Ferguson-Brown Type A Tractor 1936

The first Tractor produced by Harry Ferguson was a prototype designed in 1933/34 to demonstrate the viability of the Ferguson Hydraulic System.  Because of it's colour it was known as the Ferguson Black.  Apart from the hydraulics and the linkage system this tractor was a small and underpowered version of existing tractors.  Despite an intensive campaign by Harry Ferguson to publicise his system both in Britain and the United States, it was only when he met David Brown of David Brown Gears Ltd., that an agreement was entered into to produce the Ferguson Brown Model A tractor at Huddersfield.  Production began in 1936 and approximately 1,300 units were built before the partnership between both parties ceased in 1939.

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