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Luke. Try this link and see if it works for you. Hope it does. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fsxq6

Did anyone watch it? Very interesting programme on BBC2 tonight on the pros and cons of GM food production. One point that was mentioned was that trials on feeding mice on it in some instances, some of them developed an allergic reaction. Perhaps this is why a lot of people get nut allergies. (Peanuts) ???

If we are all of the same mind, which I guess most of us will be, and answers to the majority of the survey point in the same direction, perhaps they will take notice. I think that the 'letter' may be the most influential part of it.

Still around for £22 so it's on the mark and fair. The seller is'nt making a lot of profit on it I would'nt think. A good buy.

Just purchased one yesterday. Be interesting to see what it's like when it arrives.

The silo's pictured look like animal feed bins, such as cattle cake (cubes), chicken or pig feed and also grain storage. To store grain in this way the moisture content needs to be no more than 18%. Brushwood Toys produce a set of these bins or silo's, a large floor standing one and a smaller diameter one on a stand together with an auger, made of silver grey plastic. They are very flimsy, rather weak and often out of shape when assembled, not worth the money, anyone could do better themselves using corrugated card in my opinion.

This one is different from the 50th anniversary model. Lighter green, different 'number plate' and the tilt is slightly different. Priced at £13 from Land Rover dealers. Individually numbered under the model. Different box.

Most of the FC tractors seem to have had sprayer tanks and booms and probably is the most common use. Others I've seen with a large Hiab fitted. Guess we will all have to wrack our brains and think 'out of the box' for suggestions on this one. Looking good already.

I have an example with the yellow wheels but not boxed. The wheels are genuine as they are tight, I would guess that if they had been changed they would be quite sloppy as you would have to force them over the axle ends which would enlarge the holes. I don't have any earlier catalogues but it shows the baler with yellow wheels in the 1970 catalogue and in the 1971 catalogue they are shown as blue.

The hedge plough is used for ploughing out the foot of the hedge, like the Council would do on the road verges.

Received a copy of the book today. Have had a look through it and am pleased with what I see. I don't think that it is quite as good as Davids book on the tractors, set out a little different but it's all there and is another 'bible' for the Britain's collector. I also see that the BL58 baler with yellow wheels has not been mentioned, perhaps the author and some others don't know that it exists.

The spring-tine cultivator is by Taul, I have one of those and it's very usefull. Reversible plough is a Ransomes. Disc harrows, MF28 of the early 1980's. Hay turner, Vicon-Leley 'Acrobat'. The plough with the off-set wheel looks like a late MF hedge plough, same sort of period as the discs.

I bought that very same horse (just the horse) off ebay a little while ago still in kit form but the earlier 'Browns' model I think.

The number produced of these in total was very low in D.B tractor production terms as over 33,000 of some others like the white 880 were made over a 7 year period. D.B tractors are better worked as mechanically they deteriorate faster with lack of use. Within reason, the harder you work them the longer they will last but you do have to service them regularly as per the instruction books, common sense really. Forgot to mention that there were 1,667 50D crawler tractors produced as well in 3 variants, 'Trackmaster 50, 50TD, (Tracked Diesel) and the 50ITD (Industrial, painted yellow, these had an extra pair of track rollers).

I really can't understand why the 50D makes so much as they are restricted in their use as they have no lift linkage, they were more a haulage, PTO and belt pulley work tractor. The majority produced were exported to South Africa but mainly to Australia, a few went to Europe and over the past few years many that have come to light over there have been impoted back to the U.K. A few years ago, one was sold in a collection of D.B tractors dispersal sale for £28,500. Restored, or supposedly, a few years earlier, the paint-work was fair but the engine leaked a lot of oil, it smoked like hell and breathed heavily. The 50D was produced between 1953 and 1959, 1,260 were built in total. 6 cylinder 50hp. 4 speed PTO. Price in 1957 was £967. 10 shillings. (50p). The chap that designed the 50D later went to work for Nuffield. If you look at the back end of a Nuffield, from the belt pulley back, you will see a remarkable similarity.

I think that the chap that 'converted' it tried to replicate the 'real' tractor. My neighbour has a real one, same model and that one has a white roof and silver wheels so there could lie the answer.

I must agree that the roof does look a little sus and that the black on the outer edges of the mudguards looks hand-painted. The decals on the side of the bonnet look very slightly rubbed. Having said all this though, could it possibly be a protoype I wonder? But looking in the 'bible', the issue with black plastic links and central lift lever was the second issue produced between 1996 to 1998 and beyond so doubtful. Still a nice find though at the price.

I'll have a look to see if I can find it but I think I read that this 60th S1 Land Rover is basically the same one that was released in 1999-2000 in the 'Vintage' series on the wooden plynth with the series of tractors Britain's did, D.B. 900, Lanz, T20, E27N and the Marshall. The only difference with this LR will be the plaque on the plynth. The same Land Rover was also in the Ertl 'Elite' box. Around the same time as the 'Vintage' series tractors on plynth, Britain's also released a number of 'Home Farm' sets in lead in special padded out boxes harking back to the original Home Farm stuff. You don't see so many of these sets around and I was told that they were not that succsesful in terms of sales and the few outlets that stocked them sent them back, people thought they were too expensive.

Being David Brown orientated I collect these. Have 3 folders full of advertising and sales brochures and a very large tall cabinet full of handbooks, parts lists, workshop manuals and everything else in printed matter. Comes in very usefull too.

Phew! Very comprehensive. I knew someone would know all the details, thanks for that interesting Land Rover history lesson Ploughmaster. Good on you.

There were as far as I know, 3 variants of Britain's long wheel base Land Rovers. The first issue was in 1968 in a sleeve and plynth box. It was pale blue with white interior and buff coloured wheels which were the same wheels as the farm trailers of the time. Bonnet opened to reveal engine with detail, doors opened and steering was operated through a steel wire from the spare wheel on the back. The towing pin had a plastic pin that turned and stopped the trailer or whatever you towed with it from detatching. This one did not have a rear canopy. Cat No. 9676. 1968. Second issue was a pale grey one with orange plastic interior and came with an orange/brown canopy with 2 open side 'windows' and was textured in the moulding to simulate canvas. This one came on its own or in a set with the orange and blue single axle horsebox and plastic brown 'hunter' horse. The horses maine had a number of red dots on top running its length to represent dressing bands or ribbons. Cat No. 9576. 1970. Land Rover & horsebox set Cat No. 9575. 1970. There was also a green military version, 9778 and a safari version, yellow interior, Zebra livery, white canopy roof platform and 'luggage'. Cat No. 9377. 1972.

These are supposed to be available, grey one November, blue one December (this year).

I think there is a picture of the grey and blue one on here somewhere but here they are together.

Another 'dreamer'. The seller probably thinks they're 'rare' because he has'nt seen very many. I don't think they have come to the UK in the UH perspex box packaging as yet, like the Major, 35X and T20 but there are still lots of these 65's still around in the 'Hachette' series and packaging especially in France. The correct price to pay for one is around £14.99.

The next one is Sunday November 9th. Last of the year.