Allis and the fat lady

Look at what I have now. New to us and was made in the 40s, works like a charm
And my new computer will let me post pictures so now I can send you blooms. Just gotta get a cord I lost so can download directly from the camera again.


Lavina

That little Model B is perfect for a small farmer especially a truck gardener.

Good Glory, Lavina...That is a sight, lol!! Nice find:))

Nice pic!

We have a Ford 8N. It's a classic.

I am having a ball with it. I was raised on a farm in Tallapoosa Georgia Dill and we had a Allis Chalmers there, We got it at such a great deal we could not pass it up. We gotta find a cultivator to fit it now and I will be in business.
Wish I could find out how old it really is as the model number is not on the Classic Tractor's site.

Lavina

It appears to have hydralics, which would put it as a contemporay of the 8N. 1948 -1952? Not sure what year they upgraded it to the D15. The early models 1937 -47 did not not have hydralics.

SIgh, it looks fabulous and you do too. I am so envious; an oldy but goodie tractor has always been on my wish list. Back in the 80's I used to have my eye on this cute little old FarmAll but we moved from the country and I didn't need it anyway so a friend bought it and is till using it.

Here's my husband, Joe, on our tractor.

I am gong to come and sit on your tractor one day. LOL

ardesia come on up when it cools off. It was 81 at 7 this Morning.
Our AC here in the office is broke also don't know if we will be open long today or not.

Dill the neighbor said he added the hydrolics and the weight on the front , said it didn't have it when he bought it. but this week hubby is gonna take a picture of the motor.

Lavina

Lavina, If you have the serial number I can tell you the year of manufacture. The 1948 models start at 80556, production ceased in 1957 at 127186. Most valuable is 1937 models ( 1 to 96)
dill

Serial Number behind gear lever is E-73244
On motor is A-291617

TIA

Lavina

There should be metal plate riveted on with the serial number. I don't have a reference for motor numbers, but serial numbers don't have a prefix. Were that the correct serial number it would be a 1938 model, which only had 13 hp and would not be very effective on a bush hog. They went to 16 hp in 140, to 20 hp in 1948. A 38 model would be hand crank. I can't remeber where that plate was located on the B, but you should be able to find it. Just ignore the cast in numbers.

The neighbor put the hydrolic thingy on it so he could attach the bush hog, and the weight on the front on it after he bought it. Said the bush hog made it feel like it was gonna rare up. All he used it for was to cut the horse pasture field. He bought it in 1952.

Lavina

Lavina--I love it! Its my dream come true! Will you adopt me?

Congrats, Lavina, that's a beaut!

Ya'll will love it!

Shoe

I love old tractors, and yours is a beauty, LavinaMae! Like ardesia, I fell in love with an old "restored" (i.e.,cleaned and repainted) IH FarmAll back in the '70's in North Calackie. Bought it for a ridiculous price (high). It performed yeoman like service in Apex for a few years, then hauled it north to chicago where the poor thing had to perform Herculean duties moving snow. In below 0 degree temps... Never a complaint. Then it went to Texas, where I couldn't have sold it even if I wanted to! It seems that the Farm All cub in Texas was considered a "wimp", and all the "small tractor" fetish there was for the Ford 9N. I could have bought 3 Ford 9N's for what I paid for my little FarmAll back North Carolina. The FarmAll was perfect for cultivating tobacco crops in NC, the 9N oversized for that application. Reverse was true in Texas. Interestingly, the only way I could sell my house in texas was if the FarmAll went with the house...that was how I lost my little FarmAll. Still regret it.

Are old tractors worth much of anything? At my grand parents house there is an old Ford pre WW2 tractor. Not sure exactly what it is but it's full sized with the metal wheels that have the metal spikes sticking out of them. Hasn't been run in probably 30 years but it's not a hard thing to restore. Barn got struck with lightning back in the 80's and that was actually worth a fair amount since it was built back in the 1800's with huge timbers and all jointed together only metal used was hand made square nails that held the siding on.

Looked up some pictures and maybe it's not a Ford. Looks Basically like this with metal wheels. http://www.antiquetractors.com/contents/tpic1040.htm

Yote do you weed eat sure I will adopt you as you are just about my kids age.LOL

Core there is a classic tractor site and some people will pay big bucks for old tractors. Mine needs a good cleaning and some wires replaced.

Lavina

If it is a slim tricycle type with steel wheels ( rear wheels should be a metal ring with flat lugs attached) it is most probably an Oliver sold during WW II . Rubber tires wer not available in 43-45. Depending on the model and restorabity, Oliver collectors will pay a good price for it. They made model 60 ( 16 hp) model 70 ( 25 hp) and Model 80 ( 40 hp) during these years. Model 60 which was competitive with Allis C, Farmall B, John Deere H, Case VC and Ford 9N is a dandy small farm tractor. That photo of the Cockshutt is a rebadged Oliver 70. Cockshutt ( a Canadian company) sold rebadged Olivers untill introducing their own line in 1947.

Dill, today or tomorrow I will post pictures of all the numbers I couold find on Allis.
She needs a good cleaning and a few wires redone but runs like a charm

Lavina

Lavina, The serial plate on the B is on the transmission case to the rear and right of the gearshift lever. It will be a little metal plate like an oversized dogtag. Each tractor had to have its own. This should show you the location as well as give the year of manufacture. They usually get painted over and covered in crud, so you may have to do cleaning to uncover it. http://www.steinertractor.com/pdfs/allis_chalmers.pdf

There is a really cool old tractor along HWY 170 in Beaufort being used as decoration I guess because it hasn't moved in years that I know of. Someday I am going to try and take a picture of it.