My Dads tractor
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Topic: My Dads tractor
Posted By: Dipstick In
Subject: My Dads tractor
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 7:11pm
 My grandsons been working on my dads 37 wc. This is what we have to show for it.It means a lot to me because my dad bought it brand new. But he died in 1941 its the first vehicle I learned how to drive. I spent many hours on this little rascal. ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 7:21pm
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Hey Dipstick,,,That's a great lookin tractor,,you should be proud of the job they did,,,
 Is the tractor stock?? Sure a lot of "iron" settin there under the fuel tank,,,????? |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 7:30pm
| That’s awesome. My favorite. I wish mine was that far along. Mines the same year. We need to compare numbers. I love one owner tractors.👍 |
Posted By: 1955CA
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 8:22pm
| Very nice! Your grandson's are doing a great job. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 9:18pm
Joe, that's a GREAT Christmas present!! I assume you're giving it to him... That'd make it a GREAT and unique Christmas!------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 10:05pm
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Looks good Joe, Merry Christmas to you and yours. ------------- 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: shameless dude
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 10:07pm
| that's a wonderful job done Dip! you should be proud! congrats |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 1:17pm
You misunderstood Ted,,,,,,,,,,,,, he rebuilt it FOR ME, and then gave it to me for Christmas............. Needless to say,,,,,,,,,,,, I'm gonna keep treating them g-kids like little princes and princesses! There's more to the story, but I'm tired now and need my nap. ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Ted J wrote:Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 3:22pm
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Wow! Great story. I guess I have it all wrong? I restored my dads tractor and gave it to his great grandson! Have fun with the tractor and the grand kids! Great looking restoration! He did a very nice job on the WC! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: BEK
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 7:04pm
| Great tractor! Get rid of the muffler. |
Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 7:49pm
| Great story plus a great restoration. You have reason to be proud. Love those old "flat top" WC's and spoke wheels. I have one that I still hope to restore "some day". |
Posted By: bikley
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 8:46pm
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If I only knew when I was out there I could have taken it out for a ride. Looks great they have done a great job
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 9:11pm
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Well Joe, go gets yurseff that much needed nap and then come back and write us the autobiography of that ole WC an you... So are ye goin to rent an 80 and put the old WC back to work? ------------- 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." |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 9:15pm
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What a great job. Flat Top WC the first tractor my father sold. Your Father's tractor. One you learned to drive on. Very special tractor. You should be proud. Be sure it stays in the family. Good Luck! Bill Long
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Posted By: Acdiesel
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 9:23pm
great post ------------- D19 diesel,D17 diesel SER.3 D14 NF,D14 WF, D15 SER.II wf D15 SER.2 DIESEL,D15 ser.II nf D12 SER.I, D10 Ser.II 2-720'S Gmc,caterpillar I'm a pharmacist (farm assist) with a PHD (post hole digger) |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 9:42pm
Absolutely not gonna happen!!!! When you learn something about Allis' you will find out the "slant exhaust pipe" came way before the 'upright " one did. In fact I don't think until the '"restyle" done in '38. ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 9:54pm
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Great looking tractor!!👍👍 ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: dawntreader74
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 10:21pm
| DIP;; looking good' i also like the old WC's' have 8 an still use a few. |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2018 at 10:38pm
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Very cool to think the grandson can say he got to work on Great-grandpas WC. Those are memories in the making. And my bet is that tractor could be his someday, that's heirloom material there! 4 generations later and the same good ol WC tractor. Hoping for many more years to come for the 2 of you to enjoy old tractors together! Memories!!! ------------- 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: BEK
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2018 at 7:10am
My apologies. My comment was in reference to the muffler and not the "slant pipe". The unstyled WC's ran a straight pipe. But it's your tractor and your choice. And yes, I know little about a 1937 WC. Here's mine, also with an incorrect exhaust pipe. 
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 3:35pm
| Got one of them old WC's I would like to sell, I can't run the crank anymore. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 12:17am
  Now that you've had your nap,,,,,as somebody famous would say; "And now the rest of the story"....we're waiting... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 12:26am
Now your day is not wasted, you've learned something. That's what my dear ole dad always told me... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: orangeman
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 5:48am
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Diptick and BEK Would it be possible to provide a photo of each side of the engine and a close up of the front wheel/rims? Orangeman
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Posted By: BEK
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 9:40am
Hope this helps you out Orangeman.    
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Posted By: orangeman
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 11:07am
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BEK - Thanks so very much for the extra efforts to post the photos. I have a 37 that needs a good going over. Are the rims on the front 6 bolt 17"? I see your 37 has the kerosene engine as the hood is set up for the auxiliary fuel tank. Again, appreciate the nice photos!!! Orangeman
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Posted By: BEK
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 12:27pm
6 Lug 16" Rims. |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2018 at 6:13pm
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BEK's carb and mine on my tractor are bothe dual-fuel carbs, where they are are started on gas,,,,,,,,,,,,, warmed up and then switched from gasoline to tractor fuel,(normally kereosene but it couls also be one of several others depending on ambient tremperatures. They both are 6 hole rims which is correct. that never made sense,,,,,,,,,, 5 hole in 35-36,,,,,,,,,,,, 6 hole in 37,,,,,,,,,,,, and back to 5 hole from then on forever thru the models................... Always wondered what the reason,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: orangeman
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2018 at 6:49am
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BEK and Dipstick - Hope to work on my 37 WC soon. Appreciative of the good insights. All the best in the New Year! Orangeman
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Posted By: 1955CA
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2018 at 9:20am
| What Allis Chalmers used the blue hood lettering like this one? Did it go by year or models? |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2018 at 6:56am
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I believe that this decal was just for the WC. Other models had similar, but without the white line/box around the outside. according to SWINFORD'S BOOK (Our A-C Bible), the correct color is BLUE & WHITE to 1948 with long A & S and BLACK after 1948. The 48 model could have either. I don't know where the cutoff was. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: 1955CA
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2018 at 8:52am
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OK, thanks Ted. So it is correct I bought black for my 55 CA then. I like the look of the blue though.
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