D17 Markings

I'm restoring my D17 and would like to have the original markings on it. Mine is a Series I #24174 so, it's right after the upgrade.

I've seen a few (or more) marking formats for the D17's and I'd like to make mine to the right year. Note that my hood has mounting holes in it so, I assume it had a mounting plate, rather than decals. I assume my hood is original and it has a D17 decal in the lower rear corner but, I've seen the decal in other locations on others. The decal appears to be the original one. I found it under the primer, from a very poor re-paint job, done with latex paint. I didn't sand or blast the paint off, I scraped it off with a putty knife and as I was sanding the red primer, the decal appeared so, I masked it off when I painted the hood.

I think this subject would be of benefit to others in their restoration and year and format of other D17's would be beneficial.

Chris, if you see this, what year is your D17?

Thank you for your help

My 17 is 29xxx and is a black bar grill and still has the original oval shaped decal for the D17 under the gas tank, on the side panels. I kinda don't think your hood is original, or somebody updated with newer decals and drilled some holes for mounting.


Edited by CTuckerNWIL - 22 May 2019 at 6:44pm

Hmmm,
Mine also has the black bar grill, I haven't repainted it, because I wanted to be sure of the format.

I can find no indication of a decal anywhere on the gas tank.

What years would have had a mounted name plates on the hood and is my D17 decal in the same position as those?

Should the emblems be the same until the series II? Is series II when the Persian orange #2 came out?

Did the narrow fronts have different grills?

Persian orange

I think when the bar grill came out that's when the decals changed fron oval D17 to the type you have on your hood. That location I believe is correct too. Norm Swinford's book, either "Allis Chalmers Farm Equipment 1914-1985" or "A Guide to Allis Chalmers Farm Tractor", has all the details you need along with the serial number breaks. I forget which book though.

I spent a couple of hours this morning, searching through pictures that look farm fresh.
One of the pictures is a restored series I, that is clearly misrepresented as a '61, series II. I included it because the serial # is close to mine.



Edited by frnkeore - 24 May 2019 at 1:07am

Thank you, Jim and thank you, Lonn, as well as everyone else that contributed here.

So, it looks like if I, paint the grill bars black and put a decal, over the holes in my hood, I'll be pretty close to the original paint format.


Edited by frnkeore - 24 May 2019 at 11:19am