I cleaned her up!!!!
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Topic: I cleaned her up!!!!
Posted By: bdallman
Subject: I cleaned her up!!!!
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 8:35am
Some before and after photos!!! Man She looks real good for all original paint!!!!
  ------------- 1954 CA, 1952 WD with Freeman Loader,1955 WD45, 1963 D19 Gas, 1984 620H, 1980’s AC Forklift, 66 All Crop Harvester, White Top Roto Baler, Misc S.C. Equip and AC Collectibles. |
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Posted By: bdallman
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 8:39am
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I was going to upload more but the site keeps giving me an internal error code....weird ------------- 1954 CA, 1952 WD with Freeman Loader,1955 WD45, 1963 D19 Gas, 1984 620H, 1980’s AC Forklift, 66 All Crop Harvester, White Top Roto Baler, Misc S.C. Equip and AC Collectibles. |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 8:59am
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Tractors are like women, if you work them hard then you have to clean them up so they look nice again. lol
If you keep your pics at 800 X 600 they will load.
Don ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 8:59am
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That is the original paint? If it is, that really is a GEM! ------------- In Search Of: 1958 Allis Chalmers D17 Diesel serial #9643D |
Posted By: bdallman
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 9:06am
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Yes sir all original paint. Motor Was rebuilt in 1960 but that is all that has ever been done to it. Guy i purchased it from used it to load round bales during the summer. That was it's sole purpose since 1965 when he purchased a D17 Series IV as his big tractor to do the bailing and plowing and big jobs etc. . It does not burn an ounce of oil and the tranny is strong. PTO was rarely used. I think the layer of oil and dirt on the motor and trannsmission really helped preserve the paint..lol ------------- 1954 CA, 1952 WD with Freeman Loader,1955 WD45, 1963 D19 Gas, 1984 620H, 1980’s AC Forklift, 66 All Crop Harvester, White Top Roto Baler, Misc S.C. Equip and AC Collectibles. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 9:54am
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I don't think that's original. Decals are completely wrong. Still looks good.
I should say the decals are somewhat wrong. The one on the side frame is wrong for sure. The hood decal should look like this..........  Of course this is not original either but the decals are copies of the original. Just for your own information. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 2:09pm
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I will not argue decal but that is a good looking machine. |
Posted By: bdallman
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 4:09pm
I will not argue decal either. Well The older gentlemen i bought it from purchased it in 1960 and he never painted it. He had the motor rebuilt. I am guessing that it may have been redone then.....someone must of ran the  out of it to need it rebuilt at only 6 years old. I was wondering about the decals myself cause i was chacking the patent list that is on the side rail and allot of them were for the d17...
thanks for the info guys------------- 1954 CA, 1952 WD with Freeman Loader,1955 WD45, 1963 D19 Gas, 1984 620H, 1980’s AC Forklift, 66 All Crop Harvester, White Top Roto Baler, Misc S.C. Equip and AC Collectibles. |
Posted By: dustinmo
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 5:49pm
| Those were the decals that allis sold in the 80's as the decal kit, the only reason I know this is that my dad repainted his 45 in the mid to later 80s and his are the same, not saying your tractor was repainted , just when dad repainted his I remember telling him it didnt look right because the decals were not like the orig ones, he told me I was crazy and the were the same but they were not, his still has those decals on it to this day, just something I remember from 25 or so years ago |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 11:50pm
| My unpainted 56 model has no white trim around the letters. Just black letters. |
Posted By: wdforty5
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 5:07am
| Thats a good lookin ol' tractor. Must of been shedded well. |
Posted By: acben20
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 7:54am
| what did you use to get the original paint to shine like that? |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 7:54am
Well, these decals came from Lyle Wacker specifically for a 1952 WD. Are they right? I can't guarantee it but they look good for now. Do you think the white trim has faded away? Now I'll have to take a closer look at my old AC videos to see if I can tell if there is a white border. bdalmamn's tractor still looks real good and I don't think I would do anything to it as long as it looks that good. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
SteveM C/IL wrote:Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 10:32am
| I'd have to look again....seems like I paid attention to them before and nothing hinting to be around the letters.guess I need to run up to the barn and do an inspection. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 12:05pm
Yep curiosity has got me too. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Eric[IL]
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 12:24pm
| Whatever the case might be..? I like the looks of how you cleaned it up. I don't think you can beat the classic old shiny paint, different decals, 2nd owner's long credibility, Kansas origin, & primer coming through on front wheel centers. I think it should make a good candidate for the allis-connection 2013 calendar? |
Posted By: Kip-Utah
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 2:47pm
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DON'T PAINT IT! Sell it to me & I'll paint it!! Kip ------------- HANSEN'S OLD ORANGE IRON. Showing, Pulling, & Going!! |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 3:37pm
| Went to the barn....only black letters and you can faintly see the top/bottom edge of decal against the paint and the edges are even with the edge of letter so there was never white surrounding it......it does however have a little white trim around the WD45 decal on radiator shell. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 4:44pm
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Interesting. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 4:55pm
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Here's a promotional film of the early WD45. Looks like these tractors on the film have the white border. I wonder if the later ones didn't like on your 56' Steve?
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Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 8:04pm
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HMMM! Well,I've been clear through my 45 over the years and never saw any indication of repainting. I must confess,however,I've only had it since 1980 and don't know it's history.It could use a paint job but it lives inside,that takes time and is alot of work. Maybe AC wasn't all that pickey about their decals or used different vendors through production. They were cranking out alot of units back then and as long as it said ALLIS-CHALMERS,good 'nuf?
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Posted By: Dave in il
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 9:59pm
This is my 45 shortly after I repainted it in 1982. The decals came from Allis Chalmers |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 10:51pm
| sooo....you had brown hair 'eh.LOL! Yer letters are like mine Dave. |
Posted By: dustinmo
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 10:55pm
Posted By: dustinmo
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 10:56pm
| I have a few of the later 45 with orig paint and all of them have the white aroind the letters |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 11:01pm
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I'm pretty sure Dave came from the factory with that color hair... but it's probably faded a bit since then... |
Posted By: bdallman
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2011 at 2:04pm
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It would be an absolute honor to have that picture be part of the Allis connection Calendar!!! ------------- 1954 CA, 1952 WD with Freeman Loader,1955 WD45, 1963 D19 Gas, 1984 620H, 1980’s AC Forklift, 66 All Crop Harvester, White Top Roto Baler, Misc S.C. Equip and AC Collectibles. |