The Matador Has Lost The Fight
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The Matador Has Lost The Fight
Image: © James T M Towill Taken: 9 Aug 2014
The remains of an F-registration (1967) Claas Matador [Standard] combine harvester. 35,000 Matador combines were produced between 1961 and 1969 and according to the manufacturer's information plate, located at the edge of the operator's platform above the 'offside' front wheel, this is machine number 56001347. Some excellent footage of a machine at work can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5imCSELHKk
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Image Location
Latitude
56.137787
Longitude
-4.23632