I finally got in touch with the seller of the Allis Chalmers forklift. I emailed my cell # to him, and he rang me up this evening. Here's what I found out. He has had the lift for 3 years. He got it in a trade, and really hasn't used it much. Says he starts it a few times a month, and it fires ring up. The brakes did work when he got it, but not longer do (probably can't get brakes for that old of a lift now?). It can lift 1 ton. Mast max height is 7'. The mast can also tilt forward. The engine is a Waukesha model FC 133 4 cylinder. It is a manual trans. I believe the clutch lever is on the shifter. Basically you pull in a motorcycle like handlebar lever (on the vertical shift lever), move the stick forward or backward, then let out the hand lever (as you would a clutch on the floor of an automobile). So I guess I have to make a decision now?