AND 990 MAKES THREE
Remember pre-lockdown and pre-Covid? Even pre-Brexit? It all seems a long time ago now, but I do remember writing about Mike Back’s beautifully restored David Brown 1200, which appeared in TFH back in 2014.
Recap
In the corner of the yard then, was a down at heel looking 880 with a front loader; it had been bought at the same time as the 1200 and was the next project. A few years later I had a call from Steve Coombes, who along with Mark Cullingford restores the DBs with Mike - the 880 was now finished, and would I like to come along and see it?
Steve has form in these things. Apprenticed as a mechanic at David Brown dealer Gibbs of Crewkerne, he’s done several DB tractor restorations of his own, including the never to be forgotten 1690 fitted with a Deutz V12. Anyway, history seemed to
