wjohn Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I didn't even notice it the first time I scanned through the listing. Wonder what the backstory is here 🤔 https://www.purplewave.com/auction/260107/item/EP2692/International_Harvester-Farmall_460-Ag_Tractor-Tractor-Kansas 1 Quote
Jeff-C-IL Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Flame cut mounting plate and all. That actually looks pretty good for a farmer conversion. That would indeed be a fun backstory. Quote
Matt Kirsch Posted January 3 Posted January 3 He was probably trying to get into lighter pulling classes with the 460 chassis. Quote
HydroTek Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Had a 460 in the shop several years back with a turbo hanging on the side of the engine and a 4 barrel holley sitting on top of that had a real interesting sound to the engine put a new clutch in the tractor as a rush up job for the customer only 460 gasser I have ever seen that could do a burnout on the parking lot from high gear Heard the guy was a top placer in the Louisville tractor pulls 2 2 Quote
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted January 3 Posted January 3 That’s pretty interesting. It looks pretty well done, at least from here. I saw a ‘73 Ford F250 for sale years ago that had an Allis turbo diesel installed in it. I don’t know which engine. It looked well done. It ran and drove. I wish I would have bought it. Quote
Jeff-C-IL Posted January 3 Posted January 3 One problem with putting ag diesels into a PU is the RPM. Know a guy who spent a lot of time installing a JD 466 into a 1 ton dually - only for it to hit a top speed of 45mph wide open! Oooooppps. I think you are right on the pulling tractor. Loop drawbar and PTO removed.... Quote
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted January 4 Posted January 4 2 hours ago, Jeff-C-IL said: One problem with putting ag diesels into a PU is the RPM. Know a guy who spent a lot of time installing a JD 466 into a 1 ton dually - only for it to hit a top speed of 45mph wide open! Oooooppps. I think you are right on the pulling tractor. Loop drawbar and PTO removed.... My neighbor worked at the Gleaner factory in the 1970’s. He used to talk about all the semi trucks that hauled out of there with Allis engines in them. I never even knew that was a thing before he told me. Quote
Binderoid Posted January 4 Posted January 4 I bet there's a can of ether under the seat.... 1 1 Quote
Matt Kirsch Posted January 4 Posted January 4 16 hours ago, Jeff-C-IL said: One problem with putting ag diesels into a PU is the RPM. Know a guy who spent a lot of time installing a JD 466 into a 1 ton dually - only for it to hit a top speed of 45mph wide open! Oooooppps. Nothing that a gear change in the axle and a little governor tweaking couldn't fix. The original 12 valve Cummins engines had a redline of 2700, DT466's redline is 2800 even in trucks, and even modern Duramaxes are set to 3450, but the trucks usually come with 3.73 axle ratios and overdrive transmissions... betting this guy had a 4-speed and a 4.56 rear end. 1 Quote
Jeff-C-IL Posted January 4 Posted January 4 17 hours ago, Dirt_Floor_Poor said: My neighbor worked at the Gleaner factory in the 1970’s. He used to talk about all the semi trucks that hauled out of there with Allis engines in them. I never even knew that was a thing before he told me. Pretty sure Allis used to be a major engine supplier - trucks, ships, etc. Ag may have been more of a sideline..... but can't remember all the details anymore from books I read 30 years ago.... 2 Quote
Powered by IH Posted January 4 Posted January 4 4 minutes ago, Jeff-C-IL said: Pretty sure Allis used to be a major engine supplier - trucks, ships, etc. Ag may have been more of a sideline..... but can't remember all the details anymore from books I read 30 years ago.... They were also big into generators and other electrical equipment. Quote
Eason Posted January 5 Posted January 5 IIRC the over the road truck engines were purple. I've never seen one but have read about them. They were well thought of engine with great low end torque. 1 Quote
Binderoid Posted January 5 Posted January 5 On 1/3/2026 at 6:52 PM, Jeff-C-IL said: One problem with putting ag diesels into a PU is the RPM. Know a guy who spent a lot of time installing a JD 466 into a 1 ton dually - only for it to hit a top speed of 45mph wide open! Oooooppps. I think you are right on the pulling tractor. Loop drawbar and PTO removed.... Must have had 5.14 gears and a 4 speed. Governed at around 2600, 45-50 would be about right. Is still a bad-ass truck, John deere engine notwithstanding. Quote
red2thebone sr Posted January 5 Posted January 5 8 hours ago, Powered by IH said: They were also big into generators and other electrical equipment. Years ago took a tour in the dam at Lake of the Ozarks. A lot of the electric generating equipment in the was AC. 1 Quote
cedar farm Posted January 5 Posted January 5 16 hours ago, red2thebone sr said: Years ago took a tour in the dam at Lake of the Ozarks. A lot of the electric generating equipment in the was AC. Their venture into coal gasification in the late 1970's is what actually pulled them under. The AG division was their cash cow and when that turned south in the 1980's they had no where to turn. Allis Chalmers energy was still in business into the 1990's. They were bought out by Siemens of Germany. Quote
Jeff-C-IL Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Interesting tidbit on Wiki - AC actually built a Nuclear reactor! Quote
Illini986 Posted January 6 Posted January 6 An Industrial Heritage is an excellent book that covers a lot of what A-C did other than ag; generators, transformers, engines, pumps, sawmills, etc. I stumbled across it on Amazon several years ago. Definitely a good read if you're into that kind of history. 1 Quote
Hudco Posted January 8 Posted January 8 this showed up over on the allis chalmers forum . my freinds dad had a 73 linclon continental with a turbo charged 301 allis chalmers diesel engine in it had little scoup on the hood to cover the turbo allison auto it would fly down the freeway he done r and d for the thiokol trackmasters back then they had some modals with the 301 in it 3 Quote
HydroTek Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Back when cars were "cool" and you could mod stuff like that Quote
Nebraska1206 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 It went cheap, for the work it took to fit that all in there, sold for just over $1700. Quote
Hudco Posted January 9 Posted January 9 i think big al would be a tight squeeze in a contienal but maybe a hudson commador Quote
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