There may be a 70-year age difference, but the vintage John Deere tractor, restored by Pembrokeshire farmer Henry Dixon, gleamed as bright as the new tractor he took delivery of at the Royal Welsh Show.

Mr Dixon, of Walterston Farm, Hayscastle, is an avid collector of vintage machinery and his hobby has raised thousands of pounds for Withybush Hospital.

His pride and joy is a 1944 two-cylinder John Deere BW, which was on display at the LAS agriculture stand at this year's Royal Welsh and will also be at the company's stand at the County Show.

The 18hp hand-start machine stood alongside a new 6420 two-wheel drive John Deere tractor bought by Mr Dixon from the Narberth-based company for cultivation work on his 500-acre holding.

Mr Dixon, who farms with his sons, David and Robert, grows 100 acres of corn and needed a specialist lightweight tractor for early fertiliser sowing and for crop spraying.

The tractor will be a useful addition on the farm, but Mr Dixon is as passionate about vintage machinery as he is about the more modern equipment.

The 1944 tractor was bought for him by his daughter, Angela, for £1,450 from a sale in Thirsk, north Yorkshire, in 1995.

It has since been restored and was driven by Mr Dixon on the annual Pembrokeshire charity vintage run, which raised £9,000 for Withybush Hospital.