1977 Allis Chalmer 7020 Belly Color

I don't know much about AC's but I spent a lot of time in West TN in the early to mid '80's. Think he might have had a test mule that escaped? Dewey Lynn had all kinds of stuff.

Edited by exSW - 24 Oct 2018 at 6:22pm

Only shows, guys, that I have non-chew gum and walk at the same time, kinda of mind.

This is one of the more bizarre conversations I've ever seen.   Downright funny in a way!

Edited by Tbone95 - 24 Oct 2018 at 7:35am

Open station or "ROPS"

Appreciate it. I am gonna say it was a 7040 with wrong emblems.

Well, wow, sorry if I hit a nerve . Billy was a long time friend. Took several trips together, sold him parts after he went out of the AC business when no one else would. Some of his stories are almost legendary as told by his customers who from time to time visit and still tell us tales of Billy's endeavors. I 'called' on Billy as a AC rep. If you are a relative I meant no ill will , just relaying the legend how tough that ole Billy was. So sad others in his family fell victim to so much violence as well...but....

wiltthom wrote: This was a robbery turned murder by two dope heads.  The woman used to work for him at the dealership. Don't post "what you heard".

8000 series had build dates in December 1981 I believe. They are considered 1982 models I suppose. I always go by the build date myself to determine year of tractor.

A couple of my observations. I consider all 7030 & 7050 to be 1973 or 1974. Only 1973 models had the black face cab. These tractors had a plastic roof with the flashers in them. I call the first year 7040-7060-7080s 1975 models. They still used the plastic roof. 1976 was the first metal roof. I think that 1976 was also the first power shift.1977 models had a different dash, rectangular, electronic idiot lights instead of the six individual round lights. They had a much larger power shift filter also. 1978 was the first black belly. 7020-7045-7060-7080. They had the accousta cab 2,larger steps, but still used a steel fuel tank. The gear shift lever was moved to the side in 1978 on the power directors. 1979s went to a plastic fuel tank. 1981s used the Bosch injectors. The straight 7000 were 1976 & 1977 maroon belly with a dry clutch. 1978 7000 was black belly and used the first speed of the power director as an inching clutch. The last year of the 7000,those tractors used a larger muffler, like the larger framed tractors. The earlier ones just used a round muffler like a 200. The 7010 took the place of the 7000 in 1980 as I recall. I consider 1982 to be the first year of the 8000s. These are just for my reference. Actual dates when the models were introduced may be different from what I perceive them to be. Many other improvements and updates were added thru the years and did not necessarily correspond to any specific years model.



Edited by Lynn Marshall - 19 Jul 2016 at 8:40pm

1970sFarmer wrote: Not saying it happened, but when did Allis introduce 7030 and the 7020, because I wonder if we got a re-sklinned 7030 to 7020 and not a 7020...Was the 7030 maroon bellied? Also, why did Allis introduce the 7000 series like they did... I always thought the sequence was 7000,7010,7020,7030,7040,7050,7060,7080... but I gleaned that the sequence was more(1973-1974) 7030-7050,(1975-1979)7000-7040,,('74-1981)7060,(1978-1981)7020 -7045-7080. Could someone explain.

I think I'd take a 7030 over a 7020, not that the 7020 was a bad tractor. The 7030 is just a bit more tractor.

They made it as confusion as hades in winter...

Edited by 1970sFarmer - 19 Jul 2016 at 3:32pm

Not saying it happened, but when did Allis introduce 7030 and the 7020, because I wonder if we got a re-sklinned 7030 to 7020 and not a 7020...Was the 7030 maroon bellied?

I don't think so, although interested in tractors, I didn't know much about them...

Now you are just gonna have to try and find pics. And as I said before, we all love pics.

I think all non-cab, ROPS models, be it maroon belly or black, had a fiberglass top with the flasher lights in the top. All cabbed 7030 and 7050 had the fiber glass top. I think all later cabbed models had a metal top. Unsure about the very early 7040, 7060, 7080 as far as cab tops go. There is a 7040 on tractor house with the flashers in the cab top on front. I think I have sales brochures showing some 7040/7060 models with flashers in cab top but parts book only shows metal top parts number for cabbed models. All ROPS non-cab show part number for fiber glass top.

You got me.