How did you become an Allis fan?

Dad had an 8N Ford that I ran for years. then he bought 2WDs to farm cotton with. I liked the 2 16 plows and the controls on them, and the fact they sounded so much cooler than the little Ford. I got hooked on them then, We had a neighbor down the road I'd aometimes run tractors for who had 2 WCs, 1WD 45, a D17, a D19, the 45, 17, and 19 were on LP, and he also had a D21 diesel. Later, he traded the 17 and 19 on a 190XT diesel. so i got a chance to run a LOT of A-C's as a kid. My grandfather gave me his old Case CC and D John Deere when I was a kid, and an ex-wife sold them while i was on the road trucking(part of the reason why became my EX-wife) I later bought one of the WC's I mentioned earlier, but moved to town and needing money, sold it. Can't buy it back now.

my other grandpa also has a little ca

my great grandpas first tractor was a c forllowed by a wc and wd now they got them from the c all the way to the 7020. In my family if you dont own 2 or more allis chalmers your not part of the family.

Like Allen, my experience was quite a bit different also. I wasn't raised on a farm, nor had any family members owning AC dealerships. I always liked anything Antique, and next to cars, Tractors were high on my list. I liked all the old timey Tractors, but the Allis Tractors stuck out more to me. I think just because they had more style out of the bunch. My real fedish for AC Tractors started about 10 years ago, when I bought and dragged out of the woods my Model B. Engine stuck, sheetmetal rusty, and lookin' pretty sad lookin', but it was something different than doing cars n' trucks, which I've been restoring for years. It was at that time that I actually owned an AC Tractor after all these years of looking at them at shows or in parades! After I got moving on the restoration of my B, ("Alice" my buddy Tom & I named her) that I got bit by the Orange bug! I now have 8 different models, and number 9 is coming down from Canada to my pal Fred's house. A WF thanks to Calvin!!  Sheesh! You could say, "I got the fever".....

With me it was not a choice.  My father obtained an AC dealership in the 30's - funny, I do not know the exact date - and we were into Allis Chalmers.  As you have heard we sold B tractors by the carload since they were new and fit right into our area.  It became my favorate but the rest weren't far behind. 

I like this one , a friend of mine is an IH fan to the hilt & a few years later I met his younger brother who is a true AC fan. I asked him why he liked AC over IH & he said his dad never owned a real tractor until his older brother left home.

My grandpa used Allis-Chalmers on his dairy farm, so I was exposed to them from a young age.  Later, when I worked on a dairy, we used John Deere tractors and I became a fan of those, but as I got older, I was drawn back to the orange!

For me it was when Dad bought his B, which we still have. Always liked the looks of AC growing up, especially since there were so many Farmall's and JD's around here.

Grandads fault. His first tractor 1940 WC. My brother has that one. Then came the wd, wd45, 185, kubota mx500 (still orange), and 8030. Bill

My grandfather had a WD45. It wasn't my favorite when I was little (I liked his Ford 960), but my dad, uncles and grandpa's neighbor always spoke pretty highly of AC tractors. So when I needed a relatively inexpensive tractor, I went Allis.

I grew up driving a wc then worked for ac as a service rep for 15 years

Well  I started liking Allis Chalmers. Actually about 4-5 years ago. When I was younger I liked John Deere just because I like green and yellow (always will like green and yellow, its my school colors) but when I finally got my grandpa to let me drive his wd45. Then about 3 years later my mom bought me a wd for my 13th birth day. then 4 months later I got a wc. My first time driving the wd45 was great. About a week after that I operated a John Deere b and I found that I like the ride on a Allis better and later on found out that Allis was amazing. Well there is my story

Dad bought the first tractor on our farm in 1947. It was a C Allis. In 1951 he traded it for a CA and farmed with that till he rented the farm out in the early 70's. He did buy a WD in the mid 60's that was rode hard and I used that to disc with. Most of my field work experience was with the neighbors John Deere's and another neighbor had 770 Olivers.
 My first tractor was a 1940 A(1977), then I wanted electric start so I bought a 46 A. When I put a loader on the 46 so I could push snow, I decided I needed power steering and I found the 1954 WD45 that I have now. Sold the Deere and liked the 45 so much, I decided to drag the CA out and play with it. It had been parked for more than 10 years. I got it running pretty easy but ended up doing a valve job on her to help her breath better. One thing led to another, yada yada yada.

Both farms I worked on as a kid had Gleaners and mostly AC tractors and lots of Orange equipment.  My Grandpa had also bought a 170 with a loader for our place.  Never sat on a John Deere until I was 18 or 19, I had always been around the good stuff.  First tractor I drove was a D17.

 I was three years old in 1963 dad bought a 1955 WD45. Have been a ALLIS CHALMERS fan from then on.