The first MB-trac, called the 65/70, had achieved much in its three years of production between 1972 and 1975, not least by proving the concept of these machines as a four-wheel drive, equal-size wheel tractor with centrally mounted cab and rear load platform.
Originally based on the Mercedes-Benz Unimog, the MB-trac took a step further into agriculture, with a machine designed specifically as a farm tractor, albeit with a difference.
With its four-cylinder OM 314 Mercedes-Benz engine, of 3.8-litre capacity, producing 65hp, and with a 16-speed transmission controlled by a centrally mounted gear lever, the 65/70 gave way to two new models in 1975, both still wearing the same white and red livery, and looking much the same as the original version. A new model numbering system was adopted, however, that would prove to be the basis for all future MB-trac machines.
MEET THE 700 & 800
And so it was that, in July 1975, the new 700 replaced the 65/70. The new model number was obtained by rounding up the horsepower figure
