Original All Crop Combine

So I’ve been trying to learn more about the All Crop line and I was wondering if anyone has one of the original or first built All Crop combines. I would like to know if the clean grain elevator was also the elevator that loaded the grain tank sort of like some of the Massey Harris Clipper combines. If anyone knows other differences from the original machine to a more common one, that would be much appreciated too!

We have an operating original All Crop combine.

While similar in design, there is very little in common as far as parts interchangeability between the early model you have pictured and a model 60. (Your first photo is a 1937, second and third are 1936) The combine was called the Corn Belt combine while in the experimental phase (early 30s), then when introduced as a production machine for 1935 it was named the High Speed combine. Some people will argue it was never called that, but I have advertising literature to prove it. In 1936 it was again renamed, this time to the All-Crop Harvester, and carried that name through 1937. In 1938 it underwent a significant redesign, and the model 40 was also introduced. Now that there were two models, they needed a number for them both, so the bigger one became the 60.
The original High Speed/All-Crop was a significant leap forward in harvester development, but it was still an archaic design. There was no gearbox disengagement, so the entire machine had to run while unloading the bin. Some of them had quick tension release idlers on the back of the separator so you could at least stop that part from operating, but the header and cylinder would remain running. There are a lot more nuances with them and they underwent a few changes throughout their production run such as decal design, straw hood design, and the big tailings recleaner you’ll see in two of your photos. I’ve never seen a 1935 model to verify if this actually went into production, but the patents show the “fish backs” on the straw rack were on hinges and they oscillated side to side as the straw rack moved back and forth to help further agitate grain.
These machines not very common to find today, a lot were probably scrapped during WWII due to their obsolescence even by then. I hope to find one someday in nice condition to add to my own collection.

Edited by CrestonM - 6 hours 50 minutes ago at 8:38am