[AT] 1949 Leroi tractor with loader for sale

[charlie hill]

Doug,  I have a copy of _An Industrial Heritage, Allis Chalmers Corporation_ 
published by the Milwaukee  County Historical Society.  If you aren't 
familiar with the book it's nearly 500 pages and
reads like a text book.  It has 38 pages of index.  There was one mention of 
Le Roi engines on page 243.  It reads:  "The 6-12, which Allis-Chalmers held 
to be the "the greatest tractor for general farm use" on the market, was 
assembled in the gallery of No. 2 shop.  Each machine was built on a 
sawhorse, and a crew worked hard to assemble one tractor a day.  It was 
equipped with Le Roi engines, with wheels and castings made at the West 
Allis Works. ............ "

That is the only Le Roi engine reference in the book unless they failed to 
site something in the index.  So I guess based on that we can say there was 
some connection.
It appears to me that they were just buying the Le Roi engines but that is 
uncertain too.

By the way,  I think Milwaukee County Historical Society still has those 
books if you want one.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: charlie hill
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:27 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] 1949 Leroi tractor with loader for sale

Well you might be on to something there.  The early B's had Waukesha engines
in them.   I've got several books on AC history.  I don't remember anything
about Leroi but that doesn't mean there is no connection.  I'll look again
in the books and see what I find.

Charlie



-----Original Message----- 
From: Doug Tallman
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:53 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] 1949 Leroi tractor with loader for sale


I'm not real sure what the connection is, Charlie. I may even have the
model wrong. I've been told by more than one person that one of the A/C
engines are close to the same. Seems like the front main bearing was the
only thing different. On the tractair website he mentions a deal between
Leroi and A/C to build engines for each other. Some of the history info
there was mine but I don't know where he got that from. I know the
engine side of Leroi went to Waukesha when they sold out. I only live
about 4 miles from the old Centaur factory and have been chasing them
for over 32 years. I'm still turning up stuff I've never seen before so
I doubt I'll ever get it all figured out. Doug T



charlie hill wrote:
> That's what I was thinking Doug and the gas powered WD-45's were Allis
> "Power Crater" Engines.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: GIL
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:59 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] 1949 Leroi tractor with loader for sale
>
> Charlie;
> The  AC WD-45 Diesels used 6 cyl. Buda diesels.  AC used them until AC
> bought out Buda.  The Cockshutt 40 used the same basic diesel engine .
> Gil
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] 1949 Leroi tractor with loader for sale
>
>
>
>> Doug I was thinking the WD AC's used Buda engines?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>>

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