[AT] Two Allis Chalmers U's

Fri Apr 30 14:30:15 PDT 2004

Charlie,
My Grandpa's D-14 has been in a shed when not used (I've even got the 
side panels that everyone took off).  Mechanically it neeeds a few 
things fixed but it is the tractor I learned to drive when I was about 
7.  I've just learned of someone local who does restorations - my other 
tractors are work tractos so they probably won't get the full treatment 
but the D-14 may get the full work up (it and my Massey 35 are the best 
tractors I've ever driven).

charlie hill wrote:

> Grant I have a D-14 that sat in a field for about 15 years.  It was in good
> condition when it was parked the guy just didn't like the tractor for some
> reason and parked it and wouldn't sell it.  He finally died and I bought it
> from his family.   EVERY bit of paint is rusted off of it.  The seat has
> holes rusted in it.  The headlights are rusted out.  The gas tank is
> probably shot.  You get the idea.
> 
> It is humid down here.  45% is a dry day.  80 % is probably below average
> and 95 - 100 % is common.  That and the heat takes a heavy toll.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Grant Weir" <grantweird at hotmail.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Two Allis Chalmers U's
> 
> 
> 
>>Charlie,
>>
>>    I don't know how long those tractors have been out there in the
>>elements, but I think at least 20 or 30 years.  They are rather well
>>preserved arent they?  Perhaps having all those trees and shrubs so
> 
> tightly
> 
>>packed around them helps some.  The air does tend to be quite dry up here
>>for most of the year, although every other tractor I have worked on has
> 
> had
> 
>>little or no paint left on it at all so who knows.  I don't know if the
>>weather up here qualifies as "severe", although it does get rather cold
>>during the winter months, which sometimes causes problems with water
>>freezing in blocks, rads, and gear-boxes.  I'll bet the state of the
>>tractors is more due to being shaded from the sunlight than anything else.
>>Also, I think AC used some pretty good paint too.  Maybe Mother Nature is
>>into AC's - she does seem to give em' a bit of a break.  :-)
>>
>>Grant Weir
>>Saskatoon, SK.
>>Canada
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
>>>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Two Allis Chalmers U's
>>>Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:00:13 -0400
>>>
>>>Grant,  how long do you think those U's have been sitting in that field?
> 
> I
> 
>>>can't get over how good shape they are in.  Considering the severe
> 
> weather
> 
>>>you have up there it would seem like they would be destroyed.  I guess
> 
> heat
> 
>>>and humid, sometimes salty, air are worse on old stuff than that cold dry
>>>air you have up your way.
>>>
>>>It's a nice find.  I hope you can get your hands on them.... and soon.
>>>
>>>Charlie
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Grant Weir" <grantweird at hotmail.com>
>>>To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:41 PM
>>>Subject: [AT] Two Allis Chalmers U's
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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>>>>Grant Weir
>>>>Saskatoon, SK.
>>>>Canada
>>>>
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