8070 Restoration

AC7060IL wrote: PAfarmer, I'm enjoying your 8070's restoration pictures. You do great work! Thanks for sharing. If you haven't already, you might try taking your 8070's seat to a local upholstery shop for restoration.  Some local shops can do great restoration at a reasonable rate. For $375, Austin at AlphaOmega Taylorville, IL restored my AC 7040's seat pictured above. It received new foam, vinyl, red fabric inserts, & AC imprint. Austin fabricated a metal AC stamp to recreate the AC imprint in it's upper backrest vinyl. Here's their weblink:  http://www.alphaomegataylorville.com/gallery

Edited by PAFarmer - 13 Apr 2021 at 9:17pm

Thanks,  It's been a fun project.  I've been pushing to get it done in time to hook to the no-till drill for sowing beans.  Looks like I might just make it.  

Edited by PAFarmer - 11 Apr 2021 at 9:30pm

So it's been a few days since I've posted an update.  Progress has been slow but steady.  Trying to squeeze the 8070 restoration in between getting planters and hay equipment ready.  But we've finally got everything field ready and I spent the day putting the interior back together!  It's turning out better than I hoped.  Still waiting on a few odds and ends,  the black screw caps, the decal for around the head light and turn switch and the new fuel/temp gauge cluster.  Also waiting on some new speakers and a stereo.  Have to hand paint the silver trim on the dash also that goes around the gauges and the AC logo.  

Edited by PAFarmer - 11 Apr 2021 at 6:50pm

To get new plastic caps for the interior pieces i go through pro-dec.com. I ordered all the brown/tan colored caps to see which one matched the best. I believe the color teak matches the best for my interior. hope that helps so you dont have to search around. When i got them through agco the color was way too dark FYI

Edited by dpower - 03 Apr 2021 at 7:15am

There's a lot of Allis in this area still.  I'm not aware of any other 8070 FWA, but I know of a few 8000 series FWA running around.  A couple 8030s and an 8050 that I can think of.  A good number of 2WDs also.

Thanks!  I'm going to get it as close to "factory" as reasonable for a working tractor! I wanted to pull the cab,  but time is not gonna permit that I don't think.  My biggest concern is the back of the cab behind the remote valves and things.  I think I can paint it reasonably well with a detail gun though.

Liking your progress. Keep up the good work

PAFarmer wrote: Looks sharp!  What kind of paint did you use on the exterior?

We have Cloverdale Paint in Canada and they have been very good at mixing a color that works for old Allis 8070, 8550 and IH 1206. The hood on my 1206 is original paint and decals and the paint on the rest of the tractor matches that very well. I could get you number codes if you can use them.

steve(ill) wrote: Barry, down load your photo to your computer. Open with PAINT or similar program. Scale it to 800 x 600 pixels ( or about). then save it to your desktop.... Then go to this site and download it.. Most new cameras are taking photos that are 5000 pixels wide and several MegaBites  in size... This site wants a 800 pixel photo with  100 KB size. ( approx). If your doing everything on a cell phone, then see if you can change the size of pictures it takes ( before you take it, not after)... Most cameras have 5-6 different SIZEs that you can use.. dont know if cell phone can do that or not... Smaller size  = more photos per disc.

Thanks Steve. I will try posting my restored 8070 just for fun. This computer stuff is about as clear as mud! Sorry, can't get it sized right.[

So I found the 70270999 and 70264914 NOS at an AGCO dealer.  So that's the last of my decal needs!  I got the speed/shift instructions decals from member Gary(WI) on here and they are excellent.  While I was at it,  I had him make me one for our 8010 as well.  

Barry, down load your photo to your computer. Open with PAINT or similar program. Scale it to 800 x 600 pixels ( or about). then save it to your desktop.... Then go to this site and download it..

Edited by steve(ill) - 24 Mar 2021 at 4:34pm

PAFarmer wrote: One thing I can't seem to track down is the decal that goes around the hydraulic, throttle, PTO, etc.  Other than finding one laying around NOS at a dealer, would anyone know where I could source one?

I did what Daehler did and it works out very well. If you get a good straight on picture of what you want in a decal a decal shop can make new ones almost as good as OEM. If you get a good side to side and up/down measurement of the actual decal you want made, they can scale it to proper size

One thing I can't seem to track down is the decal that goes around the hydraulic, throttle, PTO, etc.  Other than finding one laying around NOS at a dealer, would anyone know where I could source one?

AC720Man wrote: Congratulations on a 8070FWA!!! A little confused so please correct me. You said a full restoration, do you mean cab? Tractor is good to go? That would be great if its just a cab restoration.

Edited by PAFarmer - 23 Mar 2021 at 9:20pm