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Picture and info on 1936 WC with Goodyear rubber t
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    Posted: 04 Mar 2017 at 7:12pm
I was cleaning out an old gas station recently and we threw out a old upright freezer. Before we hauled it off, my son opened the door and inside was a stack of original ledgers, sales invoices, credit memos, and other AC memorabilia that were perfectly preserved. We found in there the sales paperwork for the first rubber tired tractor that was sold here in 1936. It had Goodyear brand rubber on it. It was sold to a Mr. Burke and on the back of his invoice, was his financial statement - pretty interesting reading!
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Wow some neat history there! Things were a bit different then. LOL. I remember when my dad bought a new WD45 and 3 furrow plow = $2300. In 1954.
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Thanks for taking the time to share this most interesting memorabilia.  
Frankly that is how business was done in that day.  I remember my father making "handshake deals" with many customers while I waited in the car.  The prices before WWII were amazing.  
You know, my most treasured items from my father's dealership are the things he actually touched or wrote on.  His notes on the price of a B, CA, WD-45.  His Allis- Chalmers Price book.  
Looking at the above items brings back a lot of those memories.  Especially the picture with the Wide Front WC "flat top" with the - what we used to call - industrial tires.  Course then they used them as farm tires.  
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Edited by Bill Long - 04 Mar 2017 at 8:07pm
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Very cool to see!
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Very neat find!  One thing I am a bit surprised to see is the big variation in tractor serial numbers in that lot of 8 tractors.  I would have thought they would be rather close together, or even a bunch consecutive?  

Would this be because they were ordered at different days and then when they had a bunch they then made a shipment?
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1920 6-12; 1925,1926 20-35 longfenders; 1925,1926 15-25's; 1927,1929 20-35 shortfenders; C; B's; IB; WC's; WD; WD45
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Originally posted by Jacob (WI,ND) Jacob (WI,ND) wrote:

Very neat find!  One thing I am a bit surprised to see is the big variation in tractor serial numbers in that lot of 8 tractors.  I would have thought they would be rather close together, or even a bunch consecutive?  

Would this be because they were ordered at different days and then when they had a bunch they then made a shipment?




I don't know the answer to the serial number variation. The story I was told was that this was the first time they were able to scrape enough money up to order enough tractors at one time to take advantage of a car load discount on the freight. I'm glad they took the photos!
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I'm glad they took the pics as well!  SOOOO cool!  8 tractors per train car load then, I can say I leaned something today.  Thanks for sharingClap
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1920 6-12; 1925,1926 20-35 longfenders; 1925,1926 15-25's; 1927,1929 20-35 shortfenders; C; B's; IB; WC's; WD; WD45
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That's awesome!!! Just throw the lugs in boxes to include with the tractor, then you can drive it anywhere in the mean time! 
Funny that one drawing on the logo shows a styled WC with late unstyled dish rear rims. 


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Love that old history. Thanks for sharing Dave
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great "barn find"! i'd buy yer kid a grape knee-high! bet the freezer was pretty heavy with all that paper in there?
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That's great history !! If your town has a historical center they may want copys of those pictures.
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Yes thank you for sharing.
I wish my grandfather took more pictures and stuff from the dealership.
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Interesting how they loaded the tractors "longways".  Perhaps to accommodate the wide front end WC.  
When we got them in later years they were loaded "Sideways" and all were narrow front.  I am trying to think how many they put on the flatcars.  I kind of think about eight.  
I have a picture of WD-45's loaded that way.  Will see if I can get it and post it.
Good Luck!
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David, you really should scan those pictures. Great find and thanks for sharing.
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Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF
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