Allis chalmers B

Hi Rob, welcome to the forum. There are a number of variable factors to determine a fair price, such as: Has it been stored under a roof? Does the engine turn over or is it stuck? If you pull the dipstick, is the oil creamy or does it look good? If you have a chance, take some pictures and post them on here if you can. Sometimes the forum will not allow picture posting right away, but it's worth trying and after some days it should work. 

I'm posting this link, is this the one you are looking at?

That's the one. It's about an hour and a half from my house. However I'm currently in North Carolina until next week so haven't been able to view it yet.
Regards, Rob.

Thats a golden oldie... No generator or starter, no battery... Hand crank.. 

Edited by steve(ill) - 18 Sep 2024 at 7:24am

That's an early one.  Has the split rear rims and the early front hubs and rims.  Wonder what the serial number might be?

DANG PHIL !!!  Sharp eyes on the split rims... i missed that !

Fenlandbob: It looks like some balanced input here from forum members. Once you look at the tractor in person it will probably be easy to make your decision. As long as you're OK to crank start each time and you don't need lights or a 3 point hitch, it may just do the trick for you and no matter how long you keep it, you're very likely to get your money back. For the new tires as well as all the sweat equity to get it into the shape it is in, the 1000 pounds seems justified. When you get back to the UK, please let us know how the story continues, thanks.

i personally would not want a Daily Use B without a starter... That being said, if your looking for something RARE and DIFFERENT... that tractor has a lot of GOODIES on it !

steve(ill) wrote: i personally would not want a Daily Use B without a starter... That being said, if your looking for something RARE and DIFFERENT... that tractor has a lot of GOODIES on it !

That's half of the appeal, to be honest. She'll potentially stand for a while each year. But hopefully nothing more than a good swing to get her fired again. I do like simple at times.
Regards, Rob.

Hello, all. Long story short, I still haven't been able to view the tractor. Apparently, according to Ebay rules, the seller can't give me his details. Something to do with not doing the deal outside of Ebay. Meh..., tricky. Might be a gem of a tractor or a complete money pit. Trying to work out how much to gamble on it. I've been keeping my eyes open, but I must admit I fancied the little thing.

Interesting stuff. Would the split rims on the rear be legit? I've read different points of view on this. Many thanks.
Rob.

If you look at the description, it says the year is unknown and that it was manufactured in the UK.  This leads me to think that this would actually have an EB serial number, which even if we had the serial number, I could not tell you the year, though someone may have a year by year breakdown.  The things people have said about this being a "war time" or early model B are correct for an American made B. but the UK built B's are kind of a snapshot from the time that they started making them over there.  I am by no means an expert on them, but while the basic tractors are the same, there are some things compared to an American built B will make them look older than they actually are.  Also looks to be a Lucas mag on it, which I am sure some got changed to, the UK built B's had them from the factory I believe.  I am PM'ing you contact info for Mark Everett from the UK.  He will have some additional insight in the the UK made B's and is a general good source of information.


Edited by Pfouts Family Farm - 14 Oct 2024 at 10:58am