As Orange as Orange Could Be...

shoppintractors · Oct 9, 2004

Came across this restored Allis Chalmers tractor at a roadside vegetable stand. The attached picture does not do it justice. The Orange paint job was just as smooth and shiny as it could be.......like it was just driven out of the factory.

Anyone recognize the model? Horsepower?

Don

mark777 · Oct 9, 2004

It looks like the "B" series model introduced in 1937, I think I am pretty close. BTW, they ended production of the B in 1957 and well over 100,000 were built. Mark

mark777 · Oct 9, 2004

My book says specs on the 1938:
water cooled, 4 cylinder
116 ci
14 PTO hp
2260 lbs

JayC · Oct 9, 2004

That's a nice looking pieve of old iron! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif It looks like a B to me, too.

MF1455v · Oct 11, 2004

Yep, that would be a B. Here's a picture of my '57 CA I sold a few years ago. Wish I could have kept it but need a bigger tractor and had no place to keep this one.

mark777 · Oct 11, 2004

That is a nice looking tractor. I have the same problem, buying, using, restoring and selling. Kinda like empty nest feeling when someone takes her away. I'am afraid I have more tractors then space to store them. Mark

MF1455v · Oct 11, 2004

Sold a lot of things before, the '57 allis is the one I miss the most.

JayC · Oct 11, 2004

That was a real nice looking tractor. I love it when it is that time of year and the local tractor show comes around.

scout180 · Oct 11, 2004

I agree with others who say its a Model B. My cousin had one in the '50s with a belly mount sickle bar mower. I got too close to the edge of a farm pond while mowing and it rolled over into the water's edge. No injury and only a bent steerin wheel on the B. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif