[Farmall] Hey Karl!

[Karl Olmstead]

Hi, Mike!  Nothing happening on the Oliver front.  They're all still here. 
I've done almost nothing on tractors for the past couple of years... major 
house remodelling last year, and I spent quite a bit of the winter 
reorganizing my shed.  Had a new 40' x 60' metal building put up so that 
most of my stuff could be stored out of the weather, and that opened up the 
workshop so it was useful once more.

I'm picking away at a total rework on a '36 McCormick-Deering O-12.  Lotsa 
sandblasting and painting, and I expect to have to do some boring out and 
re-bushing bearings in the steering and brakes.  Good excuse to learn how to 
use my mill and lathe.  I've accumulated a pretty good selection of the O-12 
and its many variants, such as W-12, I-12 and Fairway 12.  Time to start 
fixin' them up.

Good to hear from you again.  I take it you're in college now?

-Karl
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>I was just going through some old messages in my email and realized I 
>hadn't heard from you in a long time!!  How are you?  I thought of you just 
>this morning, I was on EBAY and there is a standard Oliver 70 in Oregon on 
>there. How are your Olivers doing?   I haven't seen mine in a long time but 
>I've been slowly buying parts for it.   Lots of projects when I get some 
>time.
>
> Mike