This beautifully engineered large-scale model was manufactured exclusively for the agricultural division of Morris Motors. Finished in orange-red, with black steering wheel, flywheel and air cleaner. Matching orange-red metal wheels with black rubber tyres. 'NUFFIELD UNIVERSAL' decals on each side of the bonnet. It has working steering, articulated front axle, and swinging drawbar with clevis hitch. The model is designed to be completely disassembled and reassembled, using screws, nuts and split pins.
This example has been used and enjoyed, and has probably been taken apart and put together again more than once! There is some paint loss and the mudguards may have been retouched. The decals are good, and the tyres are excellent. The exhaust pipe is not standard, looking more like an air cleaner, but replica metal exhaust pipes are available from various sources. A tiny nut is missing from one steering tie rod, but the rod is held in place by gravity anyway. The steering itself does not work properly; the drop arm moves only slightly when the steering wheel is turned. This may be fixable if the model is dismantled.
In all other respects the model is complete, and displays well. Mint boxed examples can fetch £2000 or more!
Scale: 1:16
Length: 195mm.
Approx Years: 1956 - 1958
Condition: Good, unboxed
Shipping Weight: 1270g
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