Farmall BMD Tractor

The International Farmall BMD Tractor was a British built version of the American M series.  The BMD first appeared in 1952 and was powered by a British built 38 h.p. four cylinder diesel engine.  The British International tractor factory was at Doncaster, U.K. tractor production commenced in September 1949, later in the 1950's the factory was expanded to include the former Jowett car and van factory at Idle, Bradford.
A short history of the Doncaster Plant....
In 1951 the first fully British-built tractor, a Farmall M, was completed and driven from the assembly line. A year later saw the first British built diesel tractor launched - the Farmall BMD model.
Tenneco acquired IH Farm Equipment Division in 1985.
The International Harvester was acquired by the Argo group of Italy in 2000 and today trades as McCormick Tractors International Limited.
The Wheatley Hall Road site was sold in 2005 for a reported �16 million before being leased back for 40 years.
In 2007 the 435,836th tractor, an XTX215E, was the final produced here in Doncaster before closing it's doors leaving the 371 remaining staff redundent.
Two years later the whole plant had been demolished and little remaining to show for 58 years of world class farm equipment engineering from Doncaster.