1948 Oliver 70 row crop

oliverman24 · Nov 27, 2009

hi i just got an Oliver 70 row crop serial # 263264 and i need some info. i wanted to know the difference between an Oliver 70 and a 70 row crop, the tractor i have has white rims front and back original paint on them, who can i tell if it is a six speed i can not tell by shifting, it also as a canvas seat that slips over the two movable seat bars. any other info will help thanks mitch

bill mart · Nov 27, 2009

dont think the white paint came out until the 770. a lot of guys painted the rims and grille white.thats the way my 77 was when i got it. i kinda prefer it to the original. bill m.

oliverman24 · Nov 27, 2009

OK because the rims i have r original paint and the guy i bought it from bought it new that way (no paper work tho)

rrlund · Nov 27, 2009

Yep,those rims would have been red. As far as the difference between a 70 and 70 Row Crop,none I guess,unless the other 70 happened to be a 70 Standard. Then it would only be the front axle,the rear axle length and rear tire size. The rest of the components would be the same.

Ric Ks. · Nov 27, 2009

Dealers liked to upgrade paint jobs to make the last years model look like this years.??

Hartman · Nov 27, 2009

Along with the new streamline tin and 6 cyl,there were something like 13 different paint codes that could be ordered.The green/red wheel combo was the standard at the dealerships.Iknow that others could verify this.

Don-Wi · Nov 28, 2009

The 70 never had white as a color on it. The white wasn't introduced until the 3 digit models. That being said your seller either can't quite remember or isn't the original owner if it came with white wheels when he bought it. Wheels are a very easy thing to switch around, and I can guarantee that a 40 year old paint job can look like a factory done 60 year old paint job without too much difficulty.

Donovan from Wisconsin

MCL · Nov 28, 2009

1948 was last year for the 70. It would have had a green body, red wheels, yellow grille, and some red & yellow trim. No white anywhere. Oliver did not use white until the 770/880 series in 1958. I have been wrong on here before but this I am sure of.

Oliver experimented with some different paint schemes on 70's in the mid-late 30's. They were mostly for promotional purposess. At one event they even had people vote on their favorite combination. As far as I know none of them ever went farther than that.

The 70 was available as row crop, standard/wheatland, orchard, and industrial models. Row crop versions came with narrow front end, single front wheel, or adjusable wide front axles.

Hope this helps.

mazemeister · Nov 28, 2009

for the 6 speed, the pattern is:

5_____1
2aa!
aaa!
6__!__3
4aaaaaR

ignore all the "a"s- I had to put them in to make the preview look right. the underscore and exclamation show the pattern- like a capital I- with the numbers and R showing the positions of the gears.
the way I understand it, tractors that came from the factory on steel had 5th and 6th disabled, but the rest of the pattern is the same.

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