Hamilton Pastoral Museum Rally 2023

 Here are a few photos from the historic gathering of Long Fender 20-35s at the Hamilton Pastoral Museum earlier this month. The event marked the 100th Birthday of the Museum's own 20-35 and was joined by the only two other known 20-35 Long Fenders, the orange example from the Wheatlands museum in Warracknabeal and the Light Green version currently being restored by Glen Sobey.

Among the other Allis tractors gathered were a model L Restoration project along with one of the last Allis Tractors sold in Australia the impressive 4W-305 which has been restored by McKee's Garage and Engineering who were the original selling dealer.

The photos have come from the Hamilton Pastoral Museums facebook

Reader's Story- WD Allis Chalmers

 

I have recently received possession of my grandfathers “old Allis”

It is original and running well in good working order

I plan to use it to rake hay this season

I had a couple of photos taken with him and the tractor on his 100 th birthday ( he is active and still lives on the farm ) quite a guy!

Made for some great photos with four genarations

He traded in the WC and bought the WD brand new .It lived in the long shed behind all the horse gear with a fiat 615 parked in front of it and then later model johnnys hiding it from view

I remember cutting hay with pop on the mudguard and feeding out until the fiat turned up and it was parked up I loved the Allis and used to crank it over every time I visited with the handle. It was promised to me and I liked the fact it was safe in the shed

I came home after working in the norther territory to discover my dad had given it to a cousin of his

He has no interest in machinery at all

I have worked on getting it back ever since and now have it back home

Thought you might like the story

Cheers

Nick  

Hamilton Pastoral Museum Rally October 2023

 Here's one to add to your calendar with the Hamilton Pastoral Museum Celebrating the 100th birthday of their 20-35 Allis Chalmers on October 7th and 8th.

Full information- https://www.hamiltonpastoralmuseum.com.au/events-open-days

Model L 15-25 Tractor

Registry Insight- Model L 15-25

Development work on a smaller tractor to the 18-30 began in 1920 with the Model L announced in January 1921 known as the 12-20, after testing at Nebraska the Model L achieved 15 drawbar and 27 belt hp so from then on the tractor became known as the 15-25. The engine was built by the Midwest Engine Co of Indianapolis which measured 280 Cubic Inches.

Sadly I don't have any photos of units here in Australia, if you can help that would be greatly appreciated!

Below is a listing of the build years for serial numbers found on Model L variants.

1921-     20001-20334

1922-     20335-20497

1923-     20498-20905

1924-     20906-20995

1925-     20996-21370

1926-     21371-21681

1927-     21682-21705

Below is a listing of all those know Model L variants in Australia, if you own one or know of one we would love to hear from you! A registration form can be found here.

Model	YEAR	Serial No	Engine No	Dealer ID	State	Condition
L15-25	1923	20817			SA
L15-25	1924	20958			WA	Basket case
L15-25	1925	21190	15152		VIC

UC Register

Registry Insight - UC

The UC was initially known as the All-Crop and was effectively a row crop version of the Model U, featuring the same engines over the years of production. Rated at 24.9 drawbar hp and 36 Belt hp production commenced in 1930 and continued right through until at least 1953.
Below is a list of production serial number lists, UC1-UC1268 were built with Continental Engines, from UC1269-UC2281 units were built with the A/C 300 Cubic Inch Engine, afterwhich they changed to the 318 Cubic Inch A/C Engine.

1930-    UC1-UC38

1931-    UC39-UC1099

1932-    UC1100-UC1231

1933-    UC1232-UC1268

1933-    UC1269-UC1293

1934-    UC1294-UC1551

1935-    UC1552-UC2000

1936-    UC2001-UC2770

1937-    UC2771-UC3756

1938-    UC3757-UC4546

1939-    UC4547-UC4769

1940-    UC4770-UC4971

1941-    UC4972-UC5037
1944-    UC5038-UC5067
1947-    UC5068-UC5267
1948-    UC5268-UC5525
1949-    UC5526-UC5643
1950-    UC5644-UC5805

1951-    UC5806-UC5938
1952-    UC5939-UC6142
1953-    UC6143-?

There are indications of sporadic production between 1941 and 1953 that were built on special order and not available through normal dealer channels.

At this stage there are no UC Variants known to us, if you do own one please let us know so we can add it onto the register. A copy of our registration form can be found here.