I made a comfort model out of my old wD 45 Allis. I couldn't turn down 750.oo for the wide front on it so I sold the front end and put a narrow front on it. While it was sitting in my shop I was looking at how awkward it was built and thought about how hard it was to drive and thought about how I never got on it without jerking my back out of joint. With little effort I got out my torch and redesigned it the way Allis should have built it in the first place. I centered the steering wheel, cut off that big old long clutch that stuck up in your face, cut off that hand clutch to where it would not hit you on the inside of the knee everytime you pulled it out of gear, centered the seat , and installed a reachable dash board with all the instruments close enough to reach. And just for fun I put some nice floor boards on it. The tractor drives and handles 10 times better. When I was done I thought--- Why could Allis Chalmers not have done the same thing. Heck, they have engineers and i'm just a retired government beauracrat. They sold thousands of those old awkward beasts and if they had designed it like I did, they might have sold thousands more. The sad thing is, I probably knocked off several hundred $ in value by improving it. I am like you though. I did save all the original pieces in tacked in case someone wants to buy it and make it original. If they want to exchange comfort for a broken back, let em go for it.
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