Originally Posted by
nonpareil
He was a tractor maker before Enzo's snub inspired him to get into performance cars afaik
The original David Brown made gears and cogs and equipment for factories in the mid 1800s long before the advent of tractors again afaik
And while we're at it John Deere, a blacksmith, moved to Illinois in the 1800s and invented a new type of horse drawn plough, more suitable for the American West and Mid- West...........again long before the rise of the tractors that now bear his name.