1949 Allis Chalmers G, the Story of Bones

When Randy Patsy of East Brady, Pennsylvania gave his bride Linda, a 1949 Allis Chalmers G as a gift, it was love at first sight. The Patsy’s were married in November of 2008 and are both antique tractor lovers. Linda had seen one of these unusual looking little tractors at an auction and thought it was just the perfect size for her. She said she thought it would be so much fun to drive around and take to shows and “of course, show it off”. She really wanted one of her own. When Randy found this tractor and bought it for Linda, she said it was a gift of love. The G was in solid condition, you might say it had good bones, but needed a lot of work. The Allis Chalmers model G doesn’t have much of a body and kind of looks like a skeleton, so when Linda named it Bones the name was a perfect fit. While Randy preformed the restoration it was fun to see the way its former owners had improvised repairs with nails or wire, and anything else they could use or find to keep it together. The engine was good, but fine-tuning proved to be a challenge. It would run a while then stall, like putting together a puzzle, by process of elimination Randy now has the G purring like a kitten, or should we say putting like a Tiger…Woods that is. Bones was a good looking tractor from the beginning but with replacement parts, paint and a lot of great time spent together working on it, the restoration produced a great looking little tractor. Throughout the restoration process friends would stop by to check the progress and admire Bones. It kept the neighborhood buzzing all summer. They even had someone stop by and ask if Randy made these tractors and would he build them one. Of course it only led to an opportunity to share the story of Bones with them. Linda has been giving Bones a real workout during harvest season hauling pumpkins and sweet corn to sell at the retail market. **For the rest of Bones’ story and others like it, watch for the next edition of the Iron Memories Book in the spring of 2010.