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We paid a visit to his base in Craven Arms, Shropshire, to get the lowdown on a couple of the firm’s most popular models. He has been spannering these British-built handlers for more than 20 years and knows how to cure almost all their ailments. This is where Wayne Bowen, otherwise known as the Matbro Man, comes in. They are not without their foibles, though, and when the hours rack up or the maintenance has been wanting they will need some specialist attention. But the boom years left behind a huge legacy of machines – the firm built more than 1,500 of its TR200 model alone – and, thanks to their solid construction, most of them are still going strong.
