orange deutz allis 8000 series tractor factory?

They made them in West Allis till Dec 6 -85, id say some where left over and werent sold till 86,87,88 - all used AC engines- tractors and equipment werent moving at all because of the economy     , some new tractors set on lots 3 to 4 years around here , the orange tractors were all Allis Chalmers- just a Deutz Allis sticker and KHD emblem on the grille , i hope this is right info,   no Orange tractors were produced till Agco brought out the Orange DA,s or Whites

Edited by DougG - 15 Feb 2013 at 4:17pm

What about the 8000 series that AC was building for MF to market? A very knowledgeable person mentioned this over barley pops! Anyone ever find gray or red paint under their black or orange AC 8000 series?

Ive heard about that too, also heard that tractors were loaded to be delivered and at the last minute all was canceled

Edited by DougG - 15 Feb 2013 at 4:42pm

I remember redecaling some of the 8000 series Allis Chalmers to Deutz Allis on the lot at my families dealership.

I have a picture somewhere of a green 80xx sitting at Hunley's dealership in southern In. Probably 15 or 20 years ago. Don't know anything about other than it was parked there.

john are you coming down to look at 7080

Now that must be a very rare watch, however I can not stand the site of a deutz green 8000 series.

Deutz sent out new decals to replace the AC decals for tractors in inventory. Most dealers did not put them on.

Bill(Mo)

no matter what it will never be our beloved Allis Chalmers

Although I left in late 1984, there was no talk or plan to sell tractors to MF.  Minneapolis Moline sold some to them, however, in (I think) the 60's.

Talked to dad earlier tonight and his blockman came and put on a few of the deutz decals and front grill emblem on tractors sitting on the lot but not on all of them. Dad still has the decals for the others, these tractors had been on the lot for several years the economy was crap and not a whole lot was moving. When deutz came into the picture their big tractor was 120 hp. Now we all know the american farmer and nobody was wanting to downsize a 7080, 7060,7045,8070,8050,8030 to a german green tractor . He also had ordered L4 Gleaners at the same time and after seeing one at lebanon canceled his order cause he thought they were an inferior and cheap built combine. He received his termination papers at the same time as Zaynard Layman at boswell Ind. and a dealer at Champaign Ill. of which he could not remember their name. He never did see or hear of any green factory 8000 series tractors up till his termination in 88. Maybe some dealers painted one green but in our neighborhood if it didnt have the A-C orange paint it didnt sell, bottom line! I do remember them painting some puke green lawnmowers to a orange hue to pacify customers. I also remember pulling some wagons to the elevator ( 7 miles) with a deutz green new tractor and the trans loosing every gear but low range on its first trip. Dad started at store dealing with drivetrain problems on 190 tractors and this seemed like a flashback to those days. Hard to be an excited individual that relied their sole livelyhood on a outdated hunk of crap that they had to sell as their main line. Honestly i doubt he missed them that bad, actually he's still there same building working on stuff everyday and deutz is?? Dad and i truly think if they had put their air cooled engine in 8000 series tractor maybe just maybe things would have been a bit different, but why dwell on the past when the future is right in front of us. As far as massey and A-C  for companion tractors went who knows, dad never heard of and probably would not heard of any of those corporate deals. Go big Orange!!!!!

A Deutz engine in the Orange tractors prolly wouldve worked good, instead of pushing the lil Green ones, although i ran a 6275 for 25 hrs and it was a pulling lil buger just so different frim the sweet Orange machines

My 1980 Allis Chalmers 185 was sold new on June 8 1984 they said they couldn’t give it away finally the original owner came in looking for a 6080 but got a deal on my 185 and a 4 bottom white plow for $15000