Santa Came Early
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Topic: Santa Came Early
Posted By: TOM (NE)
Subject: Santa Came Early
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2019 at 9:21pm
Got the opportunity to pickup a one family owned 1954 WD45 Diesel that is in really nice shape mechanically. Was purchased with a pin hitch vs snap coupler. It starts and run well. The tires not so good as they are dry rotted. It will be a fun project to get her cleaned up in the new year. 
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Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2019 at 9:25pm
| Sounds like a great Christmas present! Dan. |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2019 at 9:32pm
| Is the paint original? Either way, it's a good looking tractor! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2019 at 9:56pm
| good present! |
Posted By: MDWilliams338
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2019 at 5:10am
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Nice score! Aside from tires it looks like it just needs a good bath and driving. ------------- ‘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 |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2019 at 7:54am
| Dandy tractor. If that is original paint you have one in a million. Whether it is or not it is a great find. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2019 at 8:02am
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I call that a homerun there Tom! Great find! Good luck with it. 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 |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2019 at 8:54am
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Nice!! Looks like after a bath it will be ready for the parade. 👍👍 ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2019 at 9:01am
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I think 55 was the first year for the diesel. Either way, that is a great looking example. There is one sitting in a barn down the road from me, but the owner won't sell. Hopefully some day... ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2019 at 9:12am
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I think that the Snap-Coupler came out with the WD-45. We had a '53 WD we got from the deader after he had used it for a demonstrator. He had put the Snap-Coupler on it. I thought that the Snap-Coupler was standard on the 45's. Or was it an option. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: TOM (NE)
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2019 at 9:14am
| The tractor was repainted in 2006 by the grandson when his father gave it to him after his grandfather passed away who originally purchased the tractor. The serial number is 210214D making it an early model. |
Posted By: BEK
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 12:09pm
| I like the 6 cylinder WDs. That thing looks more like a hot rod than a tractor. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 12:47pm
| Nice tractor! Had those tires on one of our’s back in the seventies. Wish they could still be had. |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 1:08pm
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I have to agree with Dusty. If I recall correctly all WD-45s had Snap Coupler. However, this is one OUTSTANDING WD-45 Diesel. You have acquired an excellent unit. Good Luck! Bill Long
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Posted By: Alex09(WI)
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 2:45pm
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Nice!! great looking WD45d! ------------- www.awtractor.com A&W TRACTOR 920-598-1287 KEEPING ALLIS-CHALMERS IN THE FIELDS THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURY |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 8:23pm
| What impressed me was the lack of oil leaking anywhere and no dents in the grill or cracks. Nice tractor. Leon |