My Pawpaw's old Oliver and his tiller steer Gibson

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I thought y'all might enjoy these pictures. As I was growing up I didn't realize these were anything out of the ordinary. They had always been around and my Pawpaw used them. Especially the Gibson. He worked the fool out of that thing in a garden of about half an acre.

They haven't been fired up since he passed away. They were in great shape at that point. I would imagine pull them out, clean them up well, and give them just a tiny bit of TLC they would still be in good shape.

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I didn't realize the pictures of the Gibson were so blurry. It was getting dark and my phone tries to turn low light photos into normal looking pictures. It does a decent job but if you're anything but *incredibly* still it turns out like that. It's a new phone I need to figure out how to turn that off.
 
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Truly a treasure you have there. I'd get those things cleaned up and stored properly if nothing else.
 
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It's not up to me.
 
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That little Oliver OC3 looks to be in great condition. I watch vids of them on youtube and look like they would be a lot fun just to play around with.
 
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It is in great condition! Very cool tractor.
 
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super55 said:
That little Oliver OC3 looks to be in great condition. I watch vids of them on youtube and look like they would be a lot fun just to play around with.
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First one I ever saw. My neighbor, and Oliver Collector, would be all over that. What model is it?
 
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That's some nice looking vintage equipment. It's too bad to see it set like that but at least it's under cover.
 
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ovrszd said:
First one I ever saw. My neighbor, and Oliver Collector, would be all over that. What model is it?
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Looks to be an OC3. Stands for Oliver/Cletrac model 3. Oliver bought out the Cletrac which stood for Cleveland tractor Co. that only built tracked tractors. Should have a PTO in the rear. If you got one with a 3 point conversion kit it really adds value. If I ever get one like that I would use it for mowing the hills and ditches on the property.
 
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super55 said:
Looks to be an OC3. Stands for Oliver/Cletrac model 3. Oliver bought out the Cletrac which stood for Cleveland tractor Co. that only built tracked tractors. Should have a PTO in the rear. If you got one with a 3 point conversion kit it really adds value. If I ever get one like that I would use it for mowing the hills and ditches on the property.
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Thank you very much for the education. First for me. :cool:
 
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