Before and After
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Topic: Before and After
Posted By: Jhebel
Subject: Before and After
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2019 at 5:14pm
Here are some before/after pics of a recent project for your enjoyment:
Here's the only photo I have of this in its original "orange" condition:
Here is what my grandfather did to it in 1967: He found the tractor sitting in a field when he bought the farm. He fixed up the tractor painting it yellow for some reason and used it mainly for mowing for years until at some point we retired it and it sat in the barn for about ten years. Now we have just finished fixing it up and probably will use it mainly for shows/parades.
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Posted By: MDWilliams338
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2019 at 5:22pm
WOW, ‘bought the farm and found the tractor’ ....that is one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard!! Awesome job bringing it back orange,beautiful!👍
------------- ‘42B,’45B,’48C,’51CA,’52CA,’69170,1935WC,1936WC,WD,WD Highcrop,WD45,WF,D10/14/15/17/19
It isn’t how you die.It’s what you live for.-Daniel Boone
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Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2019 at 6:21pm
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2019 at 7:19pm
Nice job. What brand paint?
------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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Posted By: Jhebel
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 5:46am
AC720Man wrote:
Nice job. What brand paint? |
Just good old PPG 60080.
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Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 6:10am
Old tractors are always more special when they have been in the family. Looks like you did a nice job on it.
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Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 7:34am
Jhebel, I had to zoom in on the pictures to reveal the very nice work that you did on this C to bring it back to VERY good condition! You will enjoy it at shows! I can see lots of details that show you preserved and improved the tractor during your work on it. Family tractors are great! You had the foresight to take very nice before and after pictures too. Thanks for posting these and Welcome to the forum! The paint looks very good! Regards, Chris
------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.
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Posted By: C in Concord
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 12:47pm
Simply wonderful Jhebel! The work, story, all of it. If you don't mind me asking, how much $ and how long (roughly)? My C has some WI snow to plow this winter, but come spring I want to get started on the restoration. Thank you for sharing!
------------- Leave things better than you found them.
1941 Model C (restored 2020)
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Posted By: Jhebel
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2019 at 6:05pm
C in Concord wrote:
Simply wonderful Jhebel! The work, story, all of it. If you don't mind me asking, how much $ and how long (roughly)? My C has some WI snow to plow this winter, but come spring I want to get started on the restoration. Thank you for sharing! |
This has been kind of an on and off project for about 4 years or so. Definitely could have done it faster if it was the only thing to do, but busy lives make it difficult to find time to work on this stuff. I can’t tell you the exact number in it because I haven’t really compiled all of the receipts yet but I would have to say it was easily over a grand. Most of the new parts came off a doner tractor (including tires and rims) which I think we payed around $500 for if I remember right. I can post some pics of the tractor all torn apart if I get some time later.
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Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2019 at 2:04pm
What a BEAUTIFUL job on what I consider to be the best looking tractor I sold. I remember the C raking being on the cover of Farm Journal. Has had and still has a great look My congratulations on a job well done. You have made all us Allis Chalmers enthusiasts proud. Good Luck! Bill Long
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Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2019 at 6:07pm
Well done! You've completed a project that you can rightfully be proud of. Congratulations.
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Posted By: Jhebel
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2019 at 8:35pm
Thanks guys for all of the compliments. Here are a few miscellaneous pics of the project in action:
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Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2019 at 8:54pm
Nice job! I'm glad you didn't repaint it yellow.
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Posted By: dpower
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2019 at 8:56pm
Nice job- looks like your grandpa had a bantam trailer hooked up to it. Do you still have that 2 wheeled trailer??
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Posted By: Jhebel
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2019 at 6:17am
dpower wrote:
Nice job- looks like your grandpa had a bantam trailer hooked up to it. Do you still have that 2 wheeled trailer?? |
Yes
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Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2019 at 7:05am
Very nice. Family tractors are special. Oh and you really don't want to know the total cost!
------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK!
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2019 at 7:11am
Love them before n' after pictures. Great job! Steve@B&B
------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife
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Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2019 at 7:18am
Very nice, work to be proud of!
------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2019 at 11:49am
What can I say?........
         
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17
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Posted By: trace
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2019 at 3:39pm
Beautiful, great job!!! My 55 wd next??
------------- 1955 WD-45 WIDE FRONT W/ TRIP LOADER
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Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2019 at 6:37pm
Jhebel,That's the way to get them clean and into the nooks and cranny's! Very nice! It is a lot of work! Very worth it! Regards, Chris
------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.
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