[AT] Two Allis Chalmers U's

Richard Fink Sr nancydick at keyconn.net
Wed Apr 28 17:30:44 PDT 2004


Nice photos Ralph hope the new owner gets tired of them real soon and tells 
you to haul them away.  Should have had Cecil with you and then the owner 
would have delivered them for you. he he
R Fink




At 09:41 PM 4/28/04 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>   Last fall, Dad and I found an Allis Chalmers U on rubber on an 
> abandoned yard site out near the home place.   The owner had fairly 
> recently bought the place and did not know it was there.  This spring he 
> finally got out there to have a look and promptly called Dad back to tell 
> him that there were actually TWO Allis U's out there!   He also mentioned 
> that his sons might want to restore them so he would be keeping them for 
> now - but check back in a couple of years.
>   Last weekend I took the digital out for a drive and stopped by the 
> place to see if I could find this hidden tractor we had missed.  I felt 
> it was mildly embarrasing that I had actually missed a find that was 
> right there under my nose, and wanted to see some proof.  :-)  Well, it 
> is there alright, but man is it ever deep into the bushes!  No wonder I 
> couldn't find the darn thing the first time out.  I almost bashed my 
> shins on it before I saw it.  Whew!
>   There was one other thing that I thought was pretty cool - both of 
> these tractors serial numbers differ by only three numbers!  Pretty wild 
> eh?  I have a notion that Dad and I will be the new owners of these 
> tractors sooner than later.  Hopefully we can get them this 
> summer.   Check the link below for some snapshots of the things I saw on 
> Sunday.  Neat stuff!
>
>http://groups.msn.com/GrantsOldTractorGoodies/sundaymorningcruise.msnw?albu 
>mlist=2
>
>Grant Weir
>Saskatoon, SK.
>Canada
>
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