Gary Frazer is a name many people in farming and machinery circles know well. He was the first-ever New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year in 1969 and has gone on to be a successful businessman and integral member of the NZ Vintage Machinery Club
His involvement with tractor rallies is something Gary remembers fondly, including being co-convenor of the 100 Years of the Tractor rally held at Kirwee in 2004. This event was one of the largest tractor rallies ever held in NZ and raised enough money to build the club rooms at Keating Park.
Through his years of farming and dealing machinery, Gary has amassed a unique collection of vintage items – predominantly Massey Ferguson gear including some exceptionally rare machines. His collection of roughly 60 Massey Ferguson implements is possibly the largest in the world.
The standout item in Gary Frazer’s sale, a 1956 Ferguson TEA that was used during Sir Edmund Hillary’s 1958 South Pole expedition.
The modified Ferguson TEA tractor used during Sir Edmund Hillary's 1957 International Geophysical Year Antarctic expedition was the star of the auction. It later served at Scott Base and was one of several of its type. It was bought for $47,000 by the Canterbury Museum, which already has one of the others.
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I think this bottom one should have been a album cover art photo
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Those roller attachments, etc. didn't catch on, but the premise is that they'd appeal to someone who needed such equipment but not so much as to buy a regular one. So you have economy in the attachment which sits until needed instead of an expensive piece of equipment with an engine, etc. to maintain. Meanwhile the tractor is being put to use making money elsewhere.
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