Ivel
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The Ivel company of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England was Started building Tractors in 1903. The company was started by Dan Albone a Champion Bicyclist, after he obtained a patent for mounted implements, powered off the tractor by use of a pioneering power take off, (P.T.O.). The Company is named after the River Ivel in Bedfordshire. The Company built a 3 wheeled lightweight tractor powered by a 2 cylinder gasoline engine of 8 h.p., that sold for £300, a considerable sum in the 1900s.
The company continued building tractors to a virtually unchanged design till 1921, when it ceased trading, but Dan Albone suffered a premature death in 1906. The company imported Hart-Parr models into the Britain during WW I.
The tractors were exported to over 20 countries around the world.
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[edit] Preservation
One Ivel AO 385 has been restored to full working order by John Moffit and it under took a road run from Lands End to John O'Groats for charity.
The tractor is featured in the book - The Ivel Story by John Moffitt published by Japonica Press, ISBN 0-9540222-6-2.
[edit] Events
Some of the events tractor AO 385 has bee exhibited at include;
- Newby Hall Vintage Gathering 2009
- Little Casterton Working weekend 2009
- Carrington Steam and Tractor Rally 2009
[edit] Pictures of the Ivel
[edit] Other surviving tractors
please add details of any other surviving examples here.
[edit] Reference
Classic Tractors of the World, By Nick Baldwin ISBN 0-89658-394-5
