Coke,
I think this one goes back much further than the Fiat Allis merger. The little oil I have found looks like Allis must have taken over the Italian Vender crawler operation, probably around 1960 by what is presented below. I know a bloke whose family had a Vender, (and another who had dealings with Ansaldos with Alfa Romeo diesels if I remember correctly - this bit for information on what is probably a rare brand here and not directly related to the rest of this comment )
In an ancient 1970 (even though I pre-date this by quite a bit it isn't in CD so it must be ancient, right?) Australian Power Farming annual there is a list of “Additions to Non-Current Crawler Tractors”.
For 1959-60 there are Vender DR80CS3 (75 d'bar HP) (No test link) (4, 5.315 x 6.299”)*
and DR150 (120 dbhp). (No test link) (6, 5.7 x 6.690”)
In 1964-65 there is Allis Chalmers D 150H (57 dbhp) (Ital Govt Test 111, no date) (4, 4.724 x 5.512”)
In 1968-69 there is Allis Chalmers 250H (92 dbhp) (Ital Govt 61) 94, 5.315 x6.299”)
In 1969-70 there is Allis Chalmers 350 (135 dbhp) (Ital Govt 131) ( 6 , 5.315 x 6.299”)
This I think is the one that my neighbour saw that looked like a HD 16.
*(Cylinders, bore x stroke).
I'd reckon that the similar bores and strokes didn't happen by coincidence, but could be wrong.
And Fiat had a line bigger than HD 10 at the time of the FA merger - this 1970 Annual has Fiat AD 12's at 125 engine HP (manual with power shift transmission and double reduction finals) and this line included 10's, 14's and 20's of the same pattern. Our FA 10 has, in the parts book as one of the production modifications, the change from Fiat 10 to FA 10 badges - doesn't give the date unlike a lot of other mods).
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