Feeling the Force
When Ford updated its 1000 Series tractors in 1968, the company called it the Ford Force – and for good reason, as the considerable updates it represented over the original machines certainly made it a force to be reckoned with. It went on to sell very well over the next seven years.
Fast forward to 1985 and a similar situation now existed for Ford to update Series 10. In production from 1981, as we saw in part one of this series, the original Series 10 encompassed several models, from the little 2910 up to the 8210 and had sold very well.
However, by 1985, the quiet cabs they were fitted with had been in production since 1976 with very little, if any improvements. The Synchroshift synchromesh transmission introduced with the Series 10 tractors had suffered from a bad design of selection system and it was obvious that the range was in need of a refresh.
The result would be, perhaps, the best-looking of all Ford tractors and British farmers got to see
