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ALLIS-CHALMERS B need information

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Mike O'Connor

07-10-2001 14:08:47




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I have a B and it don't have electric start just hand crank. It has rubber tires should it of had steel wheels? What year did they go to eletric starters? I can't read the serial number on the tractor it is worn off.




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Phil Auten (TX)

07-12-2001 09:48:41




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 Re: ALLIS-CHALMERS B need information in reply to Mike O'Connor, 07-10-2001 14:08:47  
Mike,
Electric starting and lights were optional on the earlier B. I have a '40 B that is hand crank, but there are '40 model Bs around with electric start. Some of these were converted later in their lives and were not that way originally.
As for the S/N, if the boss where it is stamped is still painted, you may have to scrape or wire brush the paint off to read it. If the boss appears to have been ground on to obliterate the S/N, it could've been a black market tractor from WWII, as this seems to have been a practice in certain parts of the country. Another possibility is that the tractor may have been stolen sometime in it's life and the number ground off by the theif (hope that's not the case).

Phil

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steve

07-10-2001 15:08:32




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 Re: ALLIS-CHALMERS B need information in reply to Mike O'Connor, 07-10-2001 14:08:47  
Mike, Im not an expert but i can get you started. AC started building the B in 1937. Probably had no starter only crank till about 1940. During the war years of 1942 to 1945 there was a shortage of rubber and many tractors came with steel wheels. These were rough riding and many were changed back to rubber 10 or 20 years after they were built. AC built the little B up to about 1958. During some of the good years i think they built 15,000 tractors a year. Some years it was down to 3-4,000. Some where on the YT home page there is a thread to a book called "The little AC". It is the story of the C and B tractors and is some pretty good reading.

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