Age 21.....50 yrs ago this fall
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Topic: Age 21.....50 yrs ago this fall
Posted By: coggonobrien
Subject: Age 21.....50 yrs ago this fall
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 9:24am
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Posted By: ToddnwIl
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 9:52am
| Can't just post a picture like that and no details... what class did you pull and what engine work was done!!! |
Posted By: coggonobrien
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 11:56am
| Picture isn't me, you can take a stab at guessing if you like. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:26pm
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that wouldn't be the Dr would it ?? ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: ToddnwIl
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:34pm
| I'd second. That's the good dr.!!! |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:44pm
| Looks like a gas V8. |
Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 4:49pm
Must be Doc. So 1975 was when the pic was taken?? 
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 5:14pm
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Doc you old bugger! Is that you??  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: Kenny L.
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 5:39pm
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David I can just hear grandpa Jim telling him he needs a hair cut just like my dad telling me the same thing before uncle sam got a hold of me. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025 at 7:25pm
| Soooo long ago !! I don't remember every detail, but it was built from scratch with the Lincoln welder that we still use on the farm that Dad bought new. 1969 or 70 Lincoln 460 4 bbl with 10.5 to 1 and 365 HP. Added a Holley 780 carb I think. Deeper oil pan. 11 inch button clutch in a steel can. 4-speed top-loader Ford close ratio trans. Speed selections were 7 MPH-9.5 MPH-12.5 MPH and 15.5 MPH all at 2200 RPM. A 190XT III rear end locked in road gear. 23.1 x 30 tires. The 1 inch thick adapter plate and channel side frames from the front face of the rear end were made by a local Blacksmith. Front wheels were my build with WD steer gears (open with grease on them). Painted in-between Dad's double covered corn cribs with an electric paint gun borrowed from my Uncle. I do remember $2500 being spent. I do (fondly) look back at my ignorance and lack of knowledge on how to do many things related to fabrication and design, and yet it turned out OK and everything worked. I had no mentor to guide me or offer advice. I just kind of knew what I wanted it to look like and what features it would have. 5000 lb class. I sold it and didn't lose any money. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 1:49pm
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Doc, did you pull around Iowa? You might have pulled against my cousin John in his early years, he had a 45 diesel all factory other than rpms.  ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45 |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 4:51pm
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Wow, a 200 was only a few years old at that time…stripped to a puller with a V8, that’s pretty impressive. Can’t imagine anyone willing to give up a nice 200 to be a puller? Gotta be a story there! Can’t wait to hear about it ------------- 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 |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 4:54pm
| It's not a stripped 200 chassis. It is a 190XT III rear end only. Everything else is fabricated as far as the chassis goes. The hood and grille and side hood were from a salvage 190. Rear side hoods trimmed to clear the 460 V-8. Instrument panel/brake and clutch pedals also from a 190. Never pulled against cousin John. Modified tractors didn't pull against stockers. |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 4:56pm
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Very odd…I read this post and Steve had just replied. So I posted my response with Dr’s response not there yet….so now I know the story. Internet delay lol ------------- 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 |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 4:59pm
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Neat story Doc ------------- 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 |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 7:19pm
| i didint know much on my first things that i biult but i would not trade any of it |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 8:27pm
Hmm, he told me he got to pull against some modified puller… Sorry, I don’t know the rules in pulling, never pulled a tractor other than in the field. Heck, I’m just about as old right now as Doc in the picture!! ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45 |
DrAllis wrote:Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 8:31pm
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Dr Allis how did it do on the track? ------------- 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 |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025 at 8:33pm
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Amazing picture and recollection! We all need MORE pics and MORE stories! ------------- Blue Skies and Tail Winds Dana |
Posted By: Lynn Marshall
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2025 at 10:32am
| He's young and it should have made a hell of a lot of noise. That's a win right there. |