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JohnCO 
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 12:59am |
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Just got the latest issue. What model is the AC on the back page? Owned by Doug Solinky in Newark, Vt. Anyone on the forum know anything about it?
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:43am |
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John I just got mine last night and saw that tractor. It looks like a unstyled wc but the frontend doesn't. It looks factory to me but I've never seen one before. I wondered if they ever made a wc industrial? Also some interesting reading about the start of the AC B.
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:50am |
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Sounds like I better go down and stand by the mailbox !!
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:52am |
i havent got mine yet. 
hopefully it will come today.. 
Edited by acwdwcman - 08 Jul 2012 at 6:54am
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wd with a freeman model 90 trip loader, wd45, 38 unstylled wc, b 10 garden tractor and 2-14 ac trip plow. grandpa has a 56 wd45. wd. allis chalmers snap coupler blade and 3 bottom snap coupler plow
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 3:36pm |
I wonder if someone made a special front frame cover to mount something. Among other things, that frame cover sure limits the front axle articulation-----------so I don't think it would have been factory. 
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:06pm |
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By the looks of it, everything from the oil filter down the shaft to the front wheels is farmer engineered. The front frame rails are cut off short and the front tires appear to be low profile. The steering gear on the outside of the frame is something Allis didn't do on WC's.
The steering wheel looks like a WF wheel???
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:06pm |
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Interesting how they used an automotive steering box and bypassed the original steering gears altogether.
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:07pm |
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Brian, with the frame rails cut off, there is no place for the pedestal to mount and since the steering gear was inside the pedestal they would need to add something.
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:18pm |
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I think that is a front pedistal rolled 1/4 turn. See the 4 bolt holes on top. They did cut a hole to poke a b type crank through it to start it. Do you suppose the axle pivots on the main shaft of the original steering? I also noticed what Mark said that it doesn't look like it would pivot very far but I think a clear side view might show that the front end sets far enough behind that it will pivot.
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:24pm |
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I've changed my mind. I don't see the square plate that would be on the top of the pedistal. I do think that it's held on with the cut off part of the frame rails and I can see paint wore off where it hits when it pivots.
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:26pm |
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I think that is a front pedistal rolled 1/4 turn. See the 4 bolt holes on top. They did cut a hole to poke a b type crank through it to start it. Do you suppose the axle pivots on the main shaft of the original steering? I also noticed what Mark said that it doesn't look like it would pivot very far but I think a clear side view might show that the front end sets far enough behind that it will pivot. |
The frame rails are cut off and turned down 90 degrees. The pedestal would have a top cover plate showing and is not that flat. I don't believe any part of the pedestal is in there. ?????????????
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:06pm |
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Doesnt even look like there is room to pivot up and down.
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Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 10:02pm |
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check out the grass. i do hope it's not just a lawn ornament...
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52 CA, 41 B and a little B1 oh, yeah... and an 8N ford snuck in there, too.
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Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 10:31am |
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I'm hoping someone in Vt will drive by and look at it. Or maybe someone could give them a call to see if the owners know the story.
Did anyone see the "G" pedal tractor at auction on pg 81? Neat idea, wonder if it is home made or a small run factory toy.
Also, is Benjie Schultz, of "Making Tracks" on pages 92 & 93 a member of our forum?
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Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 7:23pm |
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Lots of farmer engineering, also it has foot operated brakes.
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Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 8:07pm |
You would think the magazine people would know better. Oh well it gives us something to pick a part. 
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Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 8:54pm |
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Every issue I have gotten from them so far has a tractor similar to the WC in the picture above. Its always a picture of a old tractor that has been sitting outside in the weather, most of the time with little paint left on it.
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Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 6:51am |
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The back cover has been used for Yard Art or Fencerow Finds ever since I've gotten the magazine.
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