Could It Be Done??

There has been a lot of talk recently about what will become of the AC name if or when Allis-Chalmers Energy sells it. Plus I know a lot of you think that AGCO would try to buy it just to kill it but what if it turned out differently.

I know that everybody has heard of the Delorean Motor Company (DMC) whether it was from the Back to the Future movies or just from living in the 80's but something that a lot of people don't know is that you can go out and buy a 100% brand new Delorean DMC 12. That is right, the company did die in 1983 (much like AC did in 1985) but in 2007 it was bought and reopened and the model DMC 12 was put back into production with all new features and technology to go with it. And their has been rumors about Delorean reviving Pontiac's Solstice.

Now I want to know if it can be done with the Allis-Chalmers tractor line? It would be amazing to be able to buy a NEW Allis-Chalmers tractor. That way it would be the right color and have the right name on the side and AGCO could do it's own thing. The only part that would be hard would be funding the project.

I don't know, who knows? Just throwing the idea out here. Maybe some rich person who will listen to the customer will read this? LOL



 

AC 37 you need to take a NAP. LOL

 There is a guy in Texas that bought all of the Delorean stock in 1995 and started Delorean Motor Co. He has been completely building new cars from leftover stock and rebuilding and selling them since 2008. They have a huge warehouse full of NOS parts. So really, you have been able to buy a new "old" Delorean since 2008.

Edited by split51 - 28 Jan 2011 at 5:52pm

No, Allis ain't coming back, nor Oliver,Ford,  MM, Cockshutt, and on.   And if Allis ever was  re-born, it wouldn't be the same.    If GM brought back Olds, I still wouldn't be able to buy the '66 cutlass  new I had years ago. The only thing you would get is an orange Fendt, or Fiat ! Your better off to enjoy the  B or WD45, or D21 that not everyone will have years from now.  If they had the web in 1930's , can you  imagine the Rumely people howling ?   VW  "brought back" the Beetle , so they said , but it twern't the same.  Good luck in your battle with time and the tide.

This was originally intended to be one of those perfect world questions.

Sounds like my Norton motorcycles. Brand name has been through several owners from original. Name has went to or from England to Germany to US in several ventures. Now back in England and back in production

Fred, you are killing me; I just spilled my coffee LMAO ......

AC37, I think you need to just let it go young man.

Redline, Have you had trouble with the Challenger?  Seems like a person can get into the field a bit earlier with all that flotation.  I remember seeing it in the shed when your dad showed me around.  The tracked tractors have never caught on right around here because they have to be driven on the highway between fields too much.  The JD dealer had one for a few months years ago to demo, everybody wanted to try it out but nobody bought it.  I've got the only Allis 4 wheel drive in the county, of course there are less then a dozen 4 wheel drives in total here.

JohnCO wrote: Redline, Have you had trouble with the Challenger?  Seems like a person can get into the field a bit earlier with all that flotation.  I remember seeing it in the shed when your dad showed me around.  The tracked tractors have never caught on right around here because they have to be driven on the highway between fields too much.  The JD dealer had one for a few months years ago to demo, everybody wanted to try it out but nobody bought it.  I've got the only Allis 4 wheel drive in the county, of course there are less then a dozen 4 wheel drives in total here.

We have had electrical issues with it. Wiring harnesses, ECM, shift handle switches, park/forward/reverse selector assembly, fan belt idler issues all come to mind. To be fair, this was a low hour, used tractor when we bought it. I don't know anything about it's history. When it is working it is a very impressive machine, and the gremlins we have been chasing might have been caused long ago.