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Let me know what isle and table number you're on and I'll come and see you.

Depends on what time you get there Sean. I always find that if you get there around 10am you get in pretty quick.

I've only got 17 and not all are fit for the purpose. Anyway, I'd like others to have a chance as well!

Are you going there Nathan as a punter or a dealer?

This years show will be on Thursday to Saturday inclusive, 21st to 23rd May. The Vintage Tractor & Machinery Special Feature will this year be David Brown. This year is the 70th anniversary of the first tractor that David Brown made of his own, the VAK1 and those of you that take or just read the 'Tractor & Machinery' magazine will probably have read the articles on the tractors. In my capacity of running the Devon Branch of the Club, I have been asked to organize a display of D.B. tractors and the idea will be to attempt to have one of every model on display, this is going to be quite a task and I don't think that we are going to get all of them but we're going to have a good bash at it. At present we have 14 tractors entered and hope that this number will considerably increase by the entry closing date of February 23rd. Not all the owners of the tractors will be attending the show all three days so any of you that are going to the show, make a note of the date and come and see us, and if you are a D.B. fan you might even be commandeered to drive one in the parade ring.

Give it to junior first. He will dismantle it for you!

The Britain's Ertl 1:32 John Deere 7930 radio control.

One thing I did notice on both of these models is that the drawbar slides up and down vertically. They could make the boxes a bit thicker/stronger for the money.

I think the JD would be more acceptable if there was front linkage then the weight could be put on the linkage like the Axion but as said before, the Axion is by far the better and more desirable looking model.

It's been cold here today, very raw and cold moderate Easterly wind and dense fog. The sun did try to come through this morning but soon gave up. Very damp with the fog and the moisture created by that has been freezing and forming a sugary coating on everything. This is what it was like here at around 11 this morning.

Cold Easterly moderate wind down here today. Markedly colder than yesterday. With wind chill factor around +2. Thin high cloud. Forcast for the weekend, wind Easterly, moderate, cloud clearing to blue sky, temperature dropping, return of frost.

I don't really like to 'nit-pick' at these models as they are as good as you can get for what they are and at the price but this Fordson seems to have too dark seat cushions, they should be pale blue with white piping. The drawbar appears to be at an angle as well. Also, for the level of detail, sould'nt they have rear lights as well as sidelights on the mudguards? Should they be on the later steel front wheels as well or the earlier 'spoke' type'?

Always remember an early episode of 'Heartbeat' when there was a heap of big round bales and a Howard Rotaspreader 550 in Claude Greengrass's open fronted barn behind the house. A little before their time perhaps? Funny how you notice these things.

The front of it has been altered, someone has fiddled with it to look like a Power Farm one. Real ones will spread everything exept string and wire and you could, and still can I suppose, get flat plates that go on the end of the chains over the flail lugs for slurry. Marvellous invention was the rotary spreader, see how many Companies made them!

The catalogues came with a price list as well but not all the stockists or shops left them in when you picked up a catalogue, especially the shops that charged a little over the odds.

Never bin any leaflets or brochures. With hindsight even the 'binned' ones are worth money nowadays, even if they don't seem to be that interesting. Even the modern ones will command a price in ten years from now as there will be none of the tractors left. For something that was and still is free from the dealers. I say carry on collecting!

Tim Bolton told me that he would be most interested to do an article in it on my David Brown and related tractor models so I sent him some photos as a 'taster' but have'nt heard back from him as yet. Perhaps I frightened him off a bit when I told him that I have around 48.

I think that it's all good. I don't have a preferred favorite section, I normally just have a page by page look through and then go back to the contents pages and read the articles as they grab me and eventually go through all the articles. 'On the block' is a very good article as it keeps us informed of prices in the 'real' world and to the true worth of farm tractors and machinery and is a good guide. Collectors corner is obviously an important section for the likes of us and informs us of what's to come and a lot of other aspects of our hobby. Farm favorites gives us a good insight into farmers personal preferences in their tractors and how they suit their particular farming practices and if you, like me, read between the lines, can gain a lot of knowledge from others experiences with different makes. I could go on but like I say, it's all good.

A very simple task to change a T20 to 12 volt. It's just the starting system that you have to do. As far as I remember, coil, starter motor and distributor is whats important, Don't think you have to renew the whole distributor, only the condenser. Look at the starter motor and it will have the voltage stamped into it but you do need a 12 volt one as the armature windings are'nt strong enough to carry the current for any length of time from a 12 volt battery. I think an MF35 starter will fit but you would have to make sure. Thanks for the previous comments lads. Yes, have 'been there, done that, got the T shirt, worn it out and used as an oily rag'. Tractor electrics has been one of my strengths over the years and have found most peoples problems to be just dirty or broken connections and a decent circuit tester is very useful.

To get the T20 started you only need to put some petrol in the rear tank and make sure first that there is no old fuel left in that tank. If there is, drain it all out and clean the glass bowl out under the tank then make sure that the 'butterfly' tap is turned to let the new petrol into the bowl. Next thing to do is to undo the drain tap on the bottom of the carbourettor to make sure there is no old fuel in the float chamber, keep this tap open until the new fuel flows from it. Then just turn the engine over with the starting handle if it's available and turn the ignition isolating key/switch 'on' and pull out the choke knob 2/3rds with the throttle 1/2 way open, if you have a good battery on it, all the better. Don't forget that the majority of the T20's had a 6 volt system, battery beside the left mudguard on a tray. You're ok to try a 12 volt on it to give you faster turning of the engine seeing it's been stood for some time but running the tractor on a 12 volt will burn out the coil, unless the electrical system has been changed from 6 to 12 volt. Spark plugs are normal long-reach ones as on Morris Minor, Mini etc and should have a 25 thou gap on the electrode. You may have to remove the distributor cap and clean the contacts of the rotor arm, the outer edge where it passes the electrodes where the HT leads slot into and clean the top center of it where the carbon pin contacts and the end of the pin. It would also pay to just clean the points contacts as well with fine grade wet-and-dry paper, gap on the points if you need to re-set them should be 15 thou. Firing order, if you have to disturb any of the plug leads is 1243 A bit comprehensive I know, but if you don't have new petrol and good electrical contact it will never start. Hope this is of help.

Just had a look at them and the majority of them are the C, CX and MX tractor brochures. If you PM me a list of models you are looking for I'll have a rummage and get back to you. All these brochures came from a dealer that changed over to Claas and were never opened.

If you count the ones that were printed for the rest of the world as well as the U.K market, literally thousands. When you consider that David Brown exported tractors to 96 countries there are a lot out there. I only collect the U.K ones specifically and I do have a couple of U.S ones, or North America to be more precise as some of these differ very little from the U.K ones apart from certain specifications and word spellings, for example, a U.K brochure will say that a 990 Selectamatic is 'capable of pulling a four furrow plough' whereas the North American version will say 'will pull a four bottom plow'.

I've god a wad of Case IH and IH leaflets and brochures about 6 inches thick from the 1990's if anyone is looking for some or one for a particular model from that era, perhaps They should be put in the 'classified' section. I only collect David Brown printed ephemora myself.

Went in to visit Vapormatic today. Had a personal tour of the warehouse and had a meeting with one of the managers and reps to discuss the new line of David Brown tractor parts they are manufacturing. They asked me to have a look at some of the parts they have already made to make sure they are correct and to make a list of parts that were most asked for, which I prepared beforehand. Avery interesting meeting and very constructive.

The Britain's Ford, well, does this seller know wheather he's coming or going?