'American Farm Tractors of the 60's, a poor quality book', revisited

Posted by Dsl on January 12, 2003 at 12:57:58 from (216.58.70.49):

The caption text on page 130 for the Oliver 2050/2150(my favorite tractors, and I have one of each, FWA's) stating that they had '478-cubic inch Caterpillar V8' engines is wrong--they had 478 cubic inch Hercules sixes. That John Deere '5020' on page 37 has GOT to be a 4020, because it's on 38 inch rears, and that RC WFE gives it away. It's gotta be a turbo job, too, because there's no way a stock 4020 is going to run away with that load.

Some of the Olivers pictured are very poor examples of what the tractors really did look like. There are all sorts of light and decal additions to some of them, and two 1850's and a 2050 & 2150 are shown with 55 Series grilles mounted on them, and a bunch of the Olivers have incorrect ROPS & canopies, etc. Custom touches are fine for a personal tractor, but not for a historical reference, which is what this book supposedly is. On page 145 there is a picture of a nice enough Cockshutt 1650 Western(the wheel weights shouldn't be red, because it throws off the colour scheme), but the authors call it 'extremely rare', which it isn't; they were very popular in the Canadian Prairie Provinces, and are still easy enough to find today.

The chromed IH 806 'Turbo' on page 50 is a beautiful custom job, but certainly not an accurate representation of what the tractor originally looked like, and that totally custom-built John Deere '5050' on page 38 didn't even belong in the book.

I shouldn't be so picky, but too many inexperienced people are in the tractor book flood these days, and they aren't equipped with the historical knowledge to pick these things out, and maintain the historical correctness of their publications. The photography in this book is second-to-none, but as a historical reference, it leaves a lot to be desired.

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