The article on Paul Ashby’s Model T in VTCM #43 brings to mind the fact that the youngest Model T Ford is 90 years old. All the survivors have great histories behind them, despite the fact that many could have spent a good part of 50 years gathering dust in the corner of someone’s shed, but not only do they have their own history, they also feature in the history of other machines. 

One, in particular, that comes to mind is the Allis-Chalmers tractor. In th