23rd Aug, 2026 12:00

Mathewsons Live! 22nd & 23rd August 2026

 
  Lot 70
 

70

1965 MASSEY FERGUSON 135

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
 

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Lot details

Make: MASSEY FERGUSON
Model: 135
Registration: DCJ 639C
Engine Size (cc): 2502
Year of Manufacture: 1965
Date First Registered: 19/03/1965
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Saturday 15 August 2026 - Tuesday 18 August 2026

Please note we are currently awaiting HPI clearance on this lot.

Current V5 present. Paperwork includes operator instruction book, buff logbook, DVLA correspondence, buying guide, and printed photos.

The vendor has provided the following:

  • Vendor states the Tractor has only done 408 hours.
  • “The Shiny Red Tractor” provenance includes the original “Buff” log book, the original Massey Ferguson Owner’s Manual, a current V5, and is currently registered and taxed with DVLA for use on the road
  • This fully restored Massey Ferguson 135 is one of the very first examples to be built in early 1965, and was first registered to Mr Albert Watkins, a farmer in Herefordshire, on 19th March 1965
  • The earliest examples of the 135 were finished with matching red-centred wheel rims, white sand-textured exhaust silencers, and cast aluminium headlamp cowls. This example features all three, but after a few months, the factory transitioned to all-silver wheels and exhaust pipes, and plastic headlamp cowls to lower the price. Needless to say, the earliest examples are rare and desirable! Also desirable is the Perkins 2.5-litre, three-cylinder, 45.5hp diesel-powered engine fitted to this model
  • The first owner passed away in 1975, and “The Shiny Red Tractor” went into a unique private vintage tractor collection owned by the McNally family, and included twenty-one fully restored Massey Ferguson tractors. The entire collection included over fifty vintage trucks, tractors, and classic cars, and was auctioned in a one-of-a-kind retirement sale on 13th September, 2025

 

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Auction: Mathewsons Live! 22nd & 23rd August 2026, 23rd Aug, 2026

It wouldn't be a Mathewsons event without a live auction, would it? Mathewsons Live 2026 will feature a live classic car, motorbike and memorabilia auction on both days, hosted by the Mathewsons family from TV’s Bangers & Cash.

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