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Dean, If you worked for White before 1976, you probably worked on most of the tractors I have pictures of. I do not have the equipment or the knowledge to post pictures on the computer. I'm not sure they should be posted here anyway. I think it would be better if they were printed in one of the Oliver magazines. So I will only describe one tractor to you at this time. The picture i'm looking at, I originally thought was taken in Hopkins because it's mostly a Moline tractor, but a closer look you can see a clock on the wall. The clock has the Oliver logo on it, and if the clock was in Hopkins it, most likely, would have had a Moline logo on it. The tractor looks like a Oliver 2055 with FWA. We know there were no FWA (front Wheel Assist) 2055 built, right??? The rear end looks Moline and the wheels are definitely Moline without the plantary gears. The fenders are Oliver and even though the picture is black and white, the tractor has a dark paint color. The grill looks somewhat like an Oliver. The weird??? part about this tractor is the front axle and it's mounting to the frame. The frame looks to be an Oliver cast iron tub frame and it has a FWA front end. The mounting of the front end to the frame is with a big two piece casting that goes to about two foot off the floor. I can not tell for sure if it's a Moline engine or not. The tractor looks to be longer than we are normally used too, and the front tires are bigger ( approx.18.4 X 28's) than what was on FWA tractors at the time. Sorry for my long winded descripton, but I wanted to help you remember. Do you have any idea as to why a tractor, some-what like this (FWA), was never on the market? Sometime, if I see you at a show, and I have the other pictures with me, I will show them to you. You know what they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words" and I have about used up my share.
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