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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 81111, member: 44&quot;]Allis-Chalmers. Reliance started out as a &quot;small burr millstone maker&quot; in 1847. It made French burr milestones, portable mills, shafting and water wheels. In 1861, it was purchased be Edward Allis. By 1869 they were making steam engines. In 1901 the company merged with the Chalmers Co. and Gate Iron Works becoming Allis-Chalmers. They built their 1st tractor in 1910. Scroll down a little to the pic of the tractor. Their history begins after the pic.</p><p><a href="http://thevistapress.com/antique-engine-tractor-show-june-21st-22nd/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://thevistapress.com/antique-engine-tractor-show-june-21st-22nd/" rel="nofollow">http://thevistapress.com/antique-engine-tractor-show-june-21st-22nd/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pic of a Charles Burrell &amp; Son of England 1907 steam tractor called a &quot;Reliance.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.steam-up.co.uk/burrell/burrell_pb9615.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.steam-up.co.uk/burrell/burrell_pb9615.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.steam-up.co.uk/burrell/burrell_pb9615.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These were 2 manufacturers using the name &quot;Reliance.&quot; I bet there were a good dozen others. Here&#039;s another, Reliance Motor Truck Company of c1900. It may have become General Motors Truck Company (GMC Trucks) or GMC took them over?</p><p><a href="http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/gmc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/gmc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/gmc.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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