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Ferguson passenger car - the car of the tractor king

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Created on October 1, 1961

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H.Parsifal

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Ferguson (1961) - the ideal car for the little man

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Ferguson (1961) - water-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine with automatic transmission, the elements of the hydropneumatic suspension are also visible

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Ferguson (1961) - rear axle with internal disc brakes and hydropneumatic suspension elements

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Ferguson (1961) - well-designed front suspension with stable single-cell core and hydropneumatic suspension, high ground clearance thanks to wheel articulation at the wheel center point

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Ferguson (1961) - the differential between the cardan shafts is driven by the automatic gearbox via a spur gear; freewheels are also provided

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Ferguson (1961) - the idea of using a pump or turbine to drive the wheels was abandoned

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Harry Ferguson, the king of tractor manufacturers, had it in his head to create the ideal car for the little man and thus the ideal automobile par excellence, year after year passed over the development work, and fate would have it that Harry Ferguson would not live to see the realization of his expensive dream, the finished 'Ferguson'. This report explains the design principles applied to the much-lauded vehicle, which was never actually built in series.

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Harry Ferguson's wish to create the ideal car for the little man has now been fulfilled, just a few months after his death. Harry Ferguson, the king of tractor builders, had set his mind on creating the ideal car for the little man and thus the ideal automobile par excellence, year after year passed over the development work, and fate would have it that Harry Ferguson would not live to see the realization of his costly dream, the finished 'Ferguson'. The Ferguson project had cost many millions and would have continued to do so had a compromise not been reached, putting a temporary end to further development work. The four-wheel drive of the much-acclaimed Ferguson wagon was only mechanical instead of hydraulic. Just a few months ago, the Viennese 'Kurier' carried the 'sensational' news that the Ferguson principle had taken shape and, as it neatly recorded, the engine drove a pump that set a turbine in motion via supply lines at each of the four wheels.

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