In my area the 7000's were pretty good sellers,we had a good dealer in the county,Hervey implement in Keosauqua Iowa and a little ways south,35 miles or so was another fairly Strong AC dealer in Kahoka Missouri..
the economy killed what spark shined on the 8000 series... The 8000 series were able to stand toe to toe with IH or Deere with the largest cab,very good hydaulics for the time,FWA front axle,ground level fueling,ground level door access,and so on.
Engineering was alive and well because there have been a couple of the 8095's show up in recent years,they were also planning on an 18 speed version of there powershift,also a powershift of some kind in the 4w-305 as well...
the AC min-til disk chisel was selling well in some areas.. Field cultivators and Disks were selling fairly well,used to see a few in these parts from that era, AC was also a major player in the corn planter market in the mid to late 70's and into the 80's,they pretty much invented the no-till planting concept,I was always curious what direction they would have kept going in planters...
The engine division I always thought was puzzling, that how could a company with a very competitive engine line in the 60's,with the 301 and 426, all the way to the early to mid 70's let it get so dated compared to its chief competition... by the early 80's the tractor engineers saw the writing on the wall and were looking at other engine sources for future projects,thats why the 8095 prototypes had Komatsu's,and Harvey works was no more by 1985-86,not just because KHD was primairly an engine maker, AC was planning on killing the engine division themselves
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