AC on Antique Pwer mag back page
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Topic: AC on Antique Pwer mag back page
Posted By: JohnCO
Subject: AC on Antique Pwer mag back page
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 12:59am
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Just got the latest issue. What model is the AC on the back page? Owned by Doug Solinky in Newark, Vt. Anyone on the forum know anything about it?
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:43am
| John I just got mine last night and saw that tractor. It looks like a unstyled wc but the frontend doesn't. It looks factory to me but I've never seen one before. I wondered if they ever made a wc industrial? Also some interesting reading about the start of the AC B. |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:50am
| Sounds like I better go down and stand by the mailbox !! |
Posted By: acwdwcman
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:52am
i havent got mine yet. 
hopefully it will come today..  ------------- 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: 427435
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 3:36pm
I wonder if someone made a special front frame cover to mount something. Among other things, that frame cover sure limits the front axle articulation-----------so I don't think it would have been factory. ------------- Mark B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:06pm
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By the looks of it, everything from the oil filter down the shaft to the front wheels is farmer engineered. The front frame rails are cut off short and the front tires appear to be low profile. The steering gear on the outside of the frame is something Allis didn't do on WC's. The steering wheel looks like a WF wheel??? ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Brian G. NY
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:06pm
| Interesting how they used an automotive steering box and bypassed the original steering gears altogether. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:07pm
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Brian, with the frame rails cut off, there is no place for the pedestal to mount and since the steering gear was inside the pedestal they would need to add something.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:18pm
| I think that is a front pedistal rolled 1/4 turn. See the 4 bolt holes on top. They did cut a hole to poke a b type crank through it to start it. Do you suppose the axle pivots on the main shaft of the original steering? I also noticed what Mark said that it doesn't look like it would pivot very far but I think a clear side view might show that the front end sets far enough behind that it will pivot. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:24pm
| I've changed my mind. I don't see the square plate that would be on the top of the pedistal. I do think that it's held on with the cut off part of the frame rails and I can see paint wore off where it hits when it pivots. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 4:26pm
The frame rails are cut off and turned down 90 degrees. The pedestal would have a top cover plate showing and is not that flat. I don't believe any part of the pedestal is in there. ????????????? ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Thad in AR. wrote:Posted By: FredW
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 6:06pm
| Doesnt even look like there is room to pivot up and down. |
Posted By: CAdon
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2012 at 10:02pm
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check out the grass. i do hope it's not just a lawn ornament... ------------- 52 CA, 41 B and a little B1 oh, yeah... and an 8N ford snuck in there, too. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 10:31am
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I'm hoping someone in Vt will drive by and look at it. Or maybe someone could give them a call to see if the owners know the story. Did anyone see the "G" pedal tractor at auction on pg 81? Neat idea, wonder if it is home made or a small run factory toy. Also, is Benjie Schultz, of "Making Tracks" on pages 92 & 93 a member of our forum? ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 7:23pm
| Lots of farmer engineering, also it has foot operated brakes. |
Posted By: Ted in NE-OH
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 8:07pm
You would think the magazine people would know better. Oh well it gives us something to pick a part. ------------- CA, WD, C, 3 Bs, 2 Gs, WC, I-400, 914 |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 8:54pm
| Every issue I have gotten from them so far has a tractor similar to the WC in the picture above. Its always a picture of a old tractor that has been sitting outside in the weather, most of the time with little paint left on it. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 6:51am
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The back cover has been used for Yard Art or Fencerow Finds ever since I've gotten the magazine. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |