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M5A Massey Ferguson Combine Harvester Issued 1960.
All England castings.

1. Red body/yel front & rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame straight/sil steering/lt tan driver
2. Red body/yel front & rear wheels/dk yel rotary//rear cross frame straight/sil steering/tan driver
3. Red body/yel front & blk rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame straight/sil steering/tan driver
4. Red body/org front & rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame w/cut out/yel steering/lt tan driver.
5. Red body/org front & rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame w/cut out/yel steering/ tan driver
6. Red body/org front & blk rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame w/cut out/sil steering/tan driver
7. Red body/org front & blk rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame w/cut out/sil steering/diff tan driver
8. Red body/org front & blk rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame straight/yel steering/lt. tan driver
9. Red body/org front & blk rear wheels/dk yel rotary/rear cross frame w/cut out/yel steering/tan driver(2)
10. Red body/silver front & black rear wheels/yellow rotary/tan driver w/blk hat & shoes.
11. Red body/silver front & black rear wheels/dk yellow rotary/tan driver/error decal.
12. Red body/silver front & black rear wheels/dk yellow rotary/lt. tan driver.
13 Red body/silver front & black rear wheels/org/dk yellow rotary/tan driver.

Worth noting that early examples have a punched rivet above the rear axle, whilst later examples are spun (c.f. 10c and M10a). My guess that is that there will be some kind of correlation between the rivet finish and the shape of the rear cross-brace, but Lesney stock-keeping being what it was, I would also expect crossover models to exist.

You can see the M-5A Massey Ferguson Combine Harvester model here on my 1965 Matchbox display at the Matchbox Club German gathering in Maastricht (The Netherlands) march 25th this year.



Interesting of note is that I have placed all the models according to the 1965 trade catalogue as shown here but it is the only model facing leftwards.



There have been made special holes in the cardboard holding this model.
Maybe the people at Lesney thought this model was more interesting from the left side ?



Any lights on this ?

marcel

I've never seen an enhanced driver that was a separate part. I suspect the black paint may not be original.

matchboxmarcel wrote:You can see the M-5A Massey Ferguson Combine Harvester model here on my 1965 Matchbox display at the Matchbox Club German gathering in Maastricht (The Netherlands) march 25th this year.
Interesting of note is that I have placed all the models according to the 1965 trade catalogue as shown here but it is the only model facing leftwards.
There have been made special holes in the cardboard holding this model.
Maybe the people at Lesney thought this model was more interesting from the left side ?

Any lights on this ?
marcel

Hello Marcel,

I have shown some details here.

Bert