Introduced in 1946, the Ferguson TE20 (Tractor England, 20 horsepower) popularised Harry Ferguson’s ingenious hydraulic three-point hitch system around the globe.

Endearingly nicknamed the Little Grey Fergie, the usefully compact and lightweight design was manufactured for Ferguson by the Standard Motor Company, and a form of the wet liner engine they developed for it was adopted for the Vanguard and other Standard cars.

The engine could be tuned to run on either petrol or what was known as tractor vaporising oil, or petrol/paraffin.

Some 517,651 examples of the TE20 are said to have been produced by Standard's factory in Banner Lane, Coventry, some sixty-six percent of which were exported.

Part of the late Mr Lucas’s collection since at least 2003 when the earliest of its accompanying V5C Registration Documents was issued showing no former keepers, chassis TE14618 has self-evidently been the subject of past restoration work.

Proudly sporting front and rear spot lamps for nocturna...