[AT] David Brown

[John Maddock]

On the TEA-20 we had, the hood was Al, as well as the gearbox, possibly
the steering box. Standard materials, AFAIK.

If one was burned in a bushfire (as happened here in '67) the gearbox &
hood melted, leaving the machine with its gearbox innards exposed. Sad!

Post WW2, Land Rover bodies were made of Al., coz it was readily available
(scrapped aircraft) & cheap.

JV

> Is the TEA-20 hood stamped aluminum? Does it have the Standard engine.
> This is new info for me.
>
> Aaron Dickinson AT List Member and soda blastor (a_dickinson at att.net); My
> 1952 Ferguson TEA-20 has aluminum transmission housing and cover, aluminum
> oil pan, aluminum timing cover, and aluminum hood. Seems there are some
> other aluminum castings as well (steering box?)
>
> James AT List Member (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com); If my memory serves me
> correctly, Harry Ferguson designed the Ferguson Brown Type A with the rear
> half an aluminum casting. That was probably an issue he was wrong about.
> Is there any record of him having admitted that lightening a tractor by
> using aluminum castings was probably counterproductive?
>
> Thomas Martin AT List Member (mailto:tmartin at xtra.co.nz); claims  the
> Type A was more David Brown than Fergie...
>
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