impdb.org

IGCD

[ Login ]

Fordson Model F

Fordson Model F in Ideaalmaastik, Movie, 1980

Class: Others, Farming vehicle — Model origin:

Fordson Model F

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
Gamer ◊ 2019-12-08 19:54	Prewar Western machine or a Soviet tractor? -- Last edit: 2019-12-08 19:56:14
mike962 ◊ 2019-12-08 19:56	if only the hood was more visible...
mike962 ◊ 2019-12-08 19:59	actually this looks like neither but rather a Fordson Model F !! -- Last edit: 2019-12-08 19:59:36
mike962 ◊ 2019-12-08 20:04	and this perfectly explains it, over 25.000 exported to soviet union !! Quote Ford signed a contract for a large consignment of Fordson tractors to the Soviet Union in 1919, which soon became the largest customer of the company. From 1921 until 1927, the Soviet Union imported over 25,000 Fordsons . These inexpensive and robust tractors became the major enticement for Soviet peasants towards collectivisation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6hQNK8BPQ0 -- Last edit: 2019-12-08 20:04:21
s13a ◊ 2019-12-08 20:20	Estonia wasn't a Soviet republic yet, so they likely imported those tractors themselves from nearby countries. Interestingly someone made a forum topic about the possibility of a local Fordson assembly by AS Franz Krull in Tallinn, but this is probably not true.
mike962 ◊ 2019-12-08 20:23	but the movie is from 1980 so this leftover tractors could easy have ended there after ww2
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2019-12-08 20:24	But the film crew might have brought in a "Soviet" Fordson if they couldn't find any vintage tractors in Estonia.
Gamer ◊ 2019-12-09 11:08	screw13article wrote Estonia wasn't a Soviet republic yet That's why I asked if it could be a prewar Western machine. -- Last edit: 2019-12-09 11:09:04

Add a comment