The Austin Motor company made tractors for the period between the wars 1919-1939, both in England and in France.
History
1905 - 1918
Formation and development
Herbert Austin (1866–1941), later Sir Herbert, the former manager of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company founded The Austin Motor Company in 1905, at Longbridge , which was then in Worcestershire (Longbridge became part of Birmingham in 1911 when its boundaries were expanded). The first car was a conventional 5 litre four cylinder model with chain drive with about 200 being made in the first five years. In World War I Austin grew enormously with government contracts for everything from artillery to aircraft and the workforce expanded from around 2,500 to 22,000.
= To get round the problem Austin bought a farm and a factory in France, as there was tariffs protection in place he then imported them in to Britain. Production continued in the UK till 1927
1930-1939
At the 1933 Paris show Austin displayed a new range of large Kerosene tractors of up to 55hp. A 45/55 hp diesel model was also produced in France.
Austin's French tractor production ended with WWII as the German company Krupp took over the factory during the war.
Models
Reference
Classic tractors of the World by Nick Baldwin
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