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rrlund

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This is the first time in two and a half years that I've had all the sheet metal on this tractor. I sure wish Ken had gotten a little more welding and fabricating done,but I'm just thankful he got as far as he did. I don't have the right tools to work with sheet metal,but I'm doing what I can with what I have. There was just a little bit of work to do on one fender yet.
I'll start sandblasting as soon as I get everything fitting together right. Our club has a show July 28 and 29 and I've given myself a self imposed deadline of having it done by then. It's going to that show if it has to go looking just like it does now.
Ken sure did a whale of a job on what he did for no more than was left of some of it for a pattern.
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Well, I kinda like her just the way she looks now. :)

Will look "purdy" all shiny and painted too, though.
 
On the map they had at the Oliver Summer Show there were only 6 of those tractors located in Michigan. Maybe 60-75 located on the entire map of US. That is a rare bird. Was supposed to be 1600 - 500's sold the US way back in the day but the ones left operating are few and far between.
 
1961 Oliver 500 gas. Made in England. Few built,most were diesels. Some of them on the first shipment were gas.
 
I don't think Oliver made or sold a homely or bad looking tractor. That 500 is a good looking machine. Is there provision for a front weight package of some kind? I like a front bumper or small rock box on our Super 55 and 1255 to offset the tin grille. Handy size machine!
 
Yep,one of those pins in Michigan is mine. I don't know where the other 5 are and if they're gas or diesel.
The red pins are Oliver 600s. Even more rare than the 500s
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rrlund, Looking good! I hope to have something for the local Roseboom Tractor show but not sure what to take. I have the White American 60 or the HG crawler loader. Neither are show quality but they have quite a few in work cloths at the show. Pic is of show a few years ago. Loren ,Bill and Dave have been there. They have a short tractor drive at the end of the show and we had fun just riding on the wagon talking to the old Patz dealer that I used to pull against. He had a 2 stack 1655 that pulled good and still using it for haying.
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These are just a rounded cast iron frame,no bolt holes in them. They needed a grill guard. This one was caved in so bad that they were using the front of the frame for a toolbox.
 
I wish it would have been good enough to leave original.but it had a barn broom paint job and we've had to fabricate so darned many new parts that are primer gray now,there was just no saving it the way it was.
 
Starting to look pretty good. Sure hope you can get it finished for the show. Where is the show being held, park in McBride?
 
I wonder if my buddy in Ovid ever put his on the map. I think he gave $450 for it a few years ago. Can't remember if it's gas or diesel though.
 
Yes. DB had a dealer network in Canada,but not in the US. They painted them green and sold them through Oliver dealers from late 1960 until sometime in 1963 when they got their own dealer network set up.
They used Oliver serial tags and a separate set of Oliver serial numbers that were different from the DB numbers. The Oliver numbers are stamped right in to the frame.
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Drove through the local tractor jockeys yard this afternoon. He had a 500 like yours and a 550 diesel and a Super 55 gas......plus about 200 other tractors. Is a 77 diesel row crop rare? Ben
 
Is a 77 diesel row crop rare?

No,not really. Probably second only to 88 diesels as far as how many were made at the time.
 
OK, he has had some oddball stuff in over the years, just never see too many older Oliver diesels around. I guess if they were rare, a collector would have scooped it up. Ben
 
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