Wallis 15-27 (1918)

[Wingnut]

In 1919, the Wallis Tractor Company merged with the J. I Case Plow Works.

Don't have anymore info

[bear]

looks to be all there i've got a 20-30 with ji case plow works tag theres quite a story to the whole case connection i'll have to look it up and reread it to be sure i get it right massey harris did end up with the wallis patterns and brought out their pacemaker first tractor they made on their own

[Mickey]

Where you geting all these pics Wing? The Wallis is a new one for me and I don't have a pic of a restored one to show in their Sunday best.

Keepum coming.

[Wingnut]

Value Is Listed At $2700

Mfg 1922 -1927

[bear]

Value Is Listed At $2700


is that in current condition whats a restored one worth

[Wingnut]

is that in current condition whats a restored one worth

Sorry none have been sold in restored condition in the last 5 years

So not data, Per Farm Tractors 1890-1980 2nd Edition C.H. Wendel

[bear]

i'm going to have to get me one of those books according to the figures i've underpayed for my wallis, twin city and hart parr

[old_nodaker]

Was the 20-30 more common? This one is/was sitting in town here. Should I be rushing in and try to buy it?

[Wingnut]

Was the 20-30 more common? This one is/was sitting in town here. Should I be rushing in and try to buy it?

In restored condition (collector value 1) on sold for $9500

[Wingnut]

looks to be all there i've got a 20-30 with ji case plow works tag theres quite a story to the whole case connection i'll have to look it up and reread it to be sure i get it right massey harris did end up with the wallis patterns and brought out their pacemaker first tractor they made on their own

In a nut shell:

The Wallis was started by the son in-law of J.I. Case. The first tractor was the "Wallis Cub" (Grade 3 sold for $8000) it was built in the J.I. Case Factory.
Wallis Tractors eventially became part of the Plow Works division of Case.

J.I. Case Plow Works sold out to Massey Harris in 1928 all Wallis were produced by Massey until 1931. In 1936 Massy Harris used the Wallis Frame for the M&H Challenger.

From 1923-1927 Massey Harris was not producing tractors

J.I. Case sold the Plow Works and Wallis Tractors to Massey Harris, but retained the name J.I. Case Threshing Co. They later dropped the "Threshing Co" and became known as Case

[bear]

if i remember right there were 2 case companies and the remaining one bought the j.i. case name back from massey harris haven't found the book yet. i should start looking for something else then i'll find the book ...ususallly the way it works around here

[bear]

found the book ....my dad had it at his place so heres the story according to encyclopedia of american farm tractors

J.I. case organized Case,Whiting & co. to build plows in 1876 then changed name to J.I. case plow works two years later. H.M. Wallis a relative became president of the plow works he was also involved with the Wallis tractor co. in 1913 wallis tractor moved to racine in the same building as the plow works and in 1919 wallis tractor and j.i. case plow works merged. in 1927 massey harris started to sell wallis tractor in canada and certain areas of the u.s.a. in 1928 massey harris bought j.i. case plow works for 1.3 million dollars cash and 1.1 million in in bonds. Massey then sold rights to the case name back to case threshing machine co. for $700,000

[Dan Lovell]

In a nut shell:

The Wallis was started by the son in-law of J.I. Case. The first tractor was the "Wallis Cub" (Grade 3 sold for $8000) it was built in the J.I. Case Factory.
Wallis Tractors eventially became part of the Plow Works division of Case.

J.I. Case Plow Works sold out to Massey Harris in 1928 all Wallis were produced by Massey until 1931. In 1936 Massy Harris used the Wallis Frame for the M&H Challenger.

From 1923-1927 Massey Harris was not producing tractors

J.I. Case sold the Plow Works and Wallis Tractors to Massey Harris, but retained the name J.I. Case Threshing Co. They later dropped the "Threshing Co" and became known as Case

Can that be right, the first tractor sold for $8,000. That must have been one hell of a tractor for the time period.

Dan

[Wingnut]

Can that be right, the first tractor sold for $8,000. That must have been one hell of a tractor for the time period.

Dan

The $8,000 is what it sold for in 2002 with a stuck engine.

The cub sold for less than $1500 new

[Dan Lovell]

Thanks Wing. Even $1,500 was a lot back then. I don't think your average farmer had that kind of money. Is that about what comparable tractors would go for?

Dan (city boy)

[Wingnut]

Tractors back cost from $600 to $4500+
Yes the average farmer could not afford them, the ones that could would least the services out to help pay for it.