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wanted his shed space back after my EIII has been a squatter for almost 10 years, but I'll take any help I can get. The 170 has been handy for unloading all my "treasures" as they arrive. Even though I work for that big green-and-yellow company, I'll keep adding to my A-C fleet as long as orange blood runs in my veins. Ben Holten of Nicollet, Minn., still has the order and delivery forms (below) for his grandfather's Allis- Chalmers D14. "Interestingly, it was ordered in 1956 and delivered in June of 1957," Holten wrote. "It is Serial No. 1520, which makes it an early D14. I enjoy using it for many jobs around our acreage, including cultivating two rows at a time, transplanting trees with our three-point tree spade, scraping the snow off our driveway and most importantly, giving the grandkids rides when they visit. "I learned to drive it when I was 8 years old, and when I was 10, my grandfather thought I should learn how to cultivate corn. He got me started and then, as he sat on the fender, he would say 'haw' or 'gee.' I had no idea what he was saying. He told me that is how he would communicate with the farm horses to go left or right. I said, 'I don't understand horse!' Later, he told me to just keep the radiator cap between the rows and I would be good. "I have now owned it longer than Grandpa did, and I plan on passing it on to my son Micah when the time comes. It brings back so many great memories of my grandfather Herbert Greene of Westport, Minn., and the wonderful childhood I had." Grandpa's D14 harkens childhood memories 19 OLD ALLIS NEWS