Watch this video to see a classic Massey Ferguson 165 being stripped down, overhauled and refurbished using genuine Massey Ferguson 10+ parts. The rebuild took place in 2012 and was carried out by students studying land based technology at Wiltshire College Lackham - all within 24 hours for charity! As the major sponsor for the tractor rebuild, AGCO, a global manufacturer of agricultural equipment - including Massey Ferguson donated the parts necessary to completely overhaul the tractor.
The tractor arrived at the Lackham campus from the family of the late Flight Lieutenant Niel Cox, of Henley-on Thames, who kindly donated the tractor to the students. The completed MF 165 was auctioned in Cheffins’ Vintage Sale auction, in Cambridge later in the year but not after it made a star appearance at Massey Ferguson's “Vision of the future” event near its Beauvais Factory in France. The proceeds of the sale went to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, a charity chosen by the family of Mr Cox, who was a spitfire pilot during World War 2.
