[AT] Oliver 77 Orchard

[Grant Brians]

Dean and all, I am sad that I did not know about that Oliver to look at it 
before it was sold for such an amazing (but believable) price. I suspect I 
know where it lived its life less than 25 miles from me. This area used to 
be the location of many of the rare to everywhere else orchard and row crops 
tractors, but literally truckloads of them have been going elsewhere to 
collectors or scrap yards as the creeping urbanization has been taking its 
toll. Those few non-Caterpillar orchard tractors that have actual orchard 
fenders in this area that remain are very scarce. There are still quite a 
few orchard Cats that are still around - mostly still in use. This even 
though the last were built in the 1950's and the majority were built in the 
30's and 40's.
    I am still looking for (additional Oliver 77 reference) another Oliver 
77 local to me that I can combine with my otherwise nearly perfect frame 
split Diesel Super 77. Maybe one of my acquainances will find it for scrap 
price like I need.....
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:47 PM
Subject: [AT] Oliver 77 Orchard


> Here's one you don't see every day.  Wish I could have been in the serious
> bidding for this Oliver 77:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260088528022
>
> I do like to bid now and then on miscellaneous little parts for my Farmall
> M.  Things like a PTO rod bracket for $5, that sort of thing.  I could use 
> a
> grille that doesn't have that bottom piece missing, so I watched this
> auction:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150094914010.  Nice
> grille, but $670?  I'm not sure when I'll have a tractor nice enough to 
> have
> a $670 grille, but I don't think it's going to be this year.  :-)
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
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