allis200 - 1/20/2021 23:14
Brandon - 1/20/2021 21:43
They tried from day 1, but they were unable to buy the name at a reasonable price. Allis-Gleaner Company, and the triangle logo was as close as they could come without getting sued by whoever owned the A-C logo and brand at the time.
Up until a couple years ago, AGCO held the right to the Allis-Chalmers name for farm equipment. They let that go a couple years ago. The use of the A-C name for everything else was owned by what was left of the A-C oil division. The first AGCO brochures had the name Allis Gleaner Corporation on them and was the name in the original press release of the buyout.