A-C D-15 Restoration Complete
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Topic: A-C D-15 Restoration Complete
Posted By: Oldoug
Subject: A-C D-15 Restoration Complete
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 4:51pm
Here are a few photo's of the last major project of the 2011 year because I will now be moving indoors and working on toy tractors till warmer temps next year. This is a 1962 D-15 owned by dpower off the A-C forum. I just finished it up Friday night this week and had it out in the snow a little today. It turned out pretty good, it seems to run really smooth and drives really nice also, fun little tractor I would like to have one myself one day.
       Just wanted to share. Thanks.
------------- Matt Folkers FOLKERS RESTORATION Restoring vintage things to last so the future can enjoy our past. |
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Posted By: Gary in da UP
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 4:55pm
| OOOO....OOOOO......OOOOOOO........ Thats nice ! |
Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:06pm
| VERY NICE!!!! Great work!! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:12pm
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THAT LOOKS GREAT ! Im with you, like to have a D15 SOME DAY! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Burgie
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:14pm
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Sweet!!!! ------------- "Burgie" |
Posted By: omahagreg
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:15pm
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Very nice! Really takes nice pictures in the snow! ------------- Greg Kroeker 1950 WD with wide front and Freeman trip loader |
Posted By: omahagreg
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:16pm
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Very nice! Really takes nice pictures in the snow! ------------- Greg Kroeker 1950 WD with wide front and Freeman trip loader |
Posted By: Travis(NE)
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:19pm
| Awesome! I can only hope to have my D-15D look that good someday... |
Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:22pm
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Very very nice Matt. Those snow pics sure do make the orange look good! Mike
------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 5:59pm
| Those are some really well taken photos. Love the straight sheet metal, Great Job !!! |
Posted By: D-allis Iowa
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 6:11pm
| looks very very nice Matt. The D-15 is a very nice tractor. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 6:52pm
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Great job! Wish my, I mean my granddaughter's, D 15 looked that good.
------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 6:52pm
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That is beautiful. ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |
Posted By: AMB(wcIL)
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 6:53pm
| LOOKS GREAT!!!! Andy |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 7:20pm
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Nice pics and beautiful restoration. Thanks for posting. Looks like dpower is getting a nice D-15 for the fold. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: acwdwcman
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 7:29pm
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o myyy! what a nice tractor!!! ------------- wd with a freeman model 90 trip loader, wd45, 38 unstylled wc, b 10 garden tractor and 2-14 ac trip plow. grandpa has a 56 wd45. wd. allis chalmers snap coupler blade and 3 bottom snap coupler plow |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 8:01pm
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That last picture, to me, is the W-O-W picture!!
Great job, and something to be proud of!! ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: mnoonan-NEWI
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 8:05pm
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Awesome, you can be proud of that!! ------------- AC CA, Ferguson TO-20, Ford NAA, M-M BG, AC #3 Mower, SC Plow, PH Digger, AC 720's with Ark 700 loader & Brantly Backhoe, "Mini B" w/flathead Ford V8 |
Posted By: TomMN
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 8:13pm
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It really looks great! Now I want one of them too! They look so nice in the snow, and your picture out over the fields is amazing. |
Posted By: Eddie(IL)
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 8:16pm
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Very nice...Thanks for posting, Eddie
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Posted By: AndrewGubbels
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 8:34pm
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Looks great Matt!!
andy ------------- Andrew Gubbels Gubbels Restoration |
Posted By: WD45
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 8:43pm
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Wow!!! very nice. Brand, type and code of paint used. ------------- Fred Dunlop, G,B,CA, WC,WF, 3 WD45`s,gas, diesel and LP,U,D10 series III, D12,D14,D15 SERIES II,D17 Series IV in Gas and Diesel ,D19 GAS and D21,170 185,210 ,220 an I-600 8070 fwd, 716H and 1920H |
Posted By: arkfisher
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 8:44pm
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Looks amazing! I hope mine turns out half that good!
------------- D15 #3057 D17 #36222 F-12 Farmall #FS42332 |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2011 at 9:32pm
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Excellent job! Still working on mine - should have it done in spring. ------------- '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 |
Posted By: Flint23
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 1:02am
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WOW! that is one sharp looking D 15, great shot of it looking out at the fields....caption could read...yup I can handle that. ------------- been there done that, not doing it again... |
Posted By: David Maddux
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 5:50am
| Excellent workmanship! Dave. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 6:19am
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As all the guys said, that is a sweeet looking Tractor. Nice job Matt! I like the rear shot looking out over the fields also. That's a cool shot!
mailto:Steve@B&B - Steve@B&B
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Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 6:41am
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Lookin good. I always liked the D15, maybe that is becuas I cut a pile of hay on one hooked to a Ford 535 Haybine ------------- 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: jtheise4
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 7:21am
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Amazing restoration. That is one SHARP looking tractor. I always thought the D15 had an oval exhaust and lights on the rear fenders? Was there some carry over between the D14 and D15 that had the lights up front and the round exhaust?? |
Posted By: D-allis Iowa
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 7:31am
| I think my lights are on the fenders and i am sure it has oval exhaust. it is factory 3 point so i am guessing later model. Again beautiful restoration job. |
Posted By: farmtoybuilder
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 8:04am
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Fantastic Job! You do Great work. And I love the pictures and glade you got snow and not us! :) Owner can be very proud of it!!!!!!!!!! ------------- 5 different TT-10's,5 TT-18's Terra Tigers,B-10,2 B-207's,B-110,2 B-112's,HB-112,B-210,B-212,HB212,2 Scamp's & Homilite T-10. Still hunting NICE HB-112 & anything Terra Tiger & Trailers for them. |
Posted By: Seth Souerdike
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 8:12am
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its beautiful beautiful just plain out right amazingly beautiful!!!!
------------- There are no atheist in foxholes. |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 8:28am
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The only thing that would make it look better, is if it had a narrow front!
Looks Great!
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Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 10:19am
| Very nice restoration, Matt. A few good calendar pictures there too!! |
Posted By: 190xt
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 10:22am
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VERY NICE MATT |
Posted By: Kip[NY]
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 11:43am
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Wow! Nice job. Great photos too.
------------- 1959 D-14 SN/21089 "Martha" |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 12:38pm
| You definitely do a fantastic job. |
Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 1:21pm
D15 series II oval muffler, lights on fenders, 160cid engine ------------- 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 |
jtheise4 wrote:Posted By: HagerAC
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 1:32pm
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Beatiful job there Matt. Orange always looks great with a snowy background. ------------- 30+ A-Cs ranging from a 1928 20-35, to a 1984 8070FWA, Gleaner R52 |
Posted By: Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 4:27pm
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I can smell the fresh paint from here. Very nice!
------------- 1954 WD45 NF "Iron Tater" |
Posted By: Rick of HopeIN
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 7:41pm
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very nice! and great pictures also. May I ask where you got the headlamps? Looking for a set for my D14 and want to keep the original look as well as possible. ------------- 1951 B, 1937 WC, 1957 D14, -- Thanks and God Bless |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 9:29pm
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Beautiful restoration! I can only imagine how proud a farmer would be when his new AC was delivered back in the 1960's. To climb on it for the first time and drive it around the yard, I'm sure some guys almost hated to hook it up to an implement because it would never be brand shinny new again.
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Rogers
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 9:45pm
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That tractor is beautiful! ------------- Think for yourself and be your own expert. Be willing to change your mind; however, willingness to change your mind doesn’t mean that you will. Blindly following any path is the pinnacle of insanity. |
Posted By: jtheise4
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2011 at 6:57am
Thanks for the info. Still learning!!! ------------- 1958 D14 |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2011 at 7:08am
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One OUTSTANDING JOB!!! Orange always looks good in nice clean snow. Congratulations!!! Good Luck! Bill Long |