Your first Allis purchase

I grew up on Dads wd. In about 2007 i bought my 190xt gas off ebay, 3 states away. A year later i bought a B to tinker on. Then in 2010 i bought my wife a 170. Last year i got my 8030.

My first A-C was a 1937 UC I bought in 1975 when I got out of high school .  I had seen that tractor many times it sat on a saw mill and I said i'll own that tractor some day !  Now my son has it. I sold it in 1981 and he bought it back 31 years later .

Bought a 53 WD-45 and rear 80r mower in the mid 90s to mow my acreage. Several years later discovered I could mow twice as fast with a 48" zero turn mower. Now I use it to plow for the tractor club. We get requests to help people who need some plowing done. Have a 53-14 plow. Most places can be plowed in 3rd gear 8" deep. Have 3 45's now, Gas, Propane, and Diesel, 66 Al-crop, rear blade, and bunch of other implements needing repair.

In the early 80's I bought a 2100 hr 7000 open station. Snowballed from there!!!

My first Allis purchase 1962 was a 1/64 th model C to hang on the Christmas tree.  It STILL hangs on the Christmas tree.
It wouldn't be till YEARS later that I bought my first REAL tractor.  I had the land and just wanted to start farming again, so I bought my beloved of all time, a WD45 gas at an auction.  Did a lot of work WITH it and ON it.  Still have it but it doesn't get used much now.  Too pretty....

WD45 gas wide front, around 1985. That was my first AC tractor bought with my own money. I bought a refurbished Roto-baler from Curless Implement in Liberal Mo in 1970 or so while I was in High School.

I started late in life. My first was a 51 WD followed by a 49 G a few years later. I would like an A next. 

JC(WI) wrote: My first AC, and hangin on tight to it... Everybody got new home sewn flannel pajamies... Dang, that was a long time ago.

Great picture. We have a few that show or presents from over the years, just not one of the 1/16 scale tractor I got WAY back when.
 Now I'd like to know how this Christmas matching PJ thing started and when. I don't remember hearing of this until recently. Musta been lost in a time warp to never know about it 

Bought and 1968 D 21 series 2 on Sept16, 1971, remember the date cause my son was born that day too. Got 2 for 1 on that day, and about 6 months later bought the WD that my dad bought new in 1949.

I upgraded in 1995 from an old Ford NAA to a 170 diesel. Man I felt like I had a Cadillac! Later I added a 180 Diesel and a 190 gas. The 170 Diesel developed an engine problem last winter and I hope to tear it down this spring an find out what is wrong.

the first purchased,,package deal,, 1972 started dairy farming,,51 WD,68 170,,69  170. still have the WD and one 170 and added 21 more working allis s from B on steel ,,190XTs,,7000-7060s and the newest is a 8010 4 wheel

My First Allis was a WF that I bought in 1994 which is still in my collection today. I was 13 at the time and my grandfather was encouraging me to get involved in his hobby.

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59 series 1 D17 with armstrong steering and Freeman trip loader in the spring of '79.

The first tractor I learned to drive was a Allis B that my Dad bought used. Traded it off on a new CA in 1956 with a 2-row front mounted corn cultivator. I still have the original invoice, my brother and I were with my Dad when he bought the CA. I still have the CA and still use it about 100 hrs per year. When the tractor was about 10-12 years old Dad had the motor rebuilt with new pistons and rings and I rebuilt the transmission,rear end and all the wheel bearings about 10 years ago. My son and daughters learned to drive the CA as their first tractor. My 12 year old grandson was his first tractor he starting when he was 5-6 years old. He is waiting for the day it is his.