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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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No just the one, the other is for the Air Cleaner
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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Dave(inMA)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Grafton, MA Points: 2398 |
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That is a great story! Thanks for sharing it. Have fun with the tractor, and we hope to hear more stories about your A.
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WC, CA, D14, WD45
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allisrutledge
Orange Level Joined: 30 Mar 2010 Location: SurgoinsvilleTN Points: 1353 |
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That's interesting. thanks, that's one neat A. |
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Allis Chalmers still exist in my mind and barns
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shameless dude
Orange Level Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13611 |
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great story, pics, and info. thanks for sharing! we hope to see more of this as time goes on! welcome to the forum!
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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Here's the Model A with the rest of our collection.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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JPG AUSTRALIA
Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Points: 749 |
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Great photo! And great story on getting the A back,very nice collection.
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JC-WI
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: wisconsin Points: 33780 |
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He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself
The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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A bit of an update on the Model A, after getting the tractor running a few issues have been identified which have all of a sudden snowballed into a full restoration.
First task was the radiator which was completely blocked as it turned out so it has been removed and pulled apart to get a new Core made. Whilst off the top and bottom tanks have been sandblasted along with the side panels to get rid of the multiple layers of old paint and the barnacles from the inside.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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And after blasting with a quick primer job until we go the whole hog...
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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Next step was to remove the rear floor and mudguards to get in and clean everything up and sort out some small fluid leaks.
We found the underside of the floor still had some original paint hanging in there too;
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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Butch(OH)
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Lucerne Ohio Points: 3834 |
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Hey, that's a familiar story!!, that's how mine ended up restored. Mom just wanted to hear it run again. To do that required,,,, and to do that required ,,,, and to do that means I had to do,,,, Ended up completely apart . That intake manifold is a curiosity. Obviously was for low grade fuel but different than mine which is also a low grade fuel tractor. |
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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A big shout out to Norm Meinert for his excellent service, I ordered some items from him for my Model A Restoration less than two weeks ago and they arrived here in Australia today! I am stunned that I can get items from the US quicker than internal postage in Australia.
I can't thank Norm enough for his service and making parts for the Model A available to restorers.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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TomMN
Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Elbow Lake, MN Points: 858 |
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Great pictures, this one even looks better right side out.
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HD6GTOM
Orange Level Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Location: MADISON CO IA Points: 6627 |
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Sure hope to see more of your posts. Always very interesting to see what folks can do with 70 + year old farm equipment. Sincerely wish I could come and help. Good luck with her.
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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Thanks TomMN, for flipping that image, This photo has been framed a long time ago and it was only after I posted it on the forum I realised the negative must have been printed in reverse! The belt pulley was the first thing I noticed!
And HD6GTom thanks for the offer I will post some more progress shots soon.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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DennisA (IL)
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Ridott IL. Points: 2064 |
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Great story, glad you found the tractor and are restoring it to its glory again. Keep the pictures coming.
Norm is a great guy. He live about 15 mins from me and he can find, make or fix whatever parts you need. |
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Unit3
Orange Level Joined: 17 Oct 2009 Location: NC Iowa Points: 5529 |
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34 Airflow, we need to talk. Sending you a PM soon.
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2-8070FWA PS/8050PS/7080/7045PS/200/D15-II/2-WD45/WD/3-WC/UC/C
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JohnCO
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Niwot Colo Points: 8992 |
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Great story. I figured since you guys drive on the wrong side of the road, tractors were backward too! LOL. Now we see where the 34 Airflow name came from, cool old car, well before it's time. My dad had one in the 40's, didn't even have a picture of it.
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"If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer"
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Unit3
Orange Level Joined: 17 Oct 2009 Location: NC Iowa Points: 5529 |
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Bump
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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Ha Tractor manufacturers are smarter than car manufacturers by putting the steering wheel in the centre! I will have some updates in the next few days, the cold winter nights have meant I have been a little bit more slack getting into the shed.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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So the radiator is almost finished, we just need to run the overflow line and it's ready to go. The new core was made locally and I am very impressed with the way it has come up.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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There has only been slow progress in the last couple of months, my work has been very busy leaving little free time to work on the A. However weather is now improving and motivation levels are high so hopefully there will be more updates to this thread. One job was to remove the front wheels and fit new seals supplied by Norm's and also replace the very worn front wheel bearings. Whilst the rims were removed I sanded those back and put some primer on them ready for painting. I also removed the manifold and heat shield to clean the surface rust off and repaint.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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HD6GTOM
Orange Level Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Location: MADISON CO IA Points: 6627 |
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Thank you for updating your post on the tractor. I sure enjoy your great pictures. Someday I'm going to win a state lottery and visit your beautiful country.
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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Thanks for that, if you ever win the lotto be sure to drop in and say hi on your trip around Australia! I will hopefully be a bit more regular with my updates on progress.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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A little more progress has been made in recent weeks, mainly preparing the sheet metal for new paint, aside from a few small dents the metalwork is all quite good with rust hiding which is a bonus.
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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34 Airflow
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Points: 165 |
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A little more progress on New Years Day getting rid of layers of paint from the fuel tank. Also found remnants of the original decal underneath, which I'm not sure whether it is intentional but was not centred in the tank, I took measurements so I know where to put the new one but it was an inch1/2 to on side and a 3/4inch higher?
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1937 Model A, 1937 Model U, 1929 United, 1945 Model C, 1949 WF, 1948 WC, 1956 D272 and a Roto Baler
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JoeM(GA)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Cumming,GA Points: 4606 |
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good progress!, looking great!
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Allis Express North Georgia
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SteveM C/IL
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Shelbyville IL Points: 8163 |
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I'd bet when it was built,they didn't see the importance of "precise location". Close enough was close enough.
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Dan Hauter
Orange Level Joined: 06 Feb 2011 Location: Carlinville, IL Points: 1225 |
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Great story of a family tractor returning home many years later! Congratulations! We have some friends currently living in Australia. Kim is American, John is Australian. They met in the U.S. while John was working here, moved to Australia, came back to the U.S., and are back in Australia now. I'll have to ask my wife where they're living. Mostly keep up with them via e-mail. Anyway, enjoy the "A" and may you have many good times with it!
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Herb(GA)
Orange Level Access Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Location: United States Points: 1023 |
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Congratulations, your perseverance sure paid off. Your heavy duty farm wagon appears to have differentials in both front and rear axles? Herb(GA)
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