Four Furrow Plough

There were two very different versions of the plough. The first, red and yellow, plough will only fit the number 55 Fordson Power Major tractor. It has a three-point linkage attaching to the tractor lift arms and a top link behind the seat. The later version (blue and chrome) links only to the tractor lift arms and fits the later release number 60 Fordson Major and all versions of the Ford 5000.

56 Earlier Version

This is the very first version of the Corgi plough. Reading Van Cleemput's book it appears it was re-released later the same year in blue with plated ploughshares but keeping the same design. I've never seen this version and doubt it exists, nor is it mentioned in Ramsay, however that is how it appears on the box. At the end of 1964 it was replaced by a new design which actually was blue with plated ploughshares and with the top-link removed. This earlier one (56) fitted the first type Fordson tractor, the one with the solid front axle and headlamps on the outside of the grille. The later Fordson had parallel wheel steering and fitted the later plough. The Ford 5000 tractor also used the later type plough.