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The very first tractor to roll off the production line at the Doncaster plant in 1949 was indeed a Farmall M. The tractor still exists.
 
Yes the English at Doncaster built a lot of BM's BMD's and Super BMs and exported many to the British Commonwealth countries. The BMD's came with glow plugs and did not start on petrol like the US built MD.
I have a 1954 Super BM and my brother in law has an English BM and a US Built M, all in New Zealand.
The only other place I am aware that assembled/built Ms was Australia. Where they are known as the AM.
I suggest you go to the Google books website and look up "Farmall Tractors in the 1950s" by Guy Fay, and there on page 85 and 86 you can read about the history of English production of Farmall Tractors built at Doncaster. Guy Fay's books are well researched and an excellent read.
 
Hi Roy, yes you are right the first British built tractor was a Farmall M on September 13th 1949. It was bought by the Neale family as Arthur Neale was IHs UK manager for many years. His nephew Peter Neale still owns the tractor and he brought it to the Newark Tractor Show for me last November when I ran the International display. I also got Farmall M tractor number 2 to put at the side of it. It was the first time the two tractors had stood together since the day they was made. I have some wonderful photos of the presentation of the new tractors and the Neales tractor being deliverd to their farm in Cambridgeshire. MJ
 
Well done Roy, that is Peter Neale driving UK built Farmall number 1. The seral number is D1001 and I was told D stood for Doncaster works here in the UK. At the Newark Tractor Show on November 13th and 14th this year I am featuring David Brown and Case tractors and I hope to see you there Roy. MJ
 
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