The Cambridge Spring Sale is the largest colective vintage tractor sale in Europe with 3400 lots on offer, including over 400 tractors. The highlight of the day was a highly collectable 1967 Northrop 5006, one of only 4 made at the Blackburn factory using the Ford 2703E engine. A Staffordshire collector took it home for a staggering £60,000.

Northrop 5006

Northrop 5006, £60,000

41 tractors were entered from the same vendor (Geoff and John Goodman, emigrating) and all 41 were sold. The remainder of their collection will be sold at the July sale. The Goodman’s 1957 David Brown 50D was the first to be auctioned at £27,000. They had a Fowler FD2 crawler reach £6,700 and a 1921 Celtrac Type F four cylinder petrol/parafin crawler for £6,800. Another lot which created interest from the father and son was a 1948 David Brown Thresherman at £3,500.

It’s always difficult to choose which tractors to report on when such a large number have gone under the hammer. Here’s just a few…

  1. TW25. 1984, 800hrs, £25,000
  2. County Super Six. 1965, restored, £13,000
  3. MF135. 1972, fully restored, £6,500
  4. David Brown 770 selectamatic. 1965, £4,400
  5. International TracTractor TD40. 1939, restored, £5,500
  6. Ford 5000. 1968, restored, £9,000
  7. Roadless J17 crawler. 1957, poor, £1,400
  8. David Brown Cropmaster. 1950, diesel, restored, £6,200
  9. Muir Hill 121. 1977, restored, £8,300
  10. Ferguson FE35. 1956, 4 cyl diesel, engine rebuild, £1,450
  11. Allis-Chalmers Model B. 1952, restored, £1,800
  12. Roadless 115 series 2. 1974, original, £5,800
  13. John Deere D. 1936, original, £2,500
  14. John Deere B. 1949, petrol, £1,700
  15. John Deere A. 1948, rowcrop, p/p, £950
  16. John Deere 420C. p/p crawler, restored, £5,100
  17. Farmall A. 1941, good, £1,050
  18. Massey Ferguson 1130. 1966, £5,800
  19. Fordson Standard N. 1940, only part restored, £750
  20. Massey Harris 44. 1949, petrol, average, £1,100
  21. Massey Harris 44. 1951, diesel. average, £1,000
  22. International B275. 1966, diesel, poor, £300
  23. Ferguson TEA20. 1948, poor, £180
  24. Massey Ferguson 35. 1959, poor, 4 cyl diesel, £400