Mystery tractor(?) badge (and shite down a mine)

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Rifling through a pile of rusty tractor parts the other day I came across a radiator surround and an unusual badge. Any ideas?

 

IMGP5329.resized by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

IMGP5332.resized by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

 

IMGP5335.resized by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Have a bonus almost complete tractor

[Albert Ross]

Fordson, possibly a Major or a Dexta.

[trigger]

Yes of course!, I kept thinking Ford, It's of a Dexta

 

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Ta! These tiny mysteries bother me quite a bit, good to solve it.

[M'coli]

Is it in a mine of some description?

[trigger]

Now you need to post the photos of that lovely Bedford truck down there! Do you know what the story is behind them all being down there?.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

IMGP5354 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

My photo of the Bedford truck isn't very good, have a CA instead

 

IMGP5352 by zenithfivenine, on Flickr

 

Old cars, lorries, tractors and even a dumptruck were dumped down the mine mainly due to the remote location I think - too much hassle to get rid of scrap vehicles. It's a complex of about 30 miles and we haven't covered it all, might be more to find.

[trigger]

Did you go down with someone called RichardB5 then?, I thought this photo was yours as I commented on it the other day.

 

DSC_2718 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

DSC_2723 by RichardB5, on Flickr

[Richard]

That would be me

[trigger]

Ah! small world!, I take it then that you both went down together?. I'd love to have a look around somewhere like that.

[ashmicro]

Amazing photos, they have a sci-fi like quality to them. Kudos for going down a mine to snap some shite - THAT is dedication to the cause.

[warren t claim]

I'd pay good money to have a nosey around there.

[Richard]

A few from previous visits.

 

DSC_7769 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

 

DSC_8494 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

 

and a shot of the CA and a Minor that gives a better impression of the surroundings.

 

DSC_8501 by RichardB5, on Flickr

[autofive]

DSC_2723 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

is that a mk3 zephyr/zodiac?

[Richard]

It's a Mk3 Zephyr, AJS617B. The Zodiac had thinner C pillars, I know this because somebody told me when I posted it on Flickr before.

[Futuramic]

DSC_2723 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

is that a mk3 zephyr/zodiac?

 

Could be; but to me looks a tad Farina-esque.

 

Great photos by the way. Reminds me of a John Wyndham inspired nightmarish view of a post Soviet attack Britain.

[Cavcraft]

Looks like a Mk1 Cortina to me but I'm absolutlety last at recognising cars.

 

Nice pictures by the way, wouldn't get me down there though.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Definitely not anything ending in 'ina'.

[Richard]

It's not a "what's this car" puzzle, it's a Mk3 Zephyr for definite.

 

If it'll make you happier I can give you a puzzle from another mine, this one does end in "ina".

 

DSC_1599 by RichardB5, on Flickr

[Cavcraft]

Mk2 Cortina.