The Cockshutt 1350 is actually a Minneapolis Moline Jet Star 3. The White Motor Company purchased Oliver Farm Equipment Corp. in 1960, Cockshutt Farm Equipment Corp. in 1962, and Minneapolis-Moline in 1963. After the purchase, White began consolidating production of the tractor brands and sold the following four Oliver models as both Oliver and M-M with the principal differences being the paint color, decals, and grill. These were mid-sized Oliver tractors painted MM energy yellow and decaled M-M. They were: Oliver 1555 = MM G550 1971-73 53 hp Oliver 1655 = MM G750 1971-73 70 pto hp Oliver 1755 = MM G850 1971-73 86 pto hp Oliver 1855 = MM G940 1971-73 92 pto hp Minneapolis Moline dealers sold the M-M Jet Star 3. It was a 44 pto hp tractor sold as Jet Star 3 1964-65 and as the Jet Star 3 Super 1966-70. The M-M Jet Star 3 was painted red and sold as the �Cockshutt 1350� from 1966-1968 as follows: serial numbers, 2832844-2893 (1966), 3141-3390 (1967) and 4546-4625 (1968). (All together 380 units were sold)
Jet Star 3 = Cockshutt 1350 1966-68 44 pto hp White also took large horsepower MM tractors and sold them as Oliver tractors with Oliver numbers and colors. These were principally Minneapolis-Moline tractors painted Oliver green with a different grill and Oliver decals. In some years Oliver transmissions and differentials were used. These were: M-M G950 = Oliver 1865 1969-71 98 pto hp M-M 1050 = Oliver 2055 1969-72 110 pto hp MM-G1350 = Oliver 2155 1970-71 135 pto hp MM-A4T = Oliver 2655 1970- 72 143 pto hp M-M 955 = 98 pto hp = White 1870, 1973-74 M-M 1355 = Oliver 2255 1972-73 142 pto hp = White 2270, 1972-75 Also a Cockshutt red M-M 1355 was sold in Canada as the Cockshutt 2270 & in the
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