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Originally Posted by Fahmahdave  This one looks exactly like my 1956 Massey Harris 50. $1500 is a steal in my area even if it doesn't run. I paid $2800 for mine 6 years ago when I bought it from the original owner. He decided that at 81 years old he needed something with power steering. Mine came with chains and weights, and has a Lord loader w/ gravel bucket and snow bucket. It came with the original bill of sale, manuals, and a log book of maintenance, overhaul, and repairs. Mine doesn't look as clean as the one you're looking at. Good luck. |
The Massey Harris 50 and the Ferguson F40 were the first generation of the Massey Ferguson 50. After the merger between MH and Ferguson, the dealers kept their separate names. MH dealers sold the MH50 and Ferguson dealers sold the F40. Both were produced in 1956 and early 1957. In mid year 1957, the Massey-Harris-Ferguson company changed names to Massey Ferguson. The single name/single dealer network stratagy was born along with the now famous "triple triangle" emblem.
For reasons I'll never understand, the F40 is the MOST sought after of the 3names/one tractor trio. The MH carries the lowest collectors interest. Logic says it should be just as valuable (if not more) than the F40. Not so.....
I've got dads old F40, my uncles old MF50, and would love to add a MH50 to the collection some day. My avatar is a Massey Ferguson 150, the next step in the progression, built from 1964 to 1975