The 'Buckeye Thunder' tractor you have listed as being driven by Neil Gettinger was originally built by Dennis Haferd of Carey, OH around 1982 and sold to the Gettinger family around 1987. Gettingers sold it Dennis Wuertz of Plain City, OH sometime in the early 90's and sometime around 2000, was sold again to Bryan Rose of West Salem, OH and then called the 'Cloud Dancer'. I have no present knowledge of this tractor.

The Battrell family campaigns Dirty Sally (Case component DSS) and also Sally's Alcoholic Sister (Case component alky SS). They both use sheetmetal from the 70's series tractors.

Matt Beattie, I believe is associated with Mets Machine in Mansfield, OH and has a SF that runs a 40 Series Detroit with AC rearend of some sort. These guys scare me to death after seeing how they counter-weight crankshafts and some bad work they did for a friend of mine. This involved aline boring the cam bearing bores for needle bearings. During assembly it was determined that they did not properly 'pick-up' the original location of the cam bearings and basically moved the centerline by almost .060" which kept the timing gears from going together. Also, 1 of the journals was bored several thousandths larger than required to get the bearing to stay in and the old trick of prick punching and Loc-Tite had to be used on this brand new engine until it was determined that final assembly was not possible.

- Wes Miller

Hey Jason, Thought of a good tidbit about Nobil Harrison. The work that he did with the AC engineers on turbos and fuel systems was actually for the war effort in Vietnam. His work to increase the horsepower of the 301and 426 for tractor pulling was used to increase the power of the dozers (GI's called them Roman Plows) clearing landing zones and village parameters. Take care!

- Jay Lerbs "Country Dude Pulling Team"

Jason,

Bert Stauffer won the 55SS NTPA GN points on a Deutz 80 06. He never had an Allis product.

John Lancaster used to run a AC 210. He won the NFMS SS class 4 times in 5 years, then sold the tractor to Bill Hirt for $14,000. The tractor was ran several times and then parted out due to the tremendous maintenance of a 4 charger SS making 270psi of boost. This was Hirt's second tractor at the time. His first was a D-21 previously owned by Bobb Bros of IN.

The AC 180 that Merrill Smith won the GN title with was also owned by NTPA tech's Larry Richwine before eventually being owned by the Everett family.

One AC puller you havent included was Bob Williams. Bob had a D-21 called Double Trouble. He was always trying new things. His tractor was sold to Max Simpson after Max and Keith Haynes sold Mean Ole Allis to the Martin Bros who eventually had an Unlimited Mod.

I also don't see anything about Harold Wilson or his son David. Harold's 4-charger D-21 was a strong runner in the 80's. As far as I know, some of their parts are in Brian Shramek's current tractor in MO.

I dont claim to be any kind of an expert. I just thought I'd send a few lil notes along to help with your project. Allis Chalmers helped its pullers alot in the 70's as the first 3-charger and 4-charger setups were factory driven programs. It was actually possible to buy a brand new 7030 with 2 motors and one was specifically tuned to pulling. New from the factory this extra pulling motor was an option. I like what you're doing here, but its gonna take alot of details from alot of ppl to make it a complete story.

- Dennis Johnson, "Shagnasty", 2001 ATPA Grand American Champion

Hey Jason,

Here are some historical facts for you to use on the page.

Past ntpa champion Allis's:

• Merrill Smith-tractor was "Ole Sparky-Allis 180" GN superstock champ 1977 5500 lb class. Tractor is currently owned by George and Scott Everett
• Dennis Brabec-tractor was "Country Dude-Allis 180" GN champ 7 times, 1976-5200lbs, 1978-5500 lbs, 1979-5500lbs, 1980-5500lbs, 1982-5500lbs, 1984-5500lbs, 1987-5500lbs (the Country Dude was the first light superstock in ntpa history to run 3 turbos as well as 30.5-32's. Tractor is currently owned by Jay Lerbs from MN.
• Dennis along with his brother Allen also campaigned a very tough 8050 AC diesel known as "The Impostor" for a number of years as well both tractors were superstock)
• Arnold Baker-tractor name unknown, was model 180, GN superstock champ 1985, tractor is now owned by Ken Mckillip, called "The Smoker"
• Dave Thompson-unkown what model ac, GN superstock champ 1978 with Brabec's, 5500lbs.
• Bert Stauffer- unknown AC, GN superstock champ 1985, 5500lbs.
• Danny Bobb, unknown AC, GN superstock champ 1974 7000lbs.
• Al Koch-AC D21 "The Entertainer" GN superstock champ 1976-7200lbs, 1977-7500lbs
• Ken Brabec-AC D21 GN superstock champ 1978-7500lbs.
• Max Simpson-AC D21 "Mean Ole Allis" GN superstock champ 1981-7500lbs, 1982-7500lbs.
• Jack Bartlett-unknown AC, GN superstock champ 1970-9000lbs
• Gord Oughtred-unknown AC, GN superstock champ 1973-9000lbs
• John Lancaster-unknown AC, GN superstock champ 1976-9200lbs
• Steve Smith, unknown AC, GN prostock champ 1982-12,200lbs

Also, for some more history Tidbits: Noble Harrison was the Allis "god" back in the early days of pulling, first tractor to run multi stage turbos, AC220, helped get many of the top AC guys started, was kind of like the "hypermax" of orange, call him up, he had it ready for you. He got the Brabecs started as well as many others. If I find out what some of the tractors are behind the names, I'll pass em on to you. Also got several old pics for you when I get a chance to send em. Hope this helps you make a start on your history page, talk to you soon!!

- Larry Wright, ("Strangebrew"), Luck, Wisconsin

Update for history page:

Dave Thompson's tractor was Little Miss Alice and a 180. Danny Bobb pulled a 190XT. Gordy Oughtred pulled a 220FWA with the FWA removed for pulling. He would put it back on and farm with it during the summer. I saw him at GOTO in Sept. He said he still has the 220 and runs it on the farm.

Hello,

Just like to drop you a line and tell you what a great site you have. All we had was AC Power and I grew up in South-Western Ontario, Canada near a small town called Bothwell. Bothwell, Ontario is about a 10 minute drive from Twin Creek Farms which is where the biggest NTPA Grand National Tractor Pull in Canada used to take Place. (Now it takes place in Brigden, ON)

Anyway, Gord Oughtred's 220 was called the Canadian Hauler and it was the best AC puller I ever saw. I always thought it was amazing that he could pull with that tractor and then strip it down, add the FWA, and go farming with it. He retired the 220 back to farming in about 1978 and came out with a D21 called the Canadian Hauler II and she didn't run the best the first year, but by the next, it was a top contender.

I will try to research some other Canadian AC pullers for you.

LONG LIVE THE ORANGE,

- Craig Wranich