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By Dan Adamson

I hope everybody that was able to get to the National Farm Toy Show this year made a point to stop by and see Jason and Stephanie at the TTT table. It was another good show with many good finds. I found a lot of variations I’d been looking for as well as a few models I didn’t know existed. By the end of the year I should be able to reach 2,600 variations in my collection.
Allis Chalmers is one brand that Ertl has done little with in 1/64 scale. In the 1980’s, just before the merger of Duetz and AC Ertl released the AC 8070 tractors. The main variation between models is how the 2 pieces of the body are held together.

I think the most common method is a large, black, flat head screw. There is also a small, black, flat head screw variation. Another variation uses a silver, round head screw. The last models have a river hold the body together. With the exception of the rivet variation, all the models have rear rims with holes and lug nuts. These models also have a flat smoke stack.

The 8070 with the rivet in the body does not have lugs in the wheels, but it does have the flat smoke stack.

One of my models with the large flat head screw has a rivet in the axle with a flat end on it instead of the normal round end. I’m not sure if this is a variation or a mistake.

At the same time Ertl was adding loaders, duals, and FWA to their models the merger took place. Ertl stopped production of the AC 8070 and later re-released it as a Deutz Allis 8070. The loaders Ertl uses require a small bracket on the bottom of the tractors to hold the loader.


While I have never seen an AC 8070 with a loader I do have an AC 8070 with a loader bracket. I don’t think this variation is rare, just harder to find. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few AC 8070’s with loaders floating around somewhere.
The last four models are special edition models. The 1st two are AC 8070 1984 Kick Off Meeting tractors. One is for the East area and the second is for the West area. The East area tractors are rare and I have never seen a West area tractor.

In 1991, an AC 8010 Farm Show Edition model was released. This model has a black rivet that holds the body together. The head of the rivet is flat.


The rear rims on this model have large holes in them. These can be explained a little better after the next variation. In 1992 another AC 8010 was chosen as the NFTM collector’s tractor. This is the only AC model I’ve seen with FWA.


The FWA was intentional on this model and not a factory slip.


The rims on this model have lugs. They also have large indentations instead of small holes as on the previous models. Sometimes the plastic is unable to flow between the two pieces of steel in the mold to form the indentation. Instead it flows around it leaving a hole in the plastic. This is evident on the 1991 Farm Show Edition model.
If you have any questions or comments please send me an email. MISTER164@HOTMAIL.COM

1.Large black screw.
2.Small black screw.
3.Silver screw.
4.rivet.
5.Loader bracket..
6.East area kick off meeting.
7.West area kick off meeting.
8.8010. NFTM 1992.
9.8010. Farm show edition 1991.