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OLIVER 99By Richard C. Vogt1713 E. Walnut Enid, Oklahoma 73701 The story of this tractor, serial no. 513141, started in Charles City, Iowa in 1947 as told to me by W. E. Neal, a kindly gentleman of the Cedar Valley Engine Club, Charles City, Iowa. This tractor was shipped to California as told by the seller, a hotel manager. My dad, J. S. "Hap" Vogt, bought this tractor on the black market in November 1947 from the hotel manager in Hennessey, Oklahoma for $3620. I was 3 years old when my parents took me with them to bring the tractor home. It was about a 30 mile drive for my dad to get it to our farm northeast of Enid, Oklahoma where it stayed until 1972. It was then kept on other land that my dad had rented until his final auction in 1979. I took an interest in the old Oliver for restoration so my dad gave it to me in 1979. My dad was rather proud of the tractor all the time he... 793 of 5550 characters shown.
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