1949 Allis Chalmers G

Always store your G with the clutch locked down.

Rear rubber is getting harder to find.

And above all never--freakin NEVER hitch to the drawbar supports, only to the hole in the drawbar. Some have tried to repair the block where the support bolts into. Keep a clevis in the drawbar hole so no one else screws up your engine block. That was a sorry butttt design by AC.

Implments are getting harder to find as the years go on also.

A great choice for very small children to drive as you can walk behind and shut off the switch. Even adults have issues reaching the stupid swirch. Yet small children can simply stand up--while stepping in the clutch and brake using their weight and no leg force in case they get in trouble.

The steering wheel has a V so you can see straight ahead while cultivating.

I got a brain cramp as to what side, but most G's have the one fender that seems to crack often, and 99% of the time it is the same side.

Has the same engine as a MH pony. Continetal N-62 if I'm thinking clear this eve.

I always shut the gas off under the tank on ALL my tractors, and the G isn't the best one for getting your fingers on.

Implments are very easy to put on and off for the most part.

The belt pulleys are the same as a B-C, many have a V belt pulley on them.

Creaper gears are one of those debatable things, but most I guess claim that they all had them in the transmission. Check this board for alot of discussion on that subject.

Very easy to steer, and if you want to park crossways inside your garage, you can lift the front end around so you can get the wives car in again, and save alot of problems within the household. Wives never seem to appreciate being able to get their car only part way in the garage.

Even the hard core anti-tractor wives will soften up when you buy a G. Chicks dig em.

If they have a loader on them, only small children can get to the seat, or a mountan goat.

Easy to become a favorite.

Scale Model G's were designed / scaled off our little G.

I've often thought about installing a remote switch near my headlamp on the steering support post.. never have done it though.. I did however add a small inline gas valve to the left side of the tractor before the line hits the carb.. big improvement.. etc..

soundguy

here's another pi after a couple months work and a few hundred dollars in parts, and alot of sweat and skinned knuckles.

soundguy

For that $$ I'd want hyds AND the belt pulley.. breferably good brakes too.. as to change the brakes is a bit of a chore..

Here's one I picked up for about 2600$.. it's a 49, had no sheet metal, but does have hyds and a belt pulley.

Soundguy

When I've seen them go for up to $3500, they included an array of implements. The G mounted implements are often selling for $200 to $400 a piece!

What to look for? Well, you need to be there when it is first started after setting for a few days. If compression is bad, it will start hard in that situation. The standard transmission has 3 forward and 1 reverse. But many had the option of a creeper gear. The casting won't show this gear on the pattern. Mine has it but I didn't know it for a couple of years! It is a bit to hard to find in the shift pattern. The creeper isn't especially useful but it is nice to have. And the gears should be quiet - all of them. Steering should be smooth with minimum amount of sloop. Tires should be serviceable (for $3500, they should be new). It is a plus to have hydraulics. I think hydraulics were an option in later years but most G's were made in the first two or three years (1949 and 1950 - mine's an early 1949).