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    David Brown 1939-1972

    Condie-DB
    David Brown 1939-1972. Book in the famous Allan T. Condie serues. Brief introduction of the particularities of this periode, followed  by an extensive presentation of models, known and less known. Many photographs and a lot of information. Cover is color printed, all the rest is black and white.
    • primarily oringinal factory photograhs and prints
    • A4 size
    • English
    • 66 pages
    • writer: Allan T. Condie
    €9,17 excluding shipping
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    David Brown Tractors : A British Legend

    DB-TRAC

    David Brown Tractors hold a special place in the affections of tractor enthusiasts. This outstanding book presents a detailed, in-depth history ofDavid Brown Tractors Ltd, and its parent company, David Brown Engineering, from the Ferguson Brown to the 94 series.
    Originally a small company, David Brown Engineering was to become the largest gear manufacturer in the land, specialising in manufacturing sub assemblies for other manufacturers, with a tradition of skill, dedication and attention to detail. 


    In 1936 the first David Brown Tractor - the Ferguson Brown -was produced. Three years later, David Brown Tractors Ltd was formed, producing the now-famous Hunting Pink tractors. Red and blue, red and yellow, white and chocolate, white and power red and finally red and black tractors followed. 


    Author Colin Holwell one of the leading David Brown authorities of today, describes each of these lines with the aid of many superb colour photographs and black & white archive material.
    These all-British made tractors have truly become a British legend, and this book will be much appreciated by those who have worked with David Browns. 

     

    • Writer: Colin Holwell
    • text in english
    • 188 colour photo's, 39 B&W
    • 151 pg.
    • Hard bound, 210 * 264 mm
    €23,85 excluding shipping
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    The David Brown tractor Story 1949-1964 part two

    DB-Story-2

    The second of three books looking in depth at David Brown and its products.

    Was David Brown the best tractor manufacturer in the world? Stuart Gibbard certainly believes it was, and he explains why in the second part of his David Brown Tractor Story, which covers the history of the marque from 1949 to 1964.

    Based in the Yorkshire township of Meltham in a remote Pennine valley, David Brown Tractors Ltd was a fiercely independent and family-controlled organisation. It exuded that great British tradition of putting engineering excellence before monetary considerations. The firm didn’t have the resources of the multinational conglomerates, but it had plenty of northern grit and determination, and an immensely skilled workforce. Willing to take on the opposition on the global stage, it frequently beat the larger manufacturers at their own game.

    Focusing on the company's agricultural tractors, the book starts in the era of the famous Cropmaster model, which pioneered so many industry "firsts" including the high-speed direct-injection diesel engine. It heralded the beginning of an intense period of engineering innovation as the range was enlarged to include crawlers, a six-cylinder wheeled tractor and a novel toolbar machine.

    David Brown's goal was to capture the world's markets with a range of six tractors and 60 implements. It nearly all fell apart after the product line became overloaded, coupled with the somewhat underwhelming appearance of the ill-fated DB 900 model in 1956, but the company regrouped and channelled its resources into a new series of middleweight wheeled tractors that brought even greater success.

    Moving into the early 1960s, and the final years of David Brown's ‘red’ tractors, the hugely popular 880 and 990 Implematic models began to have a dramatic affect on sales - helping to confirm Meltham's position as Britain's third largest tractor manufacturer after the mighty Ford and Massey Ferguson organisations.

    Stuart describes each model and its development in consummate detail; not just the production tractors, but also the principal - and highly fascinating - prototypes. He focuses on all the main developments, including the company's ground-breaking TCU and Autodrive systems. The narrative also deals with the American Oliver connection and the German 750 Farmatic tractor.

    During the course of his extensive research, Stuart has uncovered much new material, and several of the machines featured in the book have not been mentioned before in any other publication. The development of each tractor is set against the background of company policy, management decisions and world events. Stuart also explains the makeup of the larger David Brown Corporation and how the various facets of the organisation, particularly Aston Martin, impinged upon Meltham production.

    Above all, it is a story of people and personal achievement - from the Brown dynasty in the corridors of power to the generations of the same family who worked on the factory line. Not forgetting, of course, the creative engineers whose passion for technical innovation, and sometimes wild imaginings, drove the company forward. Stuart has woven all the strands together to provide a remarkable record of a proud organisation during probably the greatest period in its history.

    This long-awaited work is the result of more than ten years of meticulous research during which time Stuart has interviewed many of David Brown's key personnel. It is probably the most extensive book ever produced about any British tractor manufacturer. The absorbing text, written in Stuart's highly readable style, is accompanied by more than 500 illustrations - many of which will not have been seen before.

    Whether or not you agree with Stuart-s assessment of the company, you cannot help but be drawn into the story and transfixed by the tales of human endeavour, engineering enterprise and dogged determination that typified David Brown's ambitions to mechanise the world's farms. The reader is taken on an amazing adventure, gaining a greater understanding of Britain's industrial heritage and its importance to the agricultural landscape

     

    • Writer: Stuart Gibbard
    • text in english
    • 360 pg.
    • Hard bound, 275 * 215 mm
    €44,04 excluding shipping
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    The David Brown tractor Story 1936-1948 part one

    DB-Story-1

    Description: First part of a series of 3 books about the history of David Brown.

    The author Gibbard gives an in depth history of David Brown's activities, including the gear production that David Brown originally started with and still runs today. Tractors are the major part of the book and cover the period up to the Crop Master.
    Many original factory photo's including information and photo's of prototypes.

  • Writer: Stuart Gibbard
  • text in english
  • 300 photo's
  • 300 pg.
  • Hard bound, 275 * 215 mm
  • €34,90 excluding shipping