[Dave] Joe, something completely different here. We've looked at the rotary,
the race bike, now we're looking at your Norton tractor. It is actually a Norton side valve
engine. [Joe] It's a big four. Norton did produce industrial engines, which I didn't
know until we bought a cache of spares from a guy who had one of these tractors in his shed. And
I saw it had a Norton engine, so we had to have one. And this is our slowest Norton of the collection,
but it's still fun to drive. Was for very small farmers. They offered either the thing with just
two wheels to pull say a plow or so, or this luxury version with four wheels which is then like
a real tractor. [Dave] So we run through a two-speed gearbox or? [Joe] Three-speed. Three speeds and reverse,
yes. [Dave] So just talk about the rest of the tractor if you like, Joe. Just explain a little
bit about it. So this, what sort of age are we looking at here? [Joe] I think it was 1951 or '52.
No it's '53 actually. There was a manufacturer near London that called itself Trusty.
So this is a Trusty tractor. And they bought industrial engines for it, but the majority of them
I believe were Norton engines. And it was a typical tool for the small farmer. [Dave] But not many have survived
with a Norton engine then? As far as we know there's not that many around. I've heard of
Trusty, the name Trusty, but I've never seen it with a Norton engine. [Joe] I think we have a book about
them, and from memory I think they built about 120 of those with a Norton engine. [Dave] This is rare. So this is
nice. We'd love to see you start it as well. [Gentleman] Obviously it's an old Norton engine, single.
Belt start instead of kick-start. You just wrap that around there.
It's actually easier to start than most single motorcycles.
Stand back.
Come on ladies and gentlemen, out the way.