Need Oliver opinion. Rrlund?

grandpa Love · Aug 10, 2018

Found this for sale about an hour from me. Don't see many in Alabama. Seller says starter rebuilt ,$80. 1 new rear tire $450. Asking $600. Maybe stuck motor. Any thoughts? If I buy it you guys will have to help me fix it!! Lol

Philip d · Aug 10, 2018

Looks like a steal at $600 to me

grandpa Love · Aug 10, 2018

Even if it's stuck?

NY 986 · Aug 10, 2018

The last 77 NFE gas I saw sold at auction brought 1100 dollars and ran. Not pretty but not beat and rear tires with minor cracking and partially worn. A decent risk at 600 dollars and possible it only needs some TLC. Probably could not buy it for much less than 600 or it would be just as easy to send to the scrapper.

grandpa Love · Aug 10, 2018

We hardly ever see em this far south.

greg oliver · Aug 10, 2018

Grandpa Love, Good tractor I have 2! Both were non running when I bought them. Lots of parts available and they are good lawn ornaments! Last picture is what my wide front 77 looked like when I got it.

Philip d · Aug 10, 2018

We live in Canada and most things are usually higher in dollar amounts than in the US but that tractor judging by those pictures looks to be in really good shape. I have my grandfathers 66 on my moms side that my dad picked up and started working on before he passed away. The wheels that were on it were in really bad shape when we got it as the previous owner bought it for the wheels for their own they were restoring so switched them. My father in law found one for me in no where near as nice of shape as that one with great looking wheels and we paid $600 for it. Last summer I switched the wheels so now my Grandads old one has a good set again. Dad had it running nice before he passed away so there wasn't much I needed off the parts tractor so this spring I parted it out more and sold the rest of that one. I paid $600 for it kept the good wheels sold some grill and bonnet parts and what I got for those pieces and the remainder turned out to be $850. I'm guessing if the guy put a new tire and rebuilt starter on it he figures the engine isn't that bad.

grandpa Love · Aug 10, 2018

That's sorta what I thought. He said he needs to cut back. Too old to fix em anymore

Philip d · Aug 10, 2018

Maybe see what you can find out about where the engine skirts are,I got $75 CDN for one that needed tack welding and it'd be shorter than ones off a 77 I'm pretty sure so they're not overly cheap if you can find them. Very interesting find please keep us posted!

centash · Aug 10, 2018

Like Philip d said....you can't go wrong on that one for 600 dollars! Ben

grandpa Love · Aug 10, 2018

Will do.

greg oliver · Aug 10, 2018

Grandpa Love, I found these side panels in PA. It was a 4 hour drive one way but worth it. $200 for the pair.

grandpa Love · Aug 10, 2018

Nice. I hope he has em.

Leroy · Aug 10, 2018

Older tractors in the 70 series that was before the 77 sold today in restored condition for around $1,600. Super H farmal restored was I believe $2,400 and a unrestored was $2,600, This one had battery under the seat. A super C brought $2,000 restored. 530 Deere fully restored with 3 pt hitch was I believe $5,900. Guy is in home with dimencha and famile getting rid of his stuff. All the tractors, antique, moderm and IH combinehad new batteries put in for the sale as things had sat for at least 5 years and batteries would not charge up. Northwest Ohio. 51 A & 51 B JD restored brought over $2,000 each, think closer to the $3,000 mark.

grayrider · Aug 10, 2018

After you texted me about it while ago and doing some research on them, I say go get it and pull it home. I would like to have one myself but having just bought the Cub recently I?m tapped out for awhile and my wife thinks 8 tractors is ridiculous, hope you can get it. But if you pass, let me know , I?m only 2 hours south of the vicinity.....

RobCons · Aug 10, 2018

Looks like its m8ssing the belt pulley also. Ask about that.

Bob Harvey · Aug 10, 2018

For $600, it would be mine (too far away however).

ss55 · Aug 10, 2018

I learned to drive on a 1953 Oliver 77 and still like them. I think the live PTO, live hydraulics, and driver comfort were ahead of their time when they were introduced around 1948. The manual steering is a bit heavy, but they drive nice and the six gears give a nice range of speeds. The 12 MPH roar gear might be a bit slow for organized tractor rides.

The sheet metal and paint are above average, and the seat springs are still good too. However, I don't see any "new tire" on that tractor, what looks like duct tape over the brushes of the "rebuilt starter" and too many missing parts. With a stuck engine, four poor tires down in the dirt, no hydraulics, that many parts missing, and a rusted out can over the exhaust, that could be a very expensive project to bring back to life. You could easily invest another $2,000 to $3000 on it to only get a $1,500 tractor in the end. Myself, I would pass on this one unless I had a parts donor tractor or need this one as a parts donor tractor.

8NHENRY · Aug 10, 2018

if it was in nw Iowa I would own it for tat price

Spook · Aug 10, 2018

What are you going to use it for? Oliver always had a good name as a tractor, but if there isn?t a 3 point hitch, you are limited to trail type implements. You can put a 3 point on it, but that might cost as much as the tractor. It?s very easy to get more into these old sisters than what you can sell them for. I?ve done it twice.....😱

Traditional Farmer · Aug 10, 2018

Good looking old 77 and worth $600,I spent a lot of hours on one in my younger days still have it.I can't tell if it has hydraulic or mechanical lift or none maybe.Hydraulics would make it
100% more useful me to run something like a trailer mower or add a 3pt.Don't know what your plans for it would be.

Richard G. · Aug 11, 2018

Grandpa. Those old 6 cylinder engines have lots of power and if the governor is right, they will give smooth steady power.
I pulled my sawmill for a while with an 88 that an old neighbor loaned me many years ago. When the log hit the saw, that old tractor never flinched.
If I ever get my sawmill up and running again, I would like to find a 77 to pull it.
Richard

grandpa Love · Aug 11, 2018

Well, we up and fixin' to head out. Trailer hooked up and friend of ours wants to ride along. Says if I don't get it he will! He is the fellow who owns the 941 Ford mutt. Pictures and up date this evening. Guy has several MM for sale too. Looks like fun day.

Philip d · Aug 11, 2018

That's a true point too,not too many antiques you can buy restore or flip for profit tractor car or what not. Most younger people with money want new stuff. When they start scaling hp in muscle cars again and reports say it's coming in 2-4 yrs it'll be interesting to see if the ones they're building today increase in value like the last run did from the 60's and 70's. It still is a steal at 600 to me but only if your planning to keep it and enjoy it yourself.

greg oliver · Aug 11, 2018

Grandpa Love, I forgot to mention Do not try to pull start it. The auction company that tried to pull start mine bent 2 push rods and broke a rocker arm. The carb was all gummed up and no gas flowed anyway. I would pull the plugs and dump some oil in the holes first.

Dick L · Aug 11, 2018

The 77's are fantastic tractors of their times. I was raised on one and have seven of them now. I only use one though. Just mowed my yard with one yesterday. You will love it when it is up and running.

larry@stinescorner · Aug 11, 2018

give that one to the boy he will have a bigger tractor than his brother!

grandpa Love · Aug 11, 2018

He is hinting loudly that it's his! Lol

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