14th National Historical Machinery Association Rally Mudgee NSW 19th-20th April 2013

My John Deere model A on display with other John Deere tractors.  

A nice Lanz Crawler in Grand Parade

My John Deere A on display

My Model A with other John Deere Tractors belonging to Ed Orr from Parkes. Below 5 tractors belonged to Ed

John Deere model D, this early model D is known as a "spoker D" as it has a spoked flywheel. Deere went to a solid flywheel after about 3 years of production as the spoked flywheels had problems cracking.

720 standard tread diesel tractor

John Deere 820

430 high crop tractor

model 50 and 630 wide front row crop tractors.

John Deere Lanz tractor. Deere and Company purchased Heinrich Lanz AG in the 50's

A very nice original 820 tractor

John Deere Model 40 row crop

John Deere Model R, model R was the first diesel tractor Deere made, Started by 2 cylinder petrol starting engine.

An International Tractor with a mounted two row corn picker

Ferguson type A tractor at the Harry Ferguson tractor club stand.

Steam engine in tractor pull

5 Hanomag tractors including two crawlers

An original model D styled, hand crank start. 

Massey Ferguson 1150 with V8 diesel engine, this is what came standard from the factory.

Two international tractors hooked up in tandem

Waterloo boy model N tractor

John Deere model AR unstyled, participating in the tractor pull

A stationary steam engine running a saw bench for cutting timber.

Tractor Shed

Here are some photos of our tractor shed, taken a few years ago

Back row Left to right, John Deere 1940 model B, John Deere 1935 model B, John Deere 1930 model GP.

Front Allis Chalmers Model B, Ferguson TEA20, Ferguson A (Ferguson Brown) 

Another View of the John Deeres

My Display of model tractors, Manuals and other memorabilia

Above John Deere Model R

Above John Deere 620

Farmall Super A

Ferguson TE20

Machinery in Motion Rally - Gosford - Central Coast Machinery Club

On the weekend of the 19th of January my grandad and I attended the Inaugural rally of the Central Coast Machinery Club, held at the Gosford show grounds. here are some photos of the tractors there.

Tweed Tractors-Tractor Show

Recently while cleaning out my fathers’ office we found an old photo album filled with Polaroid photos. The album included photos from the early days of the family business, Tweed Tractors, operating in Murwillumbah NSW.

Tweed Tractors started in the early 1980’s as a tractor dealership selling and servicing Shibaura Tractors. It also sold in the Tweed area Allis Chalmers, Universal Farmliner, and John Deere tractors. During the 1980’s the company acquired Subaru and Mitsubishi car franchises. Later on taking on the franchise for Mitsubishi-Fuso Trucks. I started my apprenticeship in the truck workshop in 1999. The company name changed to Bedser Automotive in early 2000’s with the development of a 2^nd dealership in Tweed Heads. This part of the business including the car dealership in Murwillumbah was sold in 2007. Today the company trades as Murwillumbah Truck Centre and is a dealer for Daimler trucks which includes Fuso, Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz truck brands.

What brought interest to me in the album was the photos of vintage tractors at a show, asking my Dad he thinks it was at a show in Beenleigh QLD where Tweed Tractors had a display, most likely the early to mid 1980’s.

On this post you can see these photos of the Tweed Tractors display and some of the various vintage tractors there. Would be interesting to know where these tractors are today and what condition they are in. Anyone with any information please leave a comment.

My Grandfathers Ferguson type A which is apart of our tractor collection today, in the foregound. three new Shibaura tractors and a Subaru Serpa far right.

Subaru wagon and the Ferguson A again

A John Deere model BR with a Fordson behind it.

In the above photo is Two Lanz Bulldog tractors and a John deere Model R, the Model R was the first diesel tractor made by John Deere

A Farmall running a water pump off its belt pulley, this tractor has a single front wheel

A steam traction engine I believe is a garrett

From left to right a Farmall A, and two Feild marshall tractors, the Feild Marshall was an English made single cylinder diesel tractor.

A Catterpillar 2 ton 

Merry Chirstmas

Well Christmas time brings about the one year anniversary of Two Cylinder Vintage. A year ago I got this website as a gift from my wonderful wife. It's been a great year, thanks to all you readers and viewers of my blog, I have had just under 10,000 views over the last year, and about 25 daily views on average over the last month. Looking forward to 2013. Planing two tractor shows to attend in January and the national rally in Mudgee NSW in April. As well as the completion of restoration projects. To you and your families Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. God Bless.