Great engines but were also very common and cheap in the past. Now, I don't know? Especially the big ones that got pulled out of over-the-road tractors. Farm next to me has a stack of them. He uses one to power his saw-mill. All V engines.
The Detroit powered electric generator sets are still for sale in many places as "factory rebuilt" and are priced reasonble. 12KW, 17KW, or 20KW often sells for around $2500-$3000 and runs at a slow 1100 RPM which is pretty amazing. They are very fuel efficient and long lasting.
They were orginally used to run refrigerators in railroad cars.
I've got an Allis Chalmers dozer HD5 with a 71 engine and a huge Pettibone backhoe/loader with a 53. Both great engines. I used to have small Deere crawler with a 2-53 and sold it. Wish now I'd kept it.
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Today's Featured Article - Tractor Profile: Allis-Chalmers WD45 (Gas Version) - by Staff. Beginning production in 1953, the WD45 had the same general look as the WD tractor which was produced earlier - but was much more powerful. This was due to the new 4-cylinder "Power Crater" gasoline engine with a 4 x 4-1/2 inch bore and stroke. Some people feel this was one of the most significant tractors offered by Allis-Chalmers in those days. Nothing in its weight or power class could match its performance. In 1954 they began offering the WD45 with the new "Snap-Coupler&quo
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