i grew up on a farm in central Alberta, ca. we had a Massey Harris 44, 102, and 30. two john Deere d's and an r. we also had a McCormick wd9.the tractor that really caught my attention was our neighbors Oliver 88. i don't know what the attraction was but i was drawn to it like a bee to a flower. after i left the farm i would always look at old equipment along the road side. now that i can buy my toys, i have collected a cockshutt 80 of 1939 vintage. i also have a Massey Harris 55 diesel or should i say a 55 gas standard that had a heart transplant. my latest purchase included a 1945 w6 and a 1951 w6 McCormick. this deal included three two bottom plows, two binders, a side delivery rake and an antique JD manure spreader. the best part of the deal was a Massey Harris 201. after checking the serial number, it turns out to be the third one built. that just served to sink that hook even deeper.
i attend the tractor show each year in westlock, ab, and each year my friend brings his 18-28 hart-parr, i sit and watch that old tractor and the eighty plus year old operator do their thing. i can't help but think that i hope i can live that long and demonstrate the way it was way back when.
 someday i hope to have a good collection of Oliver equipment but for now i will settle for being hooked and having what i have got.
 i was hooked as a kid on the farm and the hook just seems to sink deeper and deeper each time i find another piece of equipment