</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I hope your not too suprised to find that it's not a massey.. but only a ferguson. In other words.. they hadn't partnered yet.. A TO-35 is a ferguson tractor.
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Actually, it IS a Massey Ferguson. The merger took place in 1954, with tractors produced until late '56 still being badged as Massey Harris and/or Ferguson. In the late production run of 1956 models, the change to Massey Ferguson was introduced. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
My grandfather was a Ferguson, then Massey Ferguson dealer. I still have his Ferguson 40,an early 1957 model, and my dads 1957 Massey Ferguson 50. The 50 was delivered to our farm on the day I was born.(Aug 4th,'57) We still have a garage full of old records from the dealership. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The TO-35 Deluxe diesel was made in 1958 and 1959. Near as I can tell, that serial # (SDM-194208) would put it as a late production number tractor. Probably around June to August of 1959. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
If anyone's interested, I have a complete set of (original Massey Ferguson) shop manuals for the TO-35/MF50 tractors. It was the latest and greatest info released from Massey in 1959. If anyone's interested, PM me. I'll shoot you a price.
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