1962 brochure

What is the "date code" on the back page ??    like 6112 or 1261 ?? meaning Dec 1961 printing date  ??  How many pages is that beauty ??

If you can’t read that dr.

That D19 with the 5-furrow plow sure looks good even today. Must have been impressive in those days. 

Mikez, that is a great AC “color photo” brochure. Thanks for sharing photos of it. Per my collection of AC brochures, those that include their original AC dealership’s business info (family name & address), it is usually “ink stamped” on front or back page.
As a kid, I’d try to catch a peek into dealerships’s shop when a mechanic opened door to parts counter. Then I might get a quick glimpse of which models were being repaired/serviced. Otherwise, I’d be checking out the dealership latest brochures in their display racks. All the while, Dad was getting parts at parts counter.
I don’t ever remember Dad receiving brochures in the mail. The AC Landhandler magazine was always in our mail though. Per the mail, most if not all farm publications(Prairie Farmer, Farm Journal, Successful Farming, etc,,,) had loads of AC “artwork ads” or “color photo inserts stapled into publications. Yes, I had to ask Dad if he was done reading that issue before he’d allow me to unstable those beautiful color photo inserts from publication, rendering the rest loose.
DrAllis your AC brochure dating is spot-on.

Edited by AC7060IL - 04 Nov 2024 at 8:28pm

I’ll keep my eyes out for another one

Mikez wrote: Did Allis Chalmers send these out to people who bought equipment. like agco used to send out Farm Life magazine. And if so how many other brochures would have been sent.

Awesome Mike!

Now that's one of those hidden gems must of us cross our fingers in hoping to come across. Thanks for sharing Mike. It's neat to see things like this when you own a particular model piece of equipment.

I have that piece of advertising literature too, Don. It seems the only information on that optional belt pulley drive system was in that advertising book and repair parts book. Nothing was ever listed in the official service manual. I'm sure the West Allis tractor sales dept realized the old A-C high pressure system had run its course for some people and it was surely hard to attract new competitive customers without 2-way low pressure hydraulics. By 1962, the farming community had one full year of the Deere 3010/4010 tractors under their belt. IH was feverishly working on their new 706/806 models and I can only imagine A-C was working on the mighty One-Ninety, while the D-21 was getting close to release in 63.

I see two design flaws with that after-thought system. #1. it isn't "live".  #2. It was (memory) 15 or more GPM's which was double what would have been acceptable.