I've been lurking for a while enjoying reading and looking at what you have all been up to with the jcb Backhoes
.I'll do more of an intro in another post where I'll tell you more about me and introduce my early build 5 export spec 3D3 I picked up here in Canada
.My question relates to a youtube discussion with Kurt ( Lord muck) when he introduced his 3c3 he just purchased, and going back to the time I lived in wales before coming to Canada.
Back in the late 80's to maybe early 90's when I was in school and just getting real interested in fixing stuff as a career, I used to visit the mechanic and owner of the local tractor dealer and walk into the workshop regularly. One day there was what I believe to be a 3c mk3 sitting in there. on talking with the mechanic he said it had the rare Ford engine instead of the 4/98, I never saw the engine that day or the machine again after
.Does anybody know anything about these 3c Mk3 machines with a ford engine, Kurt talked about the old fordsons that we already know of and a MK2 somebody converted he had seen. I seem to remember reading about these MK3's before but can't remember where It could of been it was so long ago and I read alot
. Also my old U.K Bepco parts book lists a clutch for a mk3 with a Ford 956 engine (That didn't come up in a google search) and the BMC/Leyland. Kurts thought is another one off conversion, or an export. I'm wondering if it maybe had to do with a strike at leyland sometime in 3c3 production. Or was it maybe part of the test program when they used the 3c3 for the test bed for the 3cx drive line, before they decided on using Perkins engines in the later 3cx's.
Any info or pictures of one would be a real help solve this little mystery one way or the other
Thanks, Robert
