The 1968 Senator - the 200,000th combine made by German agricultural machinery Claas - was put through its paces in a Suffolk cereal field. Farmer John Steven is presented with the 200,000th CLAAS combine by August Claas at Harsewinkel in 1968 (Image: Claas)It spent the next decades working Scottish fields - but was eventually returned to Claas UK’s headquarters in Saxham, Bury St Edmunds. The Claas 1968 Senator combine in action (Image: CLAAS)On July 31 it was in once action again at the Manns' family farm - Honey Hill Farm in Little Saxham - just behind the Claas UK headquarters. The Claas 1968 Senator combine in action (Image: CLAAS)"In the year that would have marked his 100th birthday, the restored Senator serves as a powerful reminder of that remarkable period of innovation and progress." Farmer John Steven aboard the 200,000th CLAAS combine at Harsewinkel (Image: Claas)Three generations of Claas combines - a 1953 SF, the 1968 Senator, and a modern Trion 720 - are put through their paces on a Suffolk farm (Image: CLAAS)