Tractors in Ripon.

[Reckless Rat]

There used to be a guy lived not far from here who had a house in the garrigue near Mont Bouquet. He had a collection of over 90 tractors all of which were restored and in working order, all parked up alongside the road in his garden. He was known to all and sundry as Jacky le Tracteur. I once called to see him in the Austin and he knew all about the A7 tractors. His pride and joy was an early Porsche single cylinder two stroke, and he would always fire it up to show it off. It was like starting a prop aircraft, but using a huge external flywheel.

Sadly the collection has disappeared, along with Jacky.

Tractor pornistas would have loved him.

Jacky with a Fordson from 1917.