Products Used vehicles New vehicles Hire Service Careers News About Contact Us ECON VINTAGE MUSEUM What started as a passion, quickly became an obsession Jonathan Lupton, just like his Father, has always had a passion for farming, but it wasn’t until years after the agricultural business was sold, that he found an original Lupat Hedge Cutter sat in the yard in a fairly sorry state. He took about refurbishing it and managed to track down an original Massey Ferguson 35X which was typical of the era. What started as a passion quickly became an obsession for the Econ team – making it their challenge to find and renovate a classic trimmer and tractor combination to mark each decade of the Econ production. The collection is stored in a museum at headquarters in Ripon, North Yorkshire and be viewed at any one of the shows that the team visit during the summer months. Vehicle appearance dates Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 we were unable to attend any fairs or rallies this year, but why not come and visit us next year. We would love to see you at one of these 2021 events: 2021 dates for the diary June 2021 - Newby Hall Steam Fair July 2021 - Masham Steam Fair September 2021 - Hunton Steam Rally Econ vintage vehicles through the years 1960’s Front cover material The Ford 5000 Force was purchased from Shaun Lomas, a collector and restorer of vintage tractors himself, solely for the purpose of fitting the Hedgemaster MkI. Shaun purchased the tractor in 2010 and restored it over a period of 5 years and the finished tractor even made an appearance on the front cover of the Ford & Fordson magazine. Econ will again sympathetically restore the tractor in the future but we are currently concentrating on the full restoration of the Econ Hedgemaster Mk1 and fitting it to the tractor. The hedger was purchased in November 2018 from Whites of Bocombra, Potadown, Co. Armagh and arrived fitted to an International 84 tractor which to say the least had seen better days. The tractor was sold at auction and the restoration of the hedger is now complete as the photos show. 1990’s A chance phone call The Ford 7810 Silver Jubilee, was manufactured in 1989. This tractor was purchased from the Paul Cable collection in May 2018 with the intention of mounting one of the final Econ HM3E Hedge Cutters produced at Econ in Ripon in 1997, and prior to selling the hedger business to McConnel. The hedgers were purchased back from Peter Rideout Agricultural Services, Chettle, in June this year after a chance phone call and following conversation. Peter had two complete hedge cutters and various spare tanks and underframes in a hedge back which he had purchased with the intent of restoring one of them and fitting it to one of his own tractors as he used to run them in his business but work commitments never allowed this to happen so Econ purchased the bundle and restored the one seen on the tractor today. Econ Extra Products Winter Vehicles Swap Body System Multipurpose Road Patching Contract Maintenance Used gritters and spreaders Service Hire About Setting the standards Sectors Case Studies Accreditations & Affiliations History Econ Vintage Museum Careers News Contact Us Contact us Headquarters Ripon Econ Engineering Ltd. Boroughbridge Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1UE UK Tel: 01765 605321 Fax: 01765 607187 Email: sales@econeng.co.uk Alloa Depot Econ Engineering Ltd. Block 9 Dumyat Business Park Bond Street Tullibody Alloa FK10 2PB Tel: 01259 230350 Fax: 01765 607187 Email: repairs@econeng.co.uk Cardiff Depot Econ Engineering Ltd. 4 Brindley Road Cardiff CF11 8TX Tel: 02922 749907 Fax: 01765 607187 Email: repairs@econeng.co.uk Privacy Policy Quality Policy All correspondence is treated in the strictest of confidence. Company Reg. No. 644062