HSCS
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HSCS was founded in the early 20th century as Hofherr-Schrantz-Clayton-Shuttleworth, by a group Hungarian business men and the British firm of Clayton and Shuttleworth. The buisnes was nationalised by the Stae in the 1950's when the comunist took over after WWII.
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[edit] History
The partnership with Clayton and Shuttleworth was bought out in 1921. HSCS then built there first tractor in 1923. The forst machine was a petol engine model. This was followed by a Semi-diesel to he Lanz design, after they bought the firm out in 1938. These were built till the 1950s. In 1951 the company was renamed Red Star Tractors when it was nationalised y the comunist goverment of the day and started in the 1960's using the brand of Dutra on its tractor.
[edit] Tractor models
- Lanz bulldog copy.
- Dutra tractors
- HSCS K40 - 1938
- HSCS G50 - 1930's
[edit] Preservation
- An example of the K40 is in the Hugh Manning Tractor & Macinery Museum in Australia.[1]
- Are there any UK examples ?
[edit] See also
[edit] Refereances /sources
- Tractors of Europe by A.Morland & P.Henshaw
[edit] External links
- owners group - Europes site with poor english translation available. (some pages not working Feb 2009)
