Mystery Tractor

[tractorboy]

I recently acquired this, along with a small group of Lesney/Dinky models.
It's about 60mm long
Assumed it was a Fun Ho but have had no luck searching or tracking down the maker online.

Anyone here have any ideas?

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[RSSierra]

Hi Rodger

I recently sold a green one of these to Ian. He may have discovered who the manufacturer is. He had the same suspects as you.

Cheers

Dave

[Idris]

This appears to be the same as the green tractor here (which may well be the model referred to above).

[AJR]

It is a Charbens .... or at least a copy of one.
This page would seem to back that statement up.
The shape, the tow hook, wheel bosses, underside all match ...
https://www.tortoys.co.uk/acatalog/Char ... 27016.html
Steering wheel however doesn't match and the casting isn't as crisp as a first generation casting.

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[Idris]

It is a Charbens.
This page would seem to back that statement up.
The shape, the tow hook, wheel bosses, underside all match ...
https://www.tortoys.co.uk/acatalog/Char ... 27016.html

I disagree.

[AJR]

The length of the Charbens tractor is 91mm. I would guess therefore that it is a pantographed knock off copy cast.
I can't see anyone else coming up out of the blue with the same crude generic casting if it hadn't been copied.

[Idris]

It is a Charbens .... or at least a copy of one.
This page would seem to back that statement up.
The shape, the tow hook, wheel bosses, underside all match ...
https://www.tortoys.co.uk/acatalog/Char ... 27016.html

It is a Charbens.
This page would seem to back that statement up.
The shape, the tow hook, wheel bosses, underside all match ...
https://www.tortoys.co.uk/acatalog/Char ... 27016.html

You edited your post after I quoted you!

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Is it in Robert Newson's Farming books. Anyone got those to check before I can get to mine.

Ghosthunter.

[tractorboy]

It is a Charbens.
This page would seem to back that statement up.
The shape, the tow hook, wheel bosses, underside all match ...
https://www.tortoys.co.uk/acatalog/Char ... 27016.html

I disagree.

Thanks everyone, I looked at at the pages on the thread that Idris highlighted and looked through thread on Lincoln models and found a picture of the tractor on page 5 here(in blue) that Dave, (RSSierra) posted which looks identical.

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So could well be a Lincoln model - interesting hour reading through all the posts/threads.

Link to Lincoln information here and here, courtesy of toysnz.

[mattrove]

It not like the lincoln toys tractor as shown here: http://www.robertnewson.co.uk/articles/ ... chbox.html