Nuffield Tractors (part 1)

It is time to open up the blog again and bring everybody up to date with the 'going's on' of the blog's author.

Several year ago, I purchased my second tractor, a Nuffield 3/45. I wanted the challenge and opportunity to restore a Nuffield product and like many people, it it good to find something perhaps a little on the rare side.

The example published with this blog is not my tractor, but a fine example of what it will look like when the project is complete.

I was offered a Nuffield 3/45 and when I established that production volumes were low, there was a possibility that there may not be too many remaining

These Nuffield tractors were designed and manufactured at BMC's Bathgate factory in Scotland between 1967 and 1969 then British Leyland discontinued the Popy Orange tractors for the new Leyland models.

The 3/45 model was not at all popuilar with the farming community for a number of reasons, so a larger 4/65 was introduced. 

The specification of the Nuffield 3/45:

2.8 litre BMC 3 Cylinder Diesel Engine

45 hp

10 speed gearbox

The 'skid units' of these tractors were also used by JCB for some smaller diggers etc.

My tractor was purchased some 7 or 8 years ago, striped down and left. 

The story continues...................