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Frank Perkins Founder son Hugh was my property valuer here in New Zealand. He immigrated here.

I had several MF farm machines with that wonderful engine.

The generators at my workplace have Perkins engines. Run like clockwork

I bought 2850 few weeks back, probably the top of the line model back then. Cosmetically on bad side, but mechanically i didn't find any flaws yet. Hopefully it will serve me good :)

I use a Mf 165 with the 4 cylinder 3.5 litre.

I enjoyed that video. I bought a 83 2140 3 years ago. It has had every single fault u described and more. Ive yet to use it in anger.

Good video. Ive a newholland 376 baler and a newholland knife bar. Good machines..

Thanks for all the history of Fiat tractors. Your mention that a 6.2 liter engine today would produce 500 to 600 HP, but all the modern 500 HP tractors use 12.4 liters or larger engines.

They’re shit if you want to order parts.

Picture from founders Perkins and Chapman (2:15) is taken in front of Helsinki railway station, Finland. I wonder what they have been doing in Helsinki.

While Perkins 6.354 was popular their biggest seller was the 4.236 by a huge margin.

Massey Ferguson tractors were the first vehicles to drive to the South Pole, one was driven by Sir Edmond Hillary.

In my 50+ years of diesel engine rebuilding, the 6.354 was an all time favourite.

Pretty sad that Massey and Perkins have pretty much abandoned their roots.

Growing up in the 70,s in east Meath there was a few Bizon combines I remember the advertised in Farmers journal. Also saw them new at spring show. If I recall they were distributed by the O Shea tractor group in Santry. I think the same importer for Zetor and Ursus. I can recall something about using a Leyland 6 cyc engine. But it may have been like the Forchritte combines stating MAN engines were in fact I think it was a MAN design manufactured in the eastern block communist counties under licence

Now here in Canada perkins was big with MF but nothing else till 80's

The beating heart of many old Masseys. Great video Alan well researched.👍👍

Does anyone know what the Perkins symbol stands for, I have been told, just want to check it's correct.

I have a 1976 case with a 4 cylinder perkins! Still runs like a champ! I'm in kanadasrtan!

Here in Pakistan we are producing Fiat 480 and 640 for 40 years now and we love them. I have a Fiat480 and a 640 from 1976 and it is still working fine

Clayson combines were imported to Canada by co-op implements and were called yellow fellows

I have had a few Perkins engines in tractors and combines. They are really quite reliable.

Huh, the only Perkins I knew of was a 3 cylinder unit used to power refrigeration units in shipping containers/rail cars.

You made a great list of all the types of vehicles that used Perkins engines but you missed the CV12-6a used in the Challenger Tank ( yes I know it was really a Rolls-Royce!) Engine names run in my family - Gardener, Perkin and Cummings - we just can't spell!

I know Perkins Engines is not connected to Larry Perkins here in Australia but he sure knows how to build a race engine and drive it to victory in the V8 Holden category. He is also a wheat farmer in North Western Victoria and describes himself as a blown out wind mill mechanic. He designed and built his own slide throttle body arrangement many years ago now and they had to change the rules because it worked so well on the 308 Holden V8. I think he won Bathurst with it that year. He built all his own cars and did the motors for a lot of the other teams. There must be something in the name.

At the ripe old age of 9 years old I learnt to drive a Massey 35x which I thought was the best thing that had ever happened to me , I didnt notice my dad fighting to keep his eyes open as I told him of every detail of my experience steering the little Massey in first gear. There was also an awful Zetor 7'' say no more , the 35 Massey proved to be more capable than the Zetor in the end , My favorite was the Fiat 780 with the tall white cab , if I was on occasion aloud to drive it I was in heaven and as someone pointed out the sound was amazing , something to brag about at school the next day , happy days .

In the 70s there was a perking drivers club.

We had a Matbro TS 260 (K reg)with a Perkins (1000 series I think)a large lump of an 106hp turbocharged engine compared to the Deutz engine in our now Kramer. But the Perkins was a good and noisy engine.

Simpson in India took out a licence to build Perkins engines in 1955. Simpson powers the up coming TAFE tractors.

Nice bit of history there Alan. A few familiar looking tractors there at the end 😂👌😋

Im guessing Massey first tractor to use 6354 was the 1100 and last was the 3080 using the .4 type.

I've always loved the 306 & 354, great reliable and smooth engine and good on fuel too. I once drove a 247 conversion in a landcruiser, it nearly vibrated my teeth out, lol.

We ran 540ci v8 in the massey headers.. One 1978 and other 1983. Run all day at 2450 24 75 rpm.and were retired in 2024. Never touched. Just replaced stupid rubber hoses from water pump. God only knows why stepped size hoses were used when minor casting changes would have allowed straight simple hoses. Only thing they used was diesel lol.

Post war WWII, Pa brought Catapiller D4 for farm work, he reconditioned engine himself with his brother n dad i believe. The D4 was very reliable as years later going from MF SP 525 header with Perkins 4 cylinder diesel to MF SP 3342 with Perkins 6.354 at same time he brought Ford F100 from USA with 302 V8. Pa did engine swap n went same NA 6.354. Both F100 n 3342 are still running today but not as often shows us over 40 years of running n reliability unlike some of other brands that are early life problems of their diesel engines.

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Perkins and Massey Ferguson a match made in farming haven

Nunca trabalhei no fe 6 cilindros, mas os que trabalhei de 4 sao muito bons

Used to work at Perkins (Stafford formely Dormans) building 4000 series (6 cylinder 24L - V16 64 Litre), now work in agricultural machinery so come across 6354, 6354.4 and 6372 engines frequently (used in Laverda combines and Claas machinery amongst others), I find them nice straight forward engines to work on and generally tough as old boots.

Thanks for the video Alan 🙂

I have jcb with 1100 series engine. Disaster of engine. Very poor quality control by Perkins and jcb

Great video Alan, they we're a mighty engine.

Ahh Perkins... love the 6 cylinder and the V8 Diesel's.😊

Thanks

Do I still have to wait until the end of the video to comment?

Excellent thanks

Always very interesting and enjoyable

Love john deere-they were such quality

Stunned you haven't more views-great video and information. The biggest and still original deere

The newholland 78 82 8340 sle gear box legent tractors like the last off tm yellow sticker ones 140 n 155 and back to the fiat's the 110.90 for mid 90s n f140 legent tractors to grate video 📹 as always few new videos on the sisu valmet n valtra valmet n valtra t1 t2 t3 t4 n t5 series n the Q series still better than a fendt 😅even do its a fendt nearly they say under bonnet kind regards anyway grate tractors the valtra or older valmet messa n mega series sum yokes to pull n fast on road not very well balanced or comterable do sum yoke to go 40k box doin 46klm or near 50klm on big tyres 600 r 650 65 38.