Tractor World Show and Sale

jamstra · Mar 24, 2019

Good day out at the Tractor World Show and Sale in Edinburgh yesterday. All the 'usual subjects' were represented, but here are a few pics of things that caught my eye.
The auction had mixed results. The Ferguson Brown made an eye-watering ?28,000 ($37,000), the immaculate DB Cropmaster ?6000 ($8000), the unusual Chamberlain ?3000 ($4000), the Massey Harris Ferguson 820D was unsold at ?2500 ($3300) (the auctioneer warned buyers that it was hard to start!), various MF 35s (running but scruffy, for restoration) made between ?1500 and ?2000 ($2000 to $2600). Huge auction crowd, no shortage of money for the right tractors!

wjytexas · Mar 24, 2019

very cool. thanks

Blackhole49 · Mar 24, 2019

Neat sale.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 24, 2019

x 2 !!

MJ in the UK · Mar 24, 2019

Hi Jamstra, thanks for the pictures. Must get my Ferguson Brown number 226 out of storage and get restored. I bought it in 1967 for ?45=00 so I can afford to spend some money on it. I had a DB Cropmaster and restored it in 2001 then I had it stolen with my pick-up and trailer and it as never come to light at a show or a rally. MJ

phil25 · Mar 24, 2019

What a trip that would be just to look, let alone take one or more home...
interesting that the 3pt controls on the MF 20-25, and MF 132
are on the left side of the tranny...made for us left handers..

tks for pics

showcrop · Mar 24, 2019

Thsnks, Jamstra! I have owned two DBs but I had never seen pictures of early ones.

jamstra · Mar 24, 2019

Sorry to hear that about the Cropmaster. Scumbags! But what was the 'plan' (if any) if they have never shown it? Export? Jim

jamstra · Mar 24, 2019

They are actually centre mounted - clearer in some other pics I took. Jim

phil25 · Mar 24, 2019

i can see it now, optical trick and surprise in general of seeing them " different",
better to leave my right side controls where they are..

jm. · Mar 24, 2019

Photo 6 the little 132 MF what does it use for an engine? I have never seen an engine look like that one.

jamstra · Mar 24, 2019

I understand it was German made with a 34hp Eicher EDK2(Air cooled) engine. Speciality for vineyard work. That's all I know! Jim

rrlund · Mar 24, 2019

I like the seat on the Crop Master. Looks like you could pull over and take a nap on it if you got tired. The little 820D has a similar look to the Massey Harris Pony.

rrlund · Mar 24, 2019

Parts donation maybe?

jm. · Mar 24, 2019

Thanks, I was thinking it looked like it must be air cooled .

wilson ind · Mar 24, 2019

Case fellows I noticed the DC had no battery and a different magneto than here in USA. Also very different wheels. Front looks to be a different front hub also. Has chrome strip there for might be a 1940 with sliding axles.

MJ in the UK · Mar 24, 2019

Hi Wilson, the DC would have come to the UK on the lease lend scheme during the second world war on iron wheels and without a starter and lights. The magneto is a UK built Wico unit commonly known in the UK as witrash units. After the war a lot of companies cast front and rear wheels for the tractors with iron wheels. MJ

MJ in the UK · Mar 24, 2019

Hi Randy, all David Brown tractors till the end of the Cropmaster production in 1954 had double seats and a scuttle to keep your legs warm. When the 25 and 30 series of tractors came out in 1954 they had single seats and shell type fenders to keep the cost down as the Fordson Diesel Major was less money than the Cropmasters.

MJ in the UK · Mar 24, 2019

The Massey 820 was a French built Pony with a French Simca car engine. MJ

rrlund · Mar 24, 2019

If I ever quit collecting Olivers,I think I could get right in to collecting the DBs. They seem to have been a high quality tractor with some great features for their day.

560farm · Mar 24, 2019

The MF 20 25 Special looks like a half scale Super 90.

Brad

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