25 years ago on the 6th.
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Topic: 25 years ago on the 6th.
Posted By: Austin(WI)
Subject: 25 years ago on the 6th.
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2010 at 8:20pm
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December 6th 2010 will mark the 25th anniversary of the day the last Allis-Chalmers rolled off the assembly at the West Allis Works in Wisconsin. This was the final chapter in a 71 year tradition of making tractors in Milwaukee and hailed the end of AC tractor line. ------------- "Better By Design" |
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Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2010 at 9:03pm
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Hard to believe. I guess even the newest A-C tractor qualifies as 'Heritage Iron' according to Sherry Schaefer ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: redline
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2010 at 10:52pm
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Incredible. There hasn't been an AC built for 25 years, and look at the loyal following AC still has. The Allis Chalmers company must have been doing a lot of things right, just not so hot with the financial parts.....
It is fun to imagine what things would be like now if a few things had been done differently.
Is there any certain time of day to have a moment of silence? Perhaps 5:00 in the afternoon? I would guess the last day ended at the traditional quitting time? ------------- If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done! |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2010 at 11:03pm
| I guess I've got to let "by gones be by gones," but I can't help but to keep thinking that if the 8000 series had 25 more years of improvements, the competition would fear it. I also sometimes wonder if Allis hadn't gone belly up and were still building tractors like nothing changed, would our old AC collections have less meaning, since now we are collecting something that they no longer make? Darrel |
Posted By: DarrylinWA
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 6:38am
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I had this marked on the Calender also. Cant believe its been 25 years.What a sad day in history.
Take care, Darryl ------------- B 10 Custom. Serial # 1001 D21, First D21 built 69 #4498 and Last D 21 Built #4609. 1946 MM UTU. And 2000, 2005 Pete's. AC custom Hauling. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 6:48am
People still collect John Deere and people still collect International with passion. Yes, the Magnums are a derivative of the IH 88 series. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
darrel in ND wrote:Posted By: nowversatile
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 6:57am
| We will fly our AC flag at half staff today as a tribute to that sad day. There is no doubt in my mind that AC would be a major force in US ag today if there were competent management and marketing. The market thirsts for competition. |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 7:09am
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I agree with Redline. If AC had JD's management, it really makes me wonder where they would be today. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: cougar766
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 7:11am
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folks I was raise on IH and collect it (looking for the right AC) but also grew up with a Gleaner F2 short walker (still say Gleaner is the only combine to have) but just think if these 2 great companies had made it where would we be today.
God Bless and keep collecting these great tractor cause when we restore an AC or IH we keep their memory alive
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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 11:04am
Site on Face Book that has a bunch of Photos of last day , 
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=1705001&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=41056536450&id=1078717153 - http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=1705001&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=41056536450&id=1078717153 ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: 427435
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 11:11am
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Here are some pictures from that last day. They were taken by employees as the press wasn't allowed in. By the way, the last tractor built was evidently a 6000 Series (at least if you can believe the newspaper).    ------------- Mark B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not. |
Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 1:04pm
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IT'S A SAD DAY FOR ANY TRUE AC FAN. IT'S CHEESY BUT IT GETS THE POINT ACROSS.  ------------- 1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500 |
Posted By: Jeff-in-Kunkletown
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 2:54pm
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AC is gone but will never be forgotten. All of us who continue to use and restore their equipment are preserving history. Lost causes are the ones worth fighting for. ------------- Sucess is how high you bounce after hitting bottom. Gen. George S. Patton |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 5:50am
| Truely a very sad day , thanks for the photos |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 7:14pm
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A sad day indeed. ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |