South Africa has contributed three interesting machines which are currently en route to Australia and which will arrive well in time for the event. These include a 1909 Emerson Brantingham Big 4-20, a GO (General Ordnance) tractor dated 1917, and a 1953 John Deere 60 Hi-Crop, a particularly rare tractor in the line-up of vintage John Deere machines.

The team comprising Charles Viljoen, Neels Booyens and Chris Wilson will fly in a few weeks before the event to meet Australian collectors and participants and to help the Aussies break the record. Wilfred Mole, a member of the South African delegation, mentioned that although an event was being considered in South Africa to beat whatever record was established, it might be a bridge too far because the country would reach a stage where there were not enough tractors in the hands of collectors to mount a successful attempt.