biggerdigger
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- Jan 10, 2008
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- New Zealand
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- Editor of Contractor, the magazine for New Zealand
I know a lot of you are fascinated by old machines, and the Vickers Vigor was cutting edge in its day. You didn't get many in the States due to the prevalence of Cat, Allis Chalmers and International Harvester. But the Vigor was Britian's answer to the post-war track type tractors. Here's a great article my Classic Machinery writer has done on this: http://www.contrafedpublishing.co.nz/Historical/Rugged+reliability+-+the+Vickers+VR180+Vigor.html