AN OLD RESTORATION

[Alan 1,273]

Restored this BMB PRESIDENT about 40 years ago.  Member Paul on MoM who has one was interested in seeing photo's so I dug out my old prints and did a few quick copy's.

 

Towed it back to friend John's place with either a David Brown or the recently departed B450 along with a trailer load of bits and pieces.  The people in blue weren't too fussy in those days.  Kept to the back roads anyway.

 

Not too much wrong apart from paint.  Didn't take long to get it running and have a play.   Then dismantled, cleaned and repainted.  Don't remember the make of paint but all brushed.  No facility for spraying. Whatever it was was good quality, same with the brushes.  Think I applied 3 top coats to get a good deep finish.  All the lettering was done with water slide transfers.  1/8" and 1/4" high letters applied individually.  The other parts were cut from sheet.  Cannot remember though how I did the PRESIDENT.  Might have been cut out letters etc or just painted.  No Titch or Mark in those days.

 

Drove it to a few early local shows and did a garden leveling job with a scraper blade mounted on the rear hydraulic arms.  Worked well.   After a period of standing idle it was sold. Not seen since.

 

The last photo shows me in my streamlined form and before my hair faded.

 

 

 

 

[the showman 4,074]

Nice to see those Alan and how different Johns place looked back then........and you come to that

[Stormin 4,458]

Done up to your usual high standard, Alan.   The tractor I mean.

[Chris 642]

Great restoration Alan & Yes Johns place was tidy then

 

Sure you did not leave it at Johns to be claimed by the brambles 

 

Be great if you can find it again. Sure its in collectors hands

[Phyliss 41]

Lovely restoration Alan. Have done a vehicle check & it's taxed (£0 to pay) till 1st December 2017 so still on the road somewhere. Registered September 1954.

[Stormin 4,458]

With it being road registered, the DVLA might still have a record of it.

[Alan 1,273]

25 minutes ago, Chris said:

Great restoration Alan & Yes Johns place was tidy then

 

Sure you did not leave it at Johns to be claimed by the brambles 

 

Be great if you can find it again. Sure its in collectors hands

Definitely not at John's now Chris.  The Showman would have spotted all that red paint long ago.

[Triumph66 1,256]

Lovely restoration Alan. Be great if you could see it again and pass on your photographic records to the current owner.

[Alan 1,273]

25 minutes ago, Phyliss said:

Lovely restoration Alan. Have done a vehicle check & it's taxed (£0 to pay) till 1st December 2017 so still on the road somewhere. Registered September 1954.

I can vaguely remember paying £7 at the time, but not sure if this was for road tax or insurance.

[Alan 1,273]

16 minutes ago, Triumph66 said:

Lovely restoration Alan. Be great if you could see it again and pass on your photographic records to the current owner.

Yes, would like to see it again.  No luck so far although I make a beeline for any BMB's seen at shows.

[paul 64]

Thanks for that Alan. Great pictures. Shame you don't know where it is. Like people are saying, I expect you can find it through the dvla. On the plus side I can't comment on you and the hair

Paul

[Darmic1 447]

I'd contact Titch at Machinery decals..... it might be with a member of his president forum???

[slf-uk 914]

Great restoration Alan, look fantastic.

[Chris 642]

Put a find it advert in Tractor & Machinery mag. You never know

[Phyliss 41]

I have found a later photo of the tractor!

 

After googling "1954 BMB President" one of the pictures led me eventually to VPG 581. Looking at this picture deepened my thoughts as I recognised the location & exhibit number sheet to be the Cuckoo Fayre held in May at Laughton near Lewes, West Sussex.

 

Another google search "1954 BMB President Cuckoo Fayre" shows it (on my computer) as the 2nd photo. Possibly a SEVAC member now owns it? Photo taken May 2011

[Alan 1,273]

2 hours ago, Phyliss said:

I have found a later photo of the tractor!

 

After googling "1954 BMB President" one of the pictures led me eventually to VPG 581. Looking at this picture deepened my thoughts as I recognised the location & exhibit number sheet to be the Cuckoo Fayre held in May at Laughton near Lewes, West Sussex.

 

Another google search "1954 BMB President Cuckoo Fayre" shows it (on my computer) as the 2nd photo. Possibly a SEVAC member now owns it? Photo taken May 2011

Thanks Philip.  I'll have a look.  Not really thought much about tracing it until now.  As said, just been keeping a lookout at the various shows I have attended.  Wonder how many owners it has had since I sold it,

[Old Tankman 59]

Great save! Thanks for posting.

Guess I'm a tractor nut.