1977 Allis Chalmer 7020 Belly Color

No 7020's made in 1976 and no 7020's were maroon either......late 1977 is when the black belly was released.

Well, then it wasn't a 7020. They weren't released until late 1977 and were considered 1978 models.

My 7020 and 7045 advertising literature is dated August of 1977 and I think they were shown to the Dealers for the first time in Sept or October in Las Vegas.

The dealer at Sommerville was Billy Myers.... I would not put anything by Billy.... that is Buford Pusser country! I took inventory down there in 75 or 76 and he had a nice crop of high value, if you know what I mean , growing in the gain bins of the F Gleaners in inventory!  Ron Ross was the TM and we were scared to death we would wind up in a mess there.  I had dinner with Billy in MKE in the winter of 76 . 7 course fine meal plus desert.  After taking the napkin from under his chin he stuffed a napkin in his glass and SPIT - he ate the whole meal with a chaw... After he died (was killed) we bought out his parts stock from an Aussie who was razing the property.  Seems Billy got in some deep stuff after AC, had something on the powers that be, and one night in the dealership shop (old slaughterhouse) where he had an apartment, a young lady decided to start screaming, and her x just happened to be out side and busted in and shot Billy in his bed.  Billy was tuff however and reached up under the headboard, brought out a double barrel sawed off 12 ga and 'defended' himself... the sheriff just happened to be there at 2 AM and some one called 911.. Billy was pronounced dead on arrival at 6 AM at the hospital .... they drove old Bill around ... til he expired???  Anyway that was the story the locals told us,,, we didn't stay after dark...IF Billy wanted to hang a set of 7020 side sheets on a 7000 or 7030,,,, no one would say a word....   :-)     His kids didn't fare to well in living long either...  and we saw where a tommygun was let loose inside a trailer in the back,,, strange red stains on the carpet... if anyone knows Larry Brannon who now works at Whayne supply in Hopkinsville, ask him about ole Billy .... 

That sounds like a good movie to make tbran !,better get that story to a script writer fasst ,id love to see it.

Even if they'd hung other sheet metal or decals on a tractor in 1976, how would they have known a 7020 was going to be introduced in late 1977? You sure you got your year right 1970sFarmer? I'm betting you're off a year or so.

I've shared a story about a local Deere dealer before where they buried a new combine and tractor in a shed of corn so mother Deere couldn't locate them and never did. Deere's paper work in the early 80's was sloppy enough that the dealer got by with it but the dealership contract was pulled right quick. They would also use new tractors on their own farm but disconnect the hour meters and then touch them up and sell as new or as demonstrators. Deere came out to spot check once as they were suspicious of things and were told certain pieces of equipment were out on lease but when Deere visited the farmers whose name were on the leases the farmers didn't know what they were talking about. Needless to say, once it all came out, stuff hit the fan and the dealership went bust. No one went to jail or even fined as, like said before, paper work was lax. Now it's an independent repair shop run by someone else for the past 30 plus years.

No 7020 had a floor shifting stick.

and why would it not have a floor gear lever...

How many decades has it been since you spent time in the seat? Our 'background,' evidently more than yours. 7020 was black belly ONLY. NO black belly tractor had a shift lever on the floor.

Where in your link does it mention a floor shifter?

7020 gear shifts were not on the floor, they were located in the side console on the right side of the seat.
For maroon belly tractors produced in 1976, your choices are ... 7000, 7040, 7060 and 7080.

Also, I have no idea what a Pico disk is, the hp it takes to pull one, or why one would want to 'shag' with it.

Sounds like one of the many thousands of 7040 Power Director tractors that were sold from very late 1974 thru most of 1977.   Five-speed floor shift with HIGH-LOW-PARK on the right side and two power shift buttons on the floor, with maroon chassis paint UNLESS it was painted over to black, but why would any Dealer have done that in 1976 ?? the black chassis paint scheme hadn't been conceived yet.

a lot of highway construction companies use disks like that

Lonn,