Bryan Hamilton, of Koorlong, a small town to the west of Mildura, Victoria, is a member of the Tractor Restoration & Appreciation Club Sunraysia (TRACS), and has recently completed the refurbishment of his unusual looking tractor - a 1918 Moline plough tractor, also known as the ‘Universal’ tractor.

Bryan is unsure of the tractor’s life history, but he thinks it started work in central New South Wales. The Moline had several other owners before he purchased it from another member of TRACS in 2012. The Moline, in many ways, was a ‘basket case’, dismantled in part, and with some parts missing.

There was also some internal water damage to the engine after years of negl