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Couple of old timers.....wasn't the Rumley a 'grandpappy timers Allis Chalmers? And the
Imperial similar to the Russell?Ben
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You are correct. It, in some form dates back to 1887 as Rumley. Bought by Allis Chalmers in 1931. My neighbor in Indiana had 15 of them in a woods with trees growing up through them. One was kept operational until 1965 (IIRC). It was a model S 60-30. Laport was 35 miles away and oil-Pulls made a dent in Northern Indiana. Jim
 
Rumley owned Advanced Steam too. A couple of years ago I set out to buy an "L", the smallest Rumley as a parade tractor but was out bid by an older fella that absolutely wouldn't be out bid. When I saw his wife hand him a tape measure so he could figure out how much of the canopy struts he needed to cut down so that it would fit in his garage, I just cringed. He bought it though. The owners had an Amish fella that owned an Rumley M working on getting it fired up. The flywheel has a brake on it that I learned you don't want to forget to set each time before giving it a whirl. Pulled, pulled, and pulled the fly wheel and cleaned the plugs and it didn't go. Used his Massey 333 to pull start it, and when it came to life it breathed fire and was loud as all get out.

Mark
 
Actually that Imperial had some features way ahead of it's time, auto steering, enclosed final drive gearing, etc. But as usual lack of a dealer organization hurt them.
 
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