All Crop 60
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Printed Date: 01 Apr 2026 at 11:24am
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Topic: All Crop 60
Posted By: 55allis
Subject: All Crop 60
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2026 at 11:31pm
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Well another one showed up today, actually I picked it up from an auction site 5-6 miles away due to the true winner abandoning it. A plus is the original owner is my 3d cousin so it’s technically staying in the family (his grandfather bought it new I think) and it’s been sitting in a open front shed for the last 40 years so the draper is completely junk. One tire was completely junk and the other made it to its new home before going junk (it still held air). Other guy tried pulling the head off to haul on a trailer but he never made it very far before giving up. The wood is in decent shape and the paint isn’t too bad but I only got a picture of the serial number. It is missing a few parts I think so I might have to go to the one I found in a creek near by and rob them off it (land owner gave me permission). From my estimate it is around a 1948.  ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors 
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Posted By: Don Jr NY
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2026 at 4:36am
| Your estimate on the year is close. According to the serial number table in Swinford's book it is a 1947, about 3000 before the end of that year. HTH. Don Jr. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2026 at 8:46pm
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Got everything freed up, the clean grain elevator was stuck (mouse apartment) and of course it broke so I made one good good chain and buckets with both of them. Need to swap the draper so this one will be fully functional. Had it running with the pto and everything held together, even the belts which have Allis Chalmers printed on all of them. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors
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Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2026 at 11:59pm
Here’s some pictures I found of it from the auction site.  ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors
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Posted By: Lon(MN)
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2026 at 6:09am
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Is any of it aluminum? ------------- http://lonsallischalmers.com |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2026 at 8:45am
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That looks pretty good from the pictures. Is anything rusted out underneath? (concave sheet metal, cleanouts, etc.) ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2026 at 11:11am
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Not sure what to top is made out of but it almost looks like stainless steel.. Could be aluminum, the way the paint comes off. Didn’t think much of it until now. The clean grain trap was completely rusted as when I tried to remove it it went to pieces. Been trying to flush the gearbox of sludge, put diesel in it to soak in hopes of it coming clean without removing it. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors
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Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2026 at 1:08pm
| I was under the impression that it was galvanized steel. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2026 at 1:11pm
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I think the bottom of the head is galvanized steel. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors
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Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2026 at 9:01pm
| Swinford's book says that's a 1947 model. They used a lot of leftover war aluminum on 60s around that time, get a magnet and go over the machine. You may be surprised how much of it is aluminum. Let us know what you find. It's not uncommon to find some with pieces here and there, but judging by the way the metal shines in the areas where the paint flaked, it looks like this one could have quite a bit. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2026 at 10:09pm
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That is very interesting, I’ll definitely look into it, maybe that’s why it’s in that nice of shape. The wood is nearly perfect other than a couple of bars in the shaker from critters chewing. Even the wood slides for the draper was in good condition until the other guy tried to remove the head, he cut the bolts and the wood there. Ended up swapping them out with my other All Crop which had steel ones. Figured they’d be better. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors
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Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2026 at 8:29pm
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Just confirmed that the whole back shell is aluminum… ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors
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Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2026 at 12:16pm
| That’s very interesting. I can’t say that really adds any value for most people, but if someone were looking for an aluminum model that would be quite the find having that much on one machine. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2026 at 1:15pm
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I think it is an advantage, no rust on it to repair!! My 60A is all steel and it has quite a few rust holes. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors
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