SHIPSHAPE AND BRADFORD FASHION
… after a stint in a scrapyard and dunk in the sea
In the world of collectables, provenance counts for an awful lot, and tractor enthusiasts will often favour a machine that has a known background for one which has seemingly appeared from nowhere. For tractors, often the only way to find a collectable machine with a good back story is via word of mouth, and this is where your network of ‘tractor chums’ comes into play. Th rough chatting with others, we find out useful information about tractors with an interesting past or a local connection and which might be for sale.
Tractor enthusiast, ploughman and Welshman Hefin Jones found his International B-250 via word of mouth, the fact that it had a Denbighshire registration was also enough of a lure. Besides, the tatty little tractor had a known past, some of which explained why it was in such a hopeless-looking state.
Colourful life
In 1957 a farmer named Th omas Evans from Llannefydd, North Wales popped into his local International Harvester dealership, Edward Thomas’ of Denbigh, and ordered a brand new B-250 tractor. Before long, the new tractor was delivered to the farm ‘Gwyndy’ where it was
