Registration No: PAS 322
Chassis No: TE14618
MOT: None

• Part of the collection since 2003
• Front and rear spotlights for nocturnal working
• Seemingly last in use during 2007

Introduced in 1946, the Ferguson TE20 (Tractor England, 20 horsepower) popularised Harry Ferguson’s ingenious hydraulic three-point hitch system around the globe. Endearingly nicknamed the Little Grey Fergie, the usefully compact and lightweight design was manufactured for Ferguson by the Standard Motor Company, and a form of the wet liner engine they developed for it was adopted for the Vanguard and other Standard cars. The engine could be tuned to run on either petrol or what was known as tractor vaporising oil, or petrol/paraffin. Some 517,651 examples of the TE20 are said to have been produced by Standard's factory in Banner Lane, Coventry, some sixty-six percent of which were exported.

Part of the late Mr Lucas’s collection since at least 2003 when the earliest of its accompanying V5C Registration Documents was issued showing no former keepers, chassis TE14618 has self-evidently been the subject of past restoration work. Proudly sporting front and rear spot lamps for nocturnal duties, it has thought to have last seen road use during 2007. Somewhat careworn in appearance, it will require a degree of recommissioning / renovation.

David Lucas (1947 – 2023)

A motor engineer by profession, the late David Lucas amassed a collection of over forty vintage and classic cars, commercials and tractors between the 1970s and his death last year. A true petrolhead, he housed several of them in a private museum which was decorated with an amazing array of automobilia. Drawn to cars with original interiors, he also had a deep love of music and a quirky sense of humour. A champion of the underdog, he eschewed the more famous British marques such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin in favour of Armstrong Siddeley, Singer and Standard Triumph. A stalwart member of various car clubs over the years, he exhibited at numerous events up and down the country. Summed-up by his loved ones as ‘one of the life’s true gentlemen’, David Lucas remains much missed.

For more information, please contact:
Damian Jones
damian.jones@handh.co.uk
07855 493737