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Ivory Brothers Limited had a name change to IBL Limited around 1971.


Mike Ivory

Bristol crawler tractors

1946: Bryan Ivory demonstrating the "old model"
1949: Bristol 20 crawler tractor
1953: advertisement for Bristol 22 crawler tractor
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1956: advertisement for Bristol 25 crawler tractor
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1958: Commemorating the 1000th Bristol crawler tractor imported into New Zealand
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1963: advertisement for Bristol PD48 crawler tractor
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Mike Ivory

Manufacturing

Having consolidated a position as one of the country's three major importers of rotary tillage horticultural machinery and small power agricultural equipment, Ivory Brothers Limited undertook a substantial manufacturing programme. During 1954 Ivory Brothers Limited purchased from Messrs. C.V. Crowe ltd., Hamilton, all the rights, patents and designs for the manufacture of rotary grass, rubbish and scrub cutters and immediately began laying down for the production of the first thousand units.
These machines (the Flailmaster and Fieldmaster product lines) were going to play a vital part in land clearance for increased production of extensive areas at that time covered with fern, rushes, blackberry, gorse and light scrub.
Certain component parts such as castings were produced by contract foundries while other components were fabricated by Ivory Brothers' own production facilities.
Readers may be interested in this patent application from 1965, indicative of Ivory Brothers' ongoing r&d activities.

Mike Ivory

1959: Purchase of Petone head office

In late 1959 Ivory Brothers Ltd, agricultural machinery manufacturers and importers, purchased 106-110 Jackson Street Petone from Foodstuffs Co-op Society. During 1960 head office was moved here from 15/17 Egmont Street Wellington. The Petone building had 23,500 sq.ft. of floor space on a 40,000 sq.ft. site.

Mike Ivory

SAME 4WD Tractors

Readers may be interested in this article in Rural News about the first SAME Leone tractor sold in New Zealand by Ivory Bros. in 1968.

Advertising - NZ Chinese Journals

Readers may be interested in this link to a copy of the New Zealand Chinese Growers Monthly Journal (1949-1972) held in Auckland Library showing an Ivory Bros. Ltd advertisement for Dobbins spraying equipment.

Bristol Crawler video

Posted by HILIAK on YouTube.

Gravely well, still going strong!!

This video posted by BOSTONKINGI on YouTube.