Oliver Heritage Issue #56

Oliver Heritage Issue #56 Aug/Sept 2013

• FEATURING: Oliver 80. Although the 80 didn't come along until 1937, it was actually a predecessor of a much earlier tractor. Feature tractor owner (Oliver 80 Standard): Gordon Mitchell - Fulton, MI. 

• Vote Now! What's Your Favorite Color? When the Oliver Farm Equipment Company was ready to introduce the new styled Model 70 in 1937, it wanted even more attention. Thanks to a strategic marketing group, they were able to pull it off in a "colorful" way. 

• White Motor Corp: The Return of the White Combine. AGCO decided shortly after acquiring White tractors in 1991 to reintroduce White combines to expand its equipment offerings at dealerships. Includes White 9700 Axial Flow combine, Massey White 8590, AGCO UNI, and more. 

• Cletrac Facts: Cletrac Model "F" - Cletrac's Smallest Crawler Tractor. Experimental work on a smaller Cletrac Tank Type Crawler tractor began sometime in 1918 by Rollin H. White. 

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

• Another Oliver User: Dale DeLong, a collector in Emporia, KS.