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Posted: 14 Oct 2024 at 5:08am |
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Does anyone have any dealership or delivery photos of new W series and D series tractors when they were brand new?
Thought maybe this could start an interesting thread.
Edited by AC WD45 - 18 Oct 2024 at 6:15am
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024 at 4:45pm |
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What an excellent request, which would be very interesting viewing for Members. I remember our 1957 D17 arriving shinny and new and our WD 45 departing as a trade in on the deal. Later it was a D15 II in 1967 and a 185 in 1975. All tractors were delivered to our farm by the Dealer. I don't know the delivery mode to the Dealer.
Here is an artist rendering of some beautiful Allis Chalmers tractors at a siding in Town on a Flatcar ready for Dealer/Customer pickup. I have it hanging in my garage! The picture was Allis Chalmers ad in a farm publication, probably in the mid/late sixties. I purchased the picture from an eBay supplier, who probably clipped it out of the magazine
The picture is on page 91/92 of "AC Tractor Ads 1957-1985", by Tim Putt ( an excellent publication)
This is the best I can do, but it would sure be great to see some real photo's
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1963 D17D Series III. 1965 D15 Series II. 1965 D17 Series IV. 1975 185. 1978 716H. 1979 716H. 1965 780 Harvester/1R&DC. 1957 Model 73 SC 4 Furrow Plow
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024 at 7:10pm |
this is 12 years old... but a couple photos still show up..
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted: 16 Oct 2024 at 10:33am |
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54 wd-45gas ; 56 wd-45d N/F w/fact p/s ; 63 d-17 sIII N/F gas ; 60 D14 N/F ; 67 d-17 sIV N/F gas ; 63D15 sII W/F; 39rc#667 ; 2021 massey 4710 fwa ; gravely 2 wheel tractors
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Posted: 17 Oct 2024 at 12:49am |
I would hope that Bill Long would see this thread..... He has a lot of pics and a LONG memory on these tractors. Hopefully he'll see it. He was on here a month ago.
Maybe if you add his name to the title??
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Posted: 17 Oct 2024 at 6:15am |
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Was that Hanley Imp., Sun Prairie Wisconsin?
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Posted: 17 Oct 2024 at 8:19am |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2024 at 6:16am |
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Updated 😎
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1957 Allis Chalmers WD45
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Posted: 18 Oct 2024 at 6:58am |
Edited by Mikez - 18 Oct 2024 at 7:04am
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Posted: 18 Oct 2024 at 7:01am |
Dad wishes my grandfather took more pictures. Said when he was a kid they would go to the local train crossing where there used to be a small station with dock. Unload the new Allis Chalmers tractors and drove them back to his dealership for himself and other area dealers to pick up.
Edited by Mikez - 18 Oct 2024 at 7:11am
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Posted: 26 Oct 2024 at 11:53pm |
Zakens farm equipment, cedar hill ny
Edited by Mikez - 27 Oct 2024 at 7:53am
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 7:42am |
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Thanks for sharing those pictures
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:02am |
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Interesting, the first picture, an Artist Concept.
The D-15 and D-17 production ended in 1967.
The 190 production didn't start until 3 years later - 1970.
The Farm Publication could not be mid to late 60's, but only after 1970.
But still a Great Picture.
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:15am |
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The 190 was introduced in 1964, production ended in 1972. D series and 190 were shipped together
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:40am |
I am supprised they didnt continue to make either the D15 or the D17 for a few more years as a "smaller" tractor..
Edited by steve(ill) - 27 Oct 2024 at 8:43am
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 6:20pm |
 steve(ill) wrote:
I am supprised they didnt continue to make either the D15 or the D17 for a few more years as a "smaller" tractor..
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I believe it was replaced (or intended) to be replaced by the 160.
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:33pm |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:38pm |
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So this ad is from Family Herald March 4,1965. A Canadian publication. But of course the same ad ran all over Canada and the US. I was just out east and found the magazine in an antique store!
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:46pm |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:48pm |
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April 1965 Family Herald. Maybe someone a whole bunch smarter than I can orient it properly!
Edited by Ed (Ont) - 27 Oct 2024 at 8:55pm
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:49pm |
Also April 29, 1965 Family Herald. Was a 3 full page ad. Probably a lot of money in those days. 😀 
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Posted: 27 Oct 2024 at 8:59pm |
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Would be interesting to know what artist did this for Allis. Anyone have any info on these?
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024 at 10:14am |
Bill still hasn't been on since Sept 9. Anybody have any contact with him? Hope he's just taking a nap.....
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Posted: 03 Nov 2024 at 8:57am |
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Interestingly, In the photo of the Hanley dealership, there is a Gleaner T which was last built in 1954.
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Posted: 03 Nov 2024 at 9:01am |
Nice pic of the Allis dealership and Ford dealer on opposite sides of the street.  Hard to say if autos or tractors at Ford store??
Edited by Ed (Ont) - 03 Nov 2024 at 9:02am
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Posted: 03 Nov 2024 at 9:30am |
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Lineup from Ford. March 1965 ad. Super Dexta 46hp. Super major 65hp. Commander 6000 78 hp. Major 4000 55hp. Dexta 2000 37hp. Thought it was interesting comparison for back in the day!
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Posted: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:11am |
Ed (Ont) wrote:
Also April 29, 1965 Family Herald. Was a 3 full page ad. Probably a lot of money in those days. 😀
Why use a self-unloading forage wagon for baled hay? Those beaters will rip bales apart.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:16am |
Ed (Ont) wrote:
Lineup from Ford. March 1965 ad. Super Dexta 46hp. Super major 65hp. Commander 6000 78 hp. Major 4000 55hp. Dexta 2000 37hp. Thought it was interesting comparison for back in the day! |
where was the production line for Ford tractor’s? I worked for neighbor years ago, and claimed some Ford tractor models were actually built on the JI Case line in Racine WI.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 03 Nov 2024 at 3:52pm |
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Good question. But I don't have the answer. I thought the Fordson Major and Dexta were built in England and imported here. Others I think were built in the United States. Hopefully someone will give us some more info.
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