These Birthday present projects are now becoming very popular, and with very critical timescales.

A call came in to our office late one afternoon in November asking if we had a restored Massey Ferguson 35 or 35X to be ready by 27th December, the direct answer was no, but after quick thinking and wanting to help a prospective customer I looked at our projects we had on the go, and the time it would take to get one ready by the required date, it was possible we could help as we had a 1960 Massey Ferguson 35 3 cylinder in the corner of the workshop already stripped down and sandblasted.

We made contact with the customer and a deal was set, the work went ahead at full speed with strict time schedules, but bad weather set in and we encountered delays in obtaining some parts that we did not have in stock, our suppliers made every effort to get parts to us, so thanks to Sparex, Vapormatic and QTP, the next problem was the paint and getting it to dry quickly, so we came up with using a quick dry acrylic purchased locally, with lots of heaters on we got the paint to dry without causing any delays, nearing completion we had just seven days left to finish off the tractor and deliver it, the customer came from Essex so could not just pop in to take a look, but managed to pay us two visits, the last one being the Saturday before Christmas, giving us his final requirements, with just four working days left to finish off the tractor we made it and delivered it on Christmas Eve.  

A full rebuild record is show below click on the pages to enlarge the record.