Re: Porsche tractor

["Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>]

Jack wondered:

>How many sports and racing car manufacturers had tractor/farm equipment
>connections?
>
>Of course we already have delved into:
>
>Porsche - Porsche tractors
>Lamborghini - Lamborghini tractors
>Aston Martin - David Brown tractors
>
>How about:
>
>Ford - Ford and Fordson tractors (with Ferguson)
>Ferguson - Jensen F/F & Novi-Ferguson - Massey-Furguson
>
>There must be a lot of others. What was the Standard-Triumph tractor that
we
>always refer to?


Standard Motors built motors for the Ferguson TEA 20 tractor based on the
motor they built for the TR2, 3 & 4.  and the Vanguard sedans.
>
>BMC and Rootes must have had tractor divisions, but did they carry the same
name as a sports or racing car?


Donno, I think that International Harvestor bought the Jowett (Jupiter)
outfit.

There was also a line of tractors with the Ferrari name but I'm sure that
it's not THAT Ferrari!