On a very showery Sunday in early November 2003 a visit was made to the ‘work/play field’ of tractor enthusiast and restorer Alan Davies. Alan is a firm believer that all the tractors in his impressive collection should be working models to that end this play day was enjoyed by all, despite the occasional seasonal downpour. The other drivers pictured were John Barnes and Sue Langston. This is a photographic record of the day.
Richard Moynan hails from County Laios where his family company operate a tractor dismantling and spares business in conjunction with a ‘turf care’ company. Richard has a huge number of tractors and these images show only a small portion of that collection they will be changes to show others at a later date. This selection shows some of his ‘N Series’ Fords and in this instance or ‘Nans’ as the Irish prefer to call them. Richard has three separate types within his collection dating from 1947, 1951 and 1952 respectively. The one brought out for closer examination was an all Irish example with road number ZE9059.
“Arrive at whatever time you like but only come early in the morning if you like snooker” That was the closing line of the conversation which took place prior to visiting Barry and Linda Price at their picturesque hillside home. The Prices have over 100 tractors, of which over 80 are runners, but what’s that got to do with Potting the Black? See pictures in the Gallery. The images are but a few of what is a truly superb collection.
