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1939 Allis Chalmers Model B

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Jess Potter

05-31-2004 23:14:01




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I'm 21 and live in Fairbanks, Alaska. All of my family are from farms in Iowa. Well the legacy lives on I recently ran across a fully restored 1939 AC model b. The gentleman who owns it said he would like to sell it to me as he is getting older and has no use for it anymore. He finished a full restoration on it last winter and it has brand new tires all around. He cranked and it started in two cranks it ran strong and sounded very good. I took around the yard a few times and felt that it is in good health. He is asking 2500 for it. Considering where I live do you think this is a fair asking price? When I told my father how much he wanted for it my Dad just laughed and told me he got his '41 same model in Iowa for forty dollars only about 30 years ago. I thought I'd get a second opinion since he's been out of the loop for awhile. Thanks a lot, Jess

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steve

06-01-2004 15:12:54




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 Re: 1939 Allis Chalmers Model B in reply to Jess Potter, 05-31-2004 23:14:01  
Jess, it depends on what you mean restore. If the final drives, transmission and motor were disassembled and new seals and bearings installed, then you will have over $2500 in the tractor as the guys said. I have a tractor i bought fo r$700 and it is now about $1800 not including my labor. The trouble is quite a few guys buy a $800 tractor, paint it with a brush and call it restored and want $2000. If you know what your are getting, yes $2500 could be a good price.

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Chris (OR)

06-01-2004 08:27:49




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 Re: 1939 Allis Chalmers Model B in reply to Jess Potter, 05-31-2004 23:14:01  
Well I made the mistake of saving the recepts.... I hauled home a '39 B that was seized (it came with a sickle bar mower and a plow) for $500. By the time I got done with a machine work on the block, new sleeves, rebuilt carb and magneto and painted the whole thing, I was into it about $4200.... It was a year long project and that is how I viewed it. I will never get my money out of it except for via usage.... I now mow the two acres below the house with it (New Woods belly mower was another $1440). I tell folks that I have a $6k lawn mower....

Chris Horn
Scappoose Oregon

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Brian G. NY

06-02-2004 07:55:43




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 Re: Re: 1939 Allis Chalmers Model B in reply to Chris (OR), 06-01-2004 08:27:49  
You know Chris, That's how I would justify it to myself; You could spend a lot more than that on a new "garden tractor" and not have anywhere near half the tractor you've got!



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John P. Martine

06-01-2004 05:52:38




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 Re: 1939 Allis Chalmers Model B in reply to Jess Potter, 05-31-2004 23:14:01  
For a man who has restored a tractor and knows how much is involved in taking it from it's previously pathetic condition to "as new and shiny as the day it rolled off the assembly line" it's a fair price. For the individual that has limited bucks in their pocket, it's a stretch. The real question is "just how bad do you want it"? If you are mechanically inclined and can find a similar tractor to rebuild yourself, you will one day find that the $2500 isn�t too far off when you take everything into consideration. --JPM

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Dick L And In Addition

06-01-2004 06:05:16




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 Re: Re: 1939 Allis Chalmers Model B in reply to John P. Martine, 06-01-2004 05:52:38  
If you so desire and have the talent do not(I say do not) save any sales slips for parts and machine shop work or have a wife. If you do and you realy restore a 600 or so dollar tractor, you will surpass the 2500. If you love the repair and making of parts to restore the old iron you will want to pass up on someone else's work and do it yourself.



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