Rusty AC tractor needs a name !!
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Topic: Rusty AC tractor needs a name !!
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Subject: Rusty AC tractor needs a name !!
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 1:01am
| I acquired an AC today and I am not sure how to tell if it is a WD or not. From the pictures I have seen it also looks like a RC. I am planning on restoring this tractor and would like to get it right the first time. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ! |
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Posted By: redline
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 1:08am
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The serial number should be stamped in the rear housing if it is a WC, WD, WF or RC. The model will be indicated before the serial number. WD #146607 and later is a WD45. The RC tractors have more "shelf" in front of the grill. I suppose they have the same floppy shifter the WC uses, and no hand clutch. These are just a few things that come to mind, the other folks here might have better suggestions or clarifications.
I think that once you have her pedigree decided, "Rusty" would be a fine nickname for a tractor! I have heard tractors called a lot worse. ------------- If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done! |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 1:26am
| Thank you very much ! Orange is a new color for me, I'm used to Green ! |
Posted By: redline
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 1:40am
This is an early "unstyled" WC None of the WC tractors had factory hydraulics, and the shift lever is quite long and seems to have a lot of flop in it.
 This is a styled WC. They have the same floppy shifter, but the sheet metal of the WD tractor.
 This an early WD with the straight shifter. Note that this model now has hydraulics and a hand clutch to provide "live" PTO.
 This will be of the 1953 WD. It has the curved shift lever like the WD45, but just happened to be a change they made during the last of the straight WD tractors
 Good luck with your orange tractor. This is a friendly place to hang out and ask questions. The people here have helped me many times. ------------- If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done! |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 2:00pm
| Mine shows to be a WC. Vin # wc132726s. Thanks again for your help ! |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 2:09pm
| If I'm reading the serial correctly mine would be a mid to late 1943 styled WC correct ? |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 2:29pm
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It's actually a 1944 and one of the early ones with a steel rearend on the wartime models. ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 2:46pm
| Oh ok , Dont know alot about ac's yet. I'm an old JD fixerupper !! |
Posted By: TomMN
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 3:08pm
Does it have a stamped steel rearend like this: Or is it a solid cast rearend with a flat rectangular area for the serial number? The one pictured here is mine, it is also a 1944. Here is a link to a bunch of pictures of it: http://home.comcast.net/%7Eold_allis/ac-wc.html - http://home.comcast.net/~old_allis/ac-wc.html |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 3:21pm
| Mne is like the picture. |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 3:25pm
| it also has a two row cotton planter hooked up to it that needs planter box lids. |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 3:48pm
| That was an absolutely amazing job you did on the restoration ! |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 4:14pm
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Be Careful, you will give Tom a big head. lol
Tom, you did a grate job on the WC! I forgot about all the pics you took of the renew on her. ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 6:01pm
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Yep, definately the truck-axle variation- look at the spring perches on the bottom!!! (Cool!) I'd say, because of it's vintage and intention, I'd call it "War-Horse". Show us some pictures of this war-horse! |
Posted By: TomMN
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 7:19pm
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Thanks for the comments, it was lots of fun working on Grandpa's WC. I can't seem to make progress on the RC I'm working on now though, I think I've been working on it more than two years now. No heat in the shop and snow and cold now since November, I can't say as I've gotten anything done in a few months. Cabin fever is setting in I think. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 10:47pm
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Welcome to the AC site, we won't hold it against you that you came over from the dark side. I think you will find AC's easy and fun to work on and look really good with new paint.
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: robinson_trucking
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 3:33pm
| The dark side as you call it raised me ! This little orange monster is a stray but I think its gonna be interesting to do. I also have a propane Int.M that has to be done but dont tell everyone ! I have an image to uphold around here ! :) |
Posted By: OrangePowerFranzen
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 9:24pm
| look at the shifter knob on the wd vs the wd-45 the wd has a straight one and the wd-45 has the curved one. |