Farm Equipment - Old dealer.

Old dealer.

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Topic: Old dealer.

Posted By: DonDittmar
Subject: Old dealer.
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 7:45pm

Go on google maps and check out this old AC dealer. Appears to be near Quaker town PA. Any one know of it or have photos of it from back in the day?

(40.3981199, -75.4056253)

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Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity"

1968 D15D,1962 D19D
Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start

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Posted By: Johnwilson_osf
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 8:22pm

Don,

That is CJ Wondeidler. That is where we bought all of our tractors from. Charlie and his Brother had this shop (the main one), and then another shop in Oley, PA. They closed the Oley shop sometime before the main shop closed. I was at the auction of the main shop about 2 years ago.

Back in the day, he had equipment lining both sides of the horseshoe driveway, that it was hard to park.

Charlie's daughter took over the place when he passed, and slowly they got out of Large Ag equipment, and stayed in smaller Lawn and Garden.

Charlie was a deal maker. He would find ways to make a deal, but would cry poor if you wanted something extra. Especially if you wanted a hat. It was like pulling teeth to get him to throw in a hat on the deal.

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Allis Express: Eastern PA on Rt 80
8050, 8010, 6080, 190, D14, DA 6035, AA 6690, 5650, Gleaner F2

Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 8:52pm

do you know the location of the Oley shop so I can add it to my map?

Sure would like to see some photos of this from back in the day

Did you buy anything from the auction?

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Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity"

1968 D15D,1962 D19D
Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start

Posted By: Johnwilson_osf
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 9:20pm

The Oley Shop was Here:

282 Lobachsville Road

Oley, PA 19547

At the auction, I bought a bunch of service manuals, and then got a 600 series toolbar planter with 70 series units. I was walking around the yard looking at things, and I came around the corner to find the outside auctioneer at the planter. They auctioneer was asking 23. I leaned over to a guy that was standing there and asked was that $2300? He said no, it was $23. I bid 25, and got the planter. There was a lot of old parts and parted out equipment in the back of the property, just like this, but I got well more than $25 of parts for my planters. The garage had lots of service tools and parts as well.

I ran into Fred there, and he got a great Allis Chalmers Tool rack full of AC branded tools. I left, they still had a lot of interior stuff to sell, and the outdoor 16 foot sign. I would have liked to have bid on that, but I had lots of other things to do.

I misspelled the name in the previous post:

C.J. Wonsidler Brothers

1975 Trumbauersville Road

Quakertown, PA 18951

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Allis Express: Eastern PA on Rt 80
8050, 8010, 6080, 190, D14, DA 6035, AA 6690, 5650, Gleaner F2