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Showcasing the rural history of Marlborough. Take a step back in time and view one of the largest displays of vintage farm machinery in the southern hemisphere. The Marlborough Vintage & Farm Machinery club occupies a 12 acre site at Brayshaw heritage Park comprising over twenty sheds, some of which are still the original sheds. These sheds contain a collection of farm machinery, horse drawn equipment, tractors, stationary engines & memorabilia mainly from the Marlborough area. Some examples of the rare machines at the park are the Ransome & Sims, Blackstone, Jelbart, Fitch Four Drive, Mogul & Avery tractors. Most of these tractors have an association with Marlborough farms.
Some of the exhibits include a locally restored & furnished cottage from the 1880’s. They have one of the biggest collections of vintage wheel tractors, crawlers & machines in New Zealand which include some very rare machines like the first mobile Blackstone oil engine built by Andrews & Beaven in Christchurch. A large stationary engine that was built by a local engineering company whose owner also went on to manufacture several cars that became known as “Marlborough” cars. There is a working Blacksmith’s Shop, a fully restored McLaren Steam Roller, traction engines, a large display of diesel engines dating back to the 1920’s, stationary engines and a machine that dates back to one of the earliest forms of refrigeration. Some of these machines are both restored and un-restored.