Allis-Chalmers 1937 WC w/ Oxbow Front End
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Topic: Allis-Chalmers 1937 WC w/ Oxbow Front End
Posted By: Rocky-Mnt-Hull
Subject: Allis-Chalmers 1937 WC w/ Oxbow Front End
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 1:47am
 Hello Everyone, I am from Northern Utah. My Dad (passed away a few years ago) restored this 1937 WC to use and to put in tractor shows (my dad grew up in Southeast Idaho on a dairy farm that used WC's). I am wanting to honor my father's memory and show off his hard work. I helped him as a teenager to install the oxbow front end and prep for paint. I have used the tractor to plow, disc, and harrow a couple of small gardens and have driven it in a few parades with other antique tractors. My dad usually took care of the mechanical issues that ever came up and always knew the solution to fix or address them. Currently the ol' girl runs like a top and I would like to keep it that way. We have made sure to maintain the fluids and grease all the zerks. I guess I'm reaching out for any information that you guys could share about the WC as far as maintenance, gotcha's, what to look out for's, tips & tricks, and any of the like. Also, my dad told us that the Oxbow front end was more of a collector's item rather than a functional piece. I seem to remember him mentioning that there weren't that many made due to the fact that it would knock over the corn stalks or something. If you guys have any info on this, please share and it would be awesome! Thanks!
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Posted By: Phil48ACWC
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 4:53am
| Check fluid in final drives. Fill and level plug is just below the rear axle on both sides. |
Posted By: Tenn allis
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 5:37am
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I definitely see why that front end would be a hindrance to any type of cultivation of any crop that has height to it Was the front end just to get away from a tricycle front end? Reminds me of a few years ago when we purchased a JD 6500 sprayer with tricycle front end just to fungicide corn with all my neighbors said it wouldn’t work but works great We didn’t want to spend money to have it flown on or sprayed with a hagie type sprayer |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 7:05am
| That is a really great WC and not many around with the Wide front |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 8:15am
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Good looking tractor! Does anyone know when the WC wide front was first offered? I always wondered if AC put it out there with the idea that it would help sell tractors in the "wheatland" parts of the country where fixed wide front ends were more common (i.e. IH W-series, JD D, etc. tractors) but that would only make sense if that front end was first available before the WF came out. As mentioned above it is not very useful for row crop cultivation - very little clearance and no adjustability for row spacings. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |