2020.03.18 Tractor Pic

kcm.MN · Mar 18, 2020

1964 David Brown 990

db4600 · Mar 18, 2020

I?m not so sure on the color. Implematic to selectomatic came
in late ?65. Hope MJ-UK can enlighten us.

MJ in the UK · Mar 18, 2020

Yes I can. In 1964 Ford sacked a lot of there dealers and appointed distribitors so
David Brown jumped on an airliner and went to the USA to meet the sacked dealers to
sell them DB tractors. At the time DB were painting there tractors red and yellow
but as the ex ford dealers were also selling the Bolens tractors and they were
painted brown and white and thy wanted the DB tractors the same colour and DB
agreed. This was in 1965 and DB were still making the Implematic range of tractors
so thats how you got brown and white Implematic tractors. Next year DB introduced
the Selectamatic range of tractors and adopted the brown and white colour scheme
world wide. The correct name for the colours are polychromatic brown and orchid
white. This is when DB stopped supplying tractors to the Oliver Corperation. MJ

Traditional Farmer · Mar 18, 2020

Wish my 990 looked that good,really good tractor though.

Stoneman44 · Mar 18, 2020

(quoted from post at 23:57:28 03/17/20) I?m not so sure on the color. Implematic to selectomatic came
in late ?65. Hope MJ-UK can enlighten us.

I'm with you db4600, I don't think the colors are correct for a '64 model. I'm 99% sure the wheels are incorrect, at least!

Of course, the seat doesn't look OEM, either. To each his own, right?

Oliver 500 Wa · Mar 18, 2020

I'm with you db4600, I don't think the colors are correct for a '64 model. I'm 99% sure the wheels are incorrect, at least!

Of course, the seat doesn't look OEM, either. To each his own, right?

Headlights and running lights are not OEM either. Still a sharp looker though.

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