[AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!

Wed Nov 14 14:15:11 PST 2012

There's a pretty good chance Allis Chalmers invented Air Conditioning or at
least greatly improved it at some point.  You'd be shocked to know what
that company did over the years.  Farm tractors were a very minor part of 
their
enterprise.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:36 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!

I rather think Allis Chalmers came first...

Tom

--- On Thu, 15/11/12, Keith Kinney <kkinney at herculesengines.com> wrote:

From: Keith Kinney <kkinney at herculesengines.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Cc: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Thursday, 15, November, 2012, 10:25 AM

That and Allis Chalmers.

Keith Kinney
Associate Broker
Woodward Commercial Realty
Kkinney at woodwardrealty.com
Office 812-474-1900
Cell 811-454-6757

On Nov 14, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com> wrote:

> AC?
>
> Air Condition?
>
> Mattias
> Den 14 nov 2012 21:52 skrev "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:
>
>> LOL yeah but didn't bother.  Heck I thought I was the only one left on 
>> this
>> list that cared about AC stuff.  grins.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:10 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!
>>
>> Haven't ya heard of a scanner yet Charlie: :-)
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> --- On Thu, 15/11/12, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> Date: Thursday, 15, November, 2012, 8:57 AM
>>
>> Good to hear from you Tom.
>> I had the same information but was too busy/lazy or both to type it all.
>> grins.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:02 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!
>>
>> Been a while...
>>
>> I think a fuller explanation of the speed issue is required:
>>
>> I the early 30s Allis Chalmers were promoting low pressure rubber tyres 
>> and
>> encountering resistance. Then:
>>
>> "The tractor division realized that it would have to do something
>> spectacular to break down resistance to and build public acceptance for
>> air
>> tires.. Because most tractors were unable to go more than five miles an
>> hour, W. Elzey Brown of the advertising department thought of speed
>> racing.
>> Special high speed gears were installed in stock models of the Model "U"
>> tractor, and the first public speed test was made at the State Fair race
>> track at West Allis on June 18, 1933. Frank Brisko, a famous local driver
>> who had recently competed in the Memorial Day classic at the Indianapolis
>> Speedway, was the star in the auto races. The spectators could hardly
>> believe their eyes when an Allis-Chalmers tractor, which had been plowing
>> in
>> the infield of the race track, was unhooked from the plow, turned over to
>> Frank Brisko and then driven against time at 35.4 miles per hour. The
>> effect
>> was sensational. During the remainder of the summer, similar tractor 
>> races
>> were
>> advertised as attractions at many state fairs. The high point in this
>> series
>> of demonstrations occurred at Dallas, Texas, on September 17, 1933, when
>> Barney Oldfield, the veteran automobile racer, drove a Model "U" 
>> air-tired
>> tractor over a measured mile course at 64.28 miles an hour. The first man
>> to
>> drive an automobile at more than 60 miles an hour had also become the 
>> first
>> man to drive a tractor at more than a mile a minute. Because this event 
>> was
>> sanctioned by the American Automobile Association and timed by its
>> officials, it became an official A. A. A. record. In 1933 alone, more 
>> than
>> one million people saw these tractor races, and they were, in fact,
>> repeated
>> by popular demand for several years. With such famous drivers as Barney
>> Oldfield, Lou Meyer, Floyd Roberts and Ab Jenkins, the tractor races were
>> given top billing at many fairs."
>>
>>                     "An Industrial Heritage" Walter E Peterson, Allis
>> Chalmers Corporation, 1975
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> --- On Thu, 15/11/12, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> Date: Thursday, 15, November, 2012, 12:37 AM
>>
>> Barney Oldfield's record run was 64 mph.  Set in Sept. of 1933 on a
>> specially prepared AC U.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chuck Bealke
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:57 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Burn-outs like you've never seen 'em!
>>
>> Thanks, Mattias.
>>
>> This guys turning his plowing machine into a racer reminded me of:
>> 1) Barney Oldfield's AC tractor (perhaps slower than the Terror)
>> promotion gig
>>
>> http://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/articles/barney-oldfield-sets-tractor-record
>> and
>> 2) Lamborghini unsuccessfully suggesting his tractor transmission to
>> Enzo Ferrari
>> http://www.pixcom.dk/Lamborghini/story.htm   .
>>
>> Age test:  Would you like to drive the Terror?
>>
>> And Ralph, thanks for the Roosty video link.  Am getting to recognize
>> parts of your path across the fields and am guessing that bull is a Red
>> Poll.
>>
>>
>>  _|___\  __
>>  |_____/      \  ~ Chuck Bealke, Dallas
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