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"The Garden Snail"
Born from the pre-war gentleman's agreement between
Harry Ferguson and Henry Ford that would lead to America's iconic Ford
8N tractor, the equally iconic and very similar Ferguson TE20 would help
rebuild war-torn Europe in the 40's and 50's and many were exported to
the US, Canada, and all over the British Commonwealth. In France it was
affectionately known as "Petit Gris" (Garden Snail). To be more precise, "The French description 'Petit Gris' purely means 'Little Grey', not 'garden snail', as in Britain they were known as the 'Little Grey Fergie'. It also, strictly speaking, isn't a 'Massey Ferguson', Massey didn't join forces with Ferguson until early 1950's" We thank our friend in the UK, Mat Irvine, for the clarifications.
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