David Brown Tractors
David Brown was a patternmaker and began business in Huddersfield, England in 1860. The company's primary business was the manufacture of gears. In a partership with Harry Ferguson in 1936, 1350 Ferguson-Brown tractors were built. The partnership soon dissolved, however, and Ferguson left for the United States (later partnering with Ford). The first David Brown tractor, the VAK1, was shown in 1939. Initial orders were for 3000 units, however World War II reduced the actual number built to only 1000. Full tractor production resumed after the war. In 1972, David Brown Tractors became a subsidary of Tenneco and operated as a division of JI Case. In 1983, tractors were no longer built under the David Brown name, but the Case name. The Meltham factory, where all David Brown tractors had been built, was closed in 1988.
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David Brown Tractors
| David Brown 30TD | Power: 36 hp | Date of manufacture : 1953 - 1959 |
| David Brown 40TD | Power: 43 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1960 - 1963 |
| David Brown 50D | Power: 50 hp | Date of manufacture : 1953 - 1958 |
| David Brown 50TD | Power: 50 hp | Date of manufacture : 1953 - 1958 |
| David Brown 770 | Power: 36 hp | Date of manufacture : 1965 - 1970 |
| David Brown 780 | Power: 46 hp | Date of manufacture : 1967 - 1971 |
| David Brown 850 | Power: 35 hp | Date of manufacture : 1960 - 1965 |
| David Brown 880 | Power: 44 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1961 - 1971 |
| David Brown 885 | Power: 47 hp | Date of manufacture : 1971 - 1980 |
| David Brown 895 | Power: 0 | Date of manufacture : 0000 - 0000 |
| David Brown 900 | Power: 40 hp | Date of manufacture : 1956 - 1958 |
| David Brown 950 | Power: 42 hp | Date of manufacture : 1958 - 1959 |
| David Brown 990 | Power: 52 hp | Date of manufacture : 1961 - 1980 |
| David Brown 995 | Power: 62 hp | Date of manufacture : 1971 - 1980 |
| David Brown 996 | Power: 62 hp | Date of manufacture : 1971 - 1980 |
| David Brown 1200 | Power: 72 hp | Date of manufacture : 1967 - 1971 |
| David Brown 1210 | Power: 67 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1971 - 1976 |
| David Brown 1212 | Power: 71 hp | Date of manufacture : 1971 - 1976 |
| David Brown 1290 | Power: 58 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1980 - 1983 |
| David Brown 1390 | Power: 66 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1980 - 1984 |
| David Brown 1410 | Power: 91 hp | Date of manufacture : 1974 - 1979 |
| David Brown 1412 | Power: 91 hp | Date of manufacture : 1974 - 1979 |
| David Brown 1490 | Power: 83 hp | Date of manufacture : 1980 - 1983 |
| David Brown 1690 | Power: 100 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1980 - 1984 |
| David Brown 3800 | Power: 43 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1968 - 1971 |
| David Brown 4600 | Power: 51 hp[P] | Date of manufacture : 1968 - 1971 |
| David Brown Cropmaster | Power: 25 hp | Date of manufacture : 1947 - 1953 |
| David Brown Cropmaster Diesel | Power: 34 hp | Date of manufacture : 1949 - 1953 |