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Found these local pictures of an old favourite of mine. Compliments of the Melbourne Museum website,where there are some other MF tractor pics,etc. MF300 Drott 1975 New.jpg MF300C Drott City of Sunshine.jpg 3366 Drott Australia.jpg MF600C Drott Australia 1985.jpg My uncle bought a new 300 in the ear...

I took the faded Id plate off,so I could take a close look at it. I think this is a 3165 S model.The faded info was at the very bottom of the ID plate.Coventry is mentioned on the plate,along with trademark info/patents. I found Flickr pics of one at a tractor show in the UK... Cloughmills Vintage R...

Thanks Lads , It's a AD4-203 diesel.It has power steering,& is a reasonable size..bigger than a 135, i think.Tyres are 16.9-28. I started looking at MF50A & 3165 pictures last night. I'm getting closer,but my loader frame is a little different than pics I see.Maybe this thing is a frankenste...

Thanks EssexPete, I'm not too familiar with MF tractors...there seems to be a lot of models & variants. Besides the ID plate,is there any other way to definitively learn what model it is? Engine starts well,& I got it moving by gently moving the range lever....even though clutch is near toas...

The same seller had an IH 250 Drott for sale.
My first time in the seat of one...a nice big lump of metal.

I bought this MF loader recently,& now I need to identify the model.It was advertised as a 168,sold as a 165....but I think it's something like an early 50,or a 203...or ??? The ID tag is faded,but I can get # 810088 from it. The gearbox & Loader Frame have MF OEM numbers on them...I might h...

You might pick up a similar running Perkins elsewhere.A rebuild will cost a lot.
Call me on 0428596600 for info .

Jim
(Victoria)

Nice OEM plates. Try your local Berco agent.The 100x56 spacings are the relevant holes. GW Tractors,here in Oz,might know their parent crawler. The MF300 (9 ton) comes up at 108 x 56.That's the closest I can find. MF used Fiat chains for their smaller crawlers. I reckon they'll be off a Fiat or Land...

Is that a "YABBA DABBA DIGGER"..?
Was it styled by Dino Ferrari

Yeah,I'll shut up now..

With regard to the CONTINENTAL Crawlers... The CRAWLER TRACTOR SCRAPBOOK (Book 3) has a few pages of info about them.
I rate this set of 4 books very highly.

Tractors were Distributed in Britain by Continental Tractor (UK),Feltham,Middlesex.Diff steer was used,& Berliet engines also used.

Jim