Well, Annie got to go out and bake in the sun yesterday… that makes that enamel paint hard and it does take a while to dry properly. I was also able to get old Allis out and get her scratches from carrying and using that plow fixed. She looks pretty good again for a 70 year old work horse. For those interested Annie, my Case SC was produced in 1949. Old Allis is a war baby Allis Chalmers B made in 1944. Believe it or not she still has her original main wire harness in her. What makes this special is being a war baby they didn’t use copper wiring in her. She has a zinc wiring in her. Now, everything off the main harness is copper now… and someday I plan on putting a new harness in her but leaving the original harnness under it. That is a piece of history that does not exist in most tractors from the second world war yet….
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-Some of her decals on….. love that old Abe decal ….
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-Old Allis looking ready to do a job as her paint dries…
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-Annie and Allis sun bathing…. 🙂
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-reminiscing about when they worked on their farms before their semi-retirement…. ah the good ol’ days…..
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-ah yes… old tractors and old dogs…….
They look great!
Always love hearing about how your tractors are doing.. Interesting about the zinc harness in Old Allis…. good that you are going to preserve it. 🙂
They’re both really looking fine and ready for another 70 or more years!