Oliver Heritage Issue #30 - Digital Copy

Oliver Heritage Issue #30 Apr/May 2009 - Digital Copy

Now available for digital download ONLY. 

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• Oliver's 200 Series Disks. Oliver built a successful line of tillage tools and the 200 series disks were quite popular 50 years ago. Including the Model 240, 241, 242, 292, 250, 260, and others. 

• GM 71 Series Engine: In 1955, Oliver began incorporating the 3-71 GM engine into the powerful Super 99 tractor. 

• Cletrac Facts: The Car that Cletrac Built, Rollin Motors Company. In the early-1920s, a financial panic occurred that affected farmers quite a bit. It is not known just how deeply this affected Cletrac, but President, Rollin H. White, was always a forward thinker and sought means to carefully diversify his company.

• The Spark Plug: Problem of all problems. Long before the advent of spark plugs, the combustion process was ignited by Hot Tube ignition, Wipe Spark ignition, Low Tension Igniter, and the Electric Igniter. While the history of the spark plug is not documented as well as we would like, you might even say it is debated; the spark plug itself is invaluable.

• The Oliver Hay Company: Gary Bos & Family. Oliver equipment from far corners of the Midwest was resurrected and being put back to use. 

• Our Oliver 77: A restoration story by Jerry Kittle. 

• Collector's Corner: The Oliver Shield - For the Oliver Dealer, a continuation from the previous issues. 

• Ask the Oliver Mechanic: Question and answer with Larry Harsin.

• Down on the Model Farm with Oliver. Many collectors have enjoyed sharing their model farms with other collectors through displays, journals, and blogs.