AC 426 cutaway

Norm Swinford's AC Farm Equipment 1914-1985 book's page 198 reads, "The Farm Equipment Division had a pair of cutaway 426-in3 engines which told the A-C engine story at fairs and farm shows. They attracted much attention and were effective sales tools."

Anyone remember seeing these? The 426 cutaway engine photo appears to be painted dark - Maroon? Black? Were they promoting the 7000 series tractors & Gleaner line?

I think Midwest old threshers in mt pleasant iowa has one of those engines...

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1957 WD 45
1949 C
19?? All-Crop 72
IH
1956 300 Utility
1190 moco
12' 370 IH disk
1971 430 all-twine baler
#8 3-16's plow
183 4-30" cultivator
John deere
495 4-30" planter
FB 15-7 drill

AC7060IL wrote:

Norm Swinford's AC Farm Equipment 1914-1985 book's page 198 reads, "The Farm Equipment Division had a pair of cutaway 426-in3 engines which told the A-C engine story at fairs and farm shows. They attracted much attention and were effective sales tools."

Anyone remember seeing these? The 426 cutaway engine photo appears to be painted dark - Maroon? Black? Were they promoting the 7000 series tractors & Gleaner line?

The 426 was first used in the D21, so I could only imagine that it be painted orange. Going out on a limb here, that is well before my time on this planet!

'49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080

I reread my post and it is too negative, the cut a way was most impressive- we dwarfed the competition in gear and axle size and tranny mass. Deere's explanation, "we use better steel..... " and it was a black unit we pulled in late 77 and 78.

When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..

tbran wrote:

I DO remember it, it, along with the cut a way of a black 7000 power train was on a trailer designed by Lynn Lochery and pulled by a 3/4 ton ford ..... a bucking nightmare to pull. Pull into a shop, fold it out and presto a show platform to dazzle the competition.... in theory - it was a man killer to set up and a sasquatch killer to fold up. I drove the beast from Thibodaux, La to St Louis all across the south... and have the hemorrhoids to prove it. The only saving grace was one had to stop every hour for fuel - both tanks. The trailer had some weird brake system, electric with a surge brake. When you put on the brake the trailer slammed you back in the seat, then the surge system hit and bam, through the windshield. It would not have been so bad if each successive sales person thought it would be necessary to put in a set of planetaries and axles off a Deere, then they added axles from a IH then a MF . Now we were pulling TWO tractors.

But I digress, the engine was a 7080 cutaway with chrome everything. Plastic covered the cuts and were handy, ha, when we had to replace every light bulb every set up due to the less than luxurious ride on country roads. Great forethought had the trailer and truck using the same tires and wheels....and a handyman jack... yeah buddy....all buried under ten tons of junk in the bed of the pickup under the camper top... proving grounds,,, proof the top dogs had great ideas we peon s had to live with,,,,,

Tbran - Wow! Thanks for all your past AC efforts & great input. I didn't realize a power train accompanied the cutaway engine. I found some pictures in a 1980's A-C 7000 series brochure. Is this how the engine cutaway looked?

Here are the transmission cutaway pics I found. I know the A-C 7080 was not offered with a Power Shift trans, so please just enjoy the 12 speed PS picture.

Tbran, was the 20 speed PD transmission cutaway on your trailer back in 1977 & 78?

on second though both heavy trannys were in there...

When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..

hurriedly posted post card on my facebook page,,,,, Tim Brannon.....

When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..

tbran wrote:

hurriedly posted post card on my facebook page,,,,, Tim Brannon.....

Tbran, I looked on your Facebook for postcard but am not finding it. Maybe it's just me? I'm not most familiar with Facebook.

If Old Threshers in Mt Pleasant has one, I've never seen it there.
AaronSEIA

Try to remember too but, I thought when 7030s and 50s cameout they had a cutaway of the rear end, thinking I saw it a a dealer intro but that was alot of years ago so not sure of time but did see it.

1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner)

tbran, Is this a picture of the AC trailer & F250 that hauled the cutaways?

Here's a youtube video that shows cutaway units on centerfold trailer

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