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Is this oliver 88 for real?

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FarmerMIke

04-26-2002 09:28:30




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I was looking around and found this. Is this really an 88?




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Jasman

04-27-2002 16:08:20




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 Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to FarmerMIke, 04-26-2002 09:28:30  
Geoffrey, What can you tell from the photo that this is not an award winning tractor?



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Mister Ed

04-28-2002 07:38:17




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 Re: Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to Jasman, 04-27-2002 16:08:20  
Yes,its for real.Got a '47 Standard that I'm working on right now,same sheet metal



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kspuller

04-26-2002 19:53:14




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 Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to FarmerMIke, 04-26-2002 09:28:30  
If you have heard anyone refer to a round nose 88--this is it. Oliver offered to replace the sheet metal on these tractors with the newer fleetline style.



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Ken Williams

04-26-2002 15:48:17




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 Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to FarmerMIke, 04-26-2002 09:28:30  
Yes, this Oliver 88 is for real. They were only built in 1947 and part of 1948 in this style. They were offered in the row crop, the standard, and the industrial versions. Since not many were made in any one of the versions, they are very collectible. The rarest is the industrial, then the standard, and then the row crop.



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Denny

04-28-2002 18:38:44




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 Re: Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to Ken Williams, 04-26-2002 15:48:17  
I am pretty sure that the one I just bought is one of these Round Nose ones. The guy even gave me a parts book for it. After reading the discussion threads here. I looked in the parts book and if I am reading it right only 1300 were made with this sheet metal. It does have live PTO!



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Scott Green

04-27-2002 05:53:17




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 Re: Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to Ken Williams, 04-26-2002 15:48:17  
Ken , The old style Oliver "88"s were in the fields as an experimental (Proto type) in early 1946. That's why there is the conflict about who had the first live PTO. Oliver or Cockshutt? Cockshutt came out with live PTO back in 1947. Oliver did not publish the live PTO on the fleetlines until the fleetline series came out in 1948. But yet Oliver had 300 of the "88" tractors already in the hands of the farmer,under the "70" style sheet metal in early 1946.

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A.P.

04-28-2002 03:39:12




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 Re: Re: Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to Scott Green, 04-27-2002 05:53:17  
The Cockshutt claim is that they were the first to be tested at Nebraska with the independent PTO. Hart Parr offered and sold an independent PTO in the late 20's which predates both the Oliver and Cockshutt models. I have seem several 18-36's with this PTO installed. I would love to find one!

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A.P.



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Scott green

04-26-2002 15:43:44




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 Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to FarmerMIke, 04-26-2002 09:28:30  
Yes , it's real. The "88's" were the first of the new fleetline tractors to be put into the field as proto type tractors. They had the old oliver "70" style sheet metal on them as a disguise. From a distance , Olivers competition thought it was a "70".



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Geoffrey Heck

04-26-2002 09:46:42




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 Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to FarmerMIke, 04-26-2002 09:28:30  
Yes it is. It's the old style. I don't quite believe the award winning part though.



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oliver kid

04-26-2002 18:22:58




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 Re: Re: Is this oliver 88 for real? in reply to Geoffrey Heck, 04-26-2002 09:46:42  
Dad had one for years, tried to sell it and no one wanted it so he traded it for an 1800.



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