻

Just magical to see something restored to absolute perfection. I wouldn't be able to part with it. Holy grail Q I'd love a Mb track 1500 reverse drive with the high speed axels. Or a JD 6910. But that's just because I have one..😉🙂

Wow what a cracking machine. Thanks for bringing it to us and also the links. 👍

I love County Tractors. I have 2, a December 1962 Super Major-based Super 4 currently under restoration and a Super Major Based Super 6. The Super 6 is a July 64 skid unit built by County in August 1965, number 15101, and one of the very last Super Major-based Countys built. Last nut and bolt restoration and never for sale.

What a absolute beauty, a true labour of love, money and painstaking hours involved. In your words...what a treat! Thanks for sharing.

What a bloody superb example. Mint . Looking back at what other countys have made in auction this is going to make ALOT of money and so it should. Do hope fella u go to the auction and watch it being sold . I never had chance to drive a 1474 but drove a 1164s and had a 1174 on doudswell 4 furrow reversible contracting . Great Vid

Hi from durham KM @ LM great restoration from the guys and what a fabulous piece of kit👌 I always love equipment no matter what it is especially fond of the fastrack 2 guy martin blew the record in was a blast watching him and team go for gold and overcome the problems along the way but any machines are just freat from inventors manufacturer's to operators and owner just live machine and attachments lol I live all your machines too👍👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋

If your a fan of machinery at all ,you would have to be a fan of this !! Unreal restoration..

Great video, absolutely stunning condition. That will go well into 6 figures at the sale, can’t wait to see the result. I think the pinochle of a collectors tractor would be the 1474 with a Ford 7810 silver jubilee and 7000 close behind

That was a top class restoration , and a brilliant paint job. I wouldn’t be surprised if it fetched £150,000 ? My Holy Grail of tractors, A David Brown 50 D , A Ford son Super-major, or a commemorative model David Brown last tractor. I think I'll give that sale catalogue a look. Thanks for the video , I might just have a bid or two . In your own words, "Do Well" .

Totally blown away well done getting the exclusive on this before its sold

A great video of the County tractor , fantastic level of build and finish. It looks amazing, my favourite tractor would be Ford TW 25 . Great content Mucker 👍🚜

Brilliant video once again. Thanks.👍

What a Beauty! Excellent video Kurt, really enjoyed watching! 👍

Absolutely stunning! What a fabulous tractor. That’s likely to go for big money I would suspect.

What a beautiful tractor. A real credit to the owner. Hats off to him. He has done an amazing job. My most wanted tractor would be a Massey Ferguson 35x multi power. Great video and thanks for sharing. Keep em coming 👌

Cracking video, Beautiful tractor

Stunningly beautiful tractor….another great vid👌👌

Amazing condition! Absolutely top marks for the job done ! :) Would have to be torn between a Case 1455xl or a 4955 Deere lots of fond memories watching them on silage as a kid and the 1455xl with stock exhaust pulling hard is just music to the ears !!

County's have always been my favorite ever since i can remember. The holy grail for me is the 1884. Im lucky enough to live not far away from osbournes who own county spares, and have been in their workshops many times , they own the golden jubilee county tractor and was lucky enough to have a go in it , wonderfull memories. Keep up the vids kurt 🙂👍

Great to see such a beautiful county

They did a great job on that rebuild.

Awesome machine outstanding restoration lovely sound of that engine to love watching your videos keep up the good work 👌

Absolutely stunning’ Love the Original Fords & County’s ❤️👍

The Ferguson brown, ford-ferguson and Ferguson tractors were definitely game changers as they introduced 3 point linkages and mounted implements. Until roadless and county came along, almost everything else was just a copy with some scaling up. Roadless and county gave what farmers needed, more power and more traction. When the mainstream tractor builders are forced to follow the aftermarket conversions it kind of proves the soundness of the thought process behind these early conversions. I've spent most of my time driving 2wd nuffields, but one conversion I did was to graft some 7.50x20 front wheels on. When we had the snow in January 2010, I ran out of ground clearance under the front axle. I lashed this setup together and in all honesty, I never wanted to go back to the 7.50 x 16's again. The tractor was so much smoother to drive on rough ground, without any suspension the ride was smoother than a discovery. I'd imagine the full size front wheels would be awesome if you had the space for the turning circle limitations. If you had the contacts to make it happen, it would be awesome to see a shoot out video between different approaches to 4wd. Something like an mf1200 vs an equivalent county and an equivalent small front wheel 4wd tractor. A series of field tests on ploughing, cultivation and maybe a tug of war with the tractors ballasted to the same weight and weight distribution to really showcase the different approaches.

Wow, what a fantastic looking tractor, It is probably better than when it came out of the factory.

What a machine you can not dislike old Ford and county' Ford tractors I'm 56 now and I think I was about maybe 5 or 6 years old when my dad and I went on a Ford 4000 on a pig and arable farm he worked on years ago and what great memories I have.

The farm my grandad worked on had two new 1124’s in the sixties early seventies brilliant tractors. Enjoyed the video cheers 👍🚜

Beautiful looking tractor lovely 😍from Scotland 👍

Awesome video mucker thanks for your time and consideration top job 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🇬🇧

That is a thing of beauty, i love them all, especially the 1474 and 1184 tw

I'm no tractor man ..nor a bright and shiny man...but thats incredible, just perfect. Thank god there are people around with that perfectionist mentalty. He might have the money but he obviously has the drive to achieve perfection...👍👍👍👍

That county has to be the most fantastic to look at ,my all time favourite has to be Muir-Hill 121 though .

Very nice county, i have never been around one, but that looked so awesome.

Minneapolis Moline UDLX. Way ahead of it's time and few exist. Best regards from Indiana, USA.

Fantastic episode! Some machine! Love it 👌

Nice County,One of my All time Favourite Tractors that Short Nose,The Paint Work Finish is Quite Stunning For a Tractor Definitely Better than New. When These were Being Made and Roadless as Well at the Start of 4 Wheel Drive Coming in to Agriculture it Was a Great Time For me As a Person Who Loves Tractors. Also All the Aftermarket Turbo Kits that Were about as well Like Opico and TB Turbos etc

I’m lucky enough to own what I would consider a holy grail tractor, my late father’s Turner, Yeoman of England. Hopefully one day I’ll get to restore it. 🤞

Great video mate, that County is absolutely 👌🏻

Great stuff Kurt and Puppo, a lovely lovely machine, there are so many, but the Ford 7000👌👍🙂

Just two words for that county bloody gorgeous nice one mucker my favourite Ford is the 7610 Best four-cylinder turbo I have ever used

It's amazing how they can reassemble a restoration with scratching that fresh paint. There's no rounded off nuts or bolts, no scratches....it's perfect! It's almost by magic. She is an amazing tractor! The winning bidder is going to be very lucky...and very pleased! 🚜🚜 🚜 I would have to say the IH Farmall Cub. Primarily because it was pioneering in the development of smaller, compact tractors, which are a huge market segment today.

As a kid (80's)I LOVED our old County (bonnet gone, guessing a super 6/954), refitted with an Engine from a rolled Claas combine, cobbled on cab (And monster rollbar), could plough (4 furrow)heavy clay faster than lime could be spead in front of it long summer days, hot boots, ringing ears, bellhousing bolts working loose constantly, "A young boy, two hands on the wheel I can't replace the way it made me feel"

Wow just wow 👌👌😍😍 Enough said.

Absolutely love these. I remember reading a feature in a magazine a few years ago, and from memory there's one of these in a salt mine in England somewhere working to this day

Thats beautiful Mucka

Totally amazing restoration and great to see you having a blast in it can't wait to see what it will make at auction👍as for my grail don't want to be boring but you've just shown it it has to be the county 1474 there's just something about them kind of like when you see a Vincent black shadow makes your yaw drop 👍 excellent post 🍻 cheers

Thanks Kurt cracking vid and a cracking tractor.. Take care sir..

@LordMuck

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Kev 👍

Wow just wow 👍🏻

Great restoration and beautiful work. As for the best tractor to collect I’d have to say a John Deere 730 diesel wide front. Or a 4020.

That’s a beauty!!👍🏻👍🏻

What a beauty that is, absolutely stunning. For me it's a 1455. But having said that we have a lovely pair of 8410 and a 7810 which are slowly pulling me to the green side

Lovely restoration beautiful paintwork My holy grail would be a series 3 muir-hill 141

What a absolutely gorgeous bit of kit if only I had the money .another brilliant video.I would say the 7810 or the mk 1 fastrac

Has to be the Ford 9700 4WD, a rarity up here in Cumbria, but the big ford that looked just right - wheel base, to the exhausts, the lot ATB Dave

Proper job, very nice. My favourite was the ford fw60. I drove one for a agricultural firm doing runway 2 at Manchester airport

That's got to be a new record price when that sells Very Very nice Tractor Ferguson Brown Thanks again

I spent a few hours sat one of those toolboxes going up and down a field as a kid!

I haven't worked on tractors for years and they were mostly John Deere and Case, but I thought Fords were everywhere. I have learned that there are newer rare tractors.

1184-40 tractor would be a good one to do a vidoe on one still in the uk the other is the one that got burnt here in the falkland island also is a conversion kit one around also

Was great vid nice one Mucker. I remember Counties we had in 80,s and was, compfortable working in as a passenger anyway! Keep the good work

Great vid, I'd have to go for one of the larger early Deutz DX range. Something like a DX230

Great video and what a fantastic example of a great tractor i bet that is going to bring big money!!! My holy grail tractor id love is ford 8830 as thats the first tractor i ever drove!

What a beautiful tractor..its a showroom finish.they will just go up and up and up in value.

Joli tracteur, j’aimerais en voir en France 🇫🇷, great job bravo 👏

Special indeed

buetiful condition takes me back to when they were new i wouldnt want to sell it hope it gets a good home

What a beautiful thing

I'm sure James Cardus was involved with this and him and the team did a brilliant job, I followed this when it was having the restoration. Lord muck I know where there's an original low hour 1474 parked in a shed in Lancashire, I can have word to see if it's available for you to view. Cheers 👍 PS the holy grail of all tractors MB Trac 1800 intercooler.

Lovely restoration probably better than new .My holy Grail is a Rumley Oil Pull

Spot on what a beaut

Beautiful machine 👌 I would love to have international 1455 and JCB 165 fastrac both gotta go in the hall of fame

My all time fav was the ford 7000 , game changer back in the day

This makes me feel really old! As an Agricultural student back in 1984, I spent a (pretty miserable) year of my life driving a County 1474 on a farm in North Yorkshire - Escrick Park Estates. I used to service it, but treated my old knackered Land Rover better than the tractor! But then that is probably worth more than the £50 that I paid for it!

Just fantastic

This tractor is beyond beautiful! Looks better than showroom new. I'd have to say any early Ford (8N, Golden Jubilee) Farmall, or John Deere would be a hall of fame tractor. I'm thinking any tractor that revolutionized farming as we know it. That would be a long list. 👍😁❤️

Astonishing finish on that tractor 👍🏻 county or roadless are undoubtedly appealing but I do have a real soft spot for the David Brown 50D’s

Having just watched a Bugatti Chiron in Harry's Garage and dribbled over the sheer beauty of it and wishing to be able to buy like it in blue I then see your video of a beautiful Ford County 1474. Which would I really want? The County of course, the Bugatti is a French car! Anyway, big credit should be given to the man that did the restoration work, top notch stuff! For me, a Ford 7600, 2wd in as mint a condition as the 1474. Great tractor and video melod!

Very very nice. Good vid mate. 1455xl

County what a Sweet Machine