During my high school years in the late 60's - early 70's, I went to work at a farm that was owned by a wonderful gentleman who went to our church.  He had a 1950 Oliver 88 RC and a 1954 Oliver Super 66 RC diesel.  Not long after I went to work for him, he acquired a 1958 Oliver 880 gas.  To a youngster who had always loved tractors, I was in heaven gettting to run the big ol' Olivers.  He also had Farmalls and an Avery, but I really liked the Olivers.  They were really powerful and the steering setup and the independent PTO really made them a dream to operate.  We put a super sleeve/piston kit in the 88 so we could pull a larger sileage chopper and it was the first time I got to rebuild a multi-cylinder engine.  Later that year, I got 4th place in the first tractor tractor pull at our local county fair.  I graduated high school and left the wonderful old Olivers behind but never forgot them.  In 2005, I had the opportunity to buy the 88 and brought it home and restored it.  In January 2006, we hauled the old Oliver back to the farm it had worked for over 50 years for a visit.  It was really great to see my friend's face light up when he saw his old 88 all fixed up.  I'm really looking forward to taking it to some farm machinery shows and tractor rides this year!