I got started in about 1977 when dad and I went over to grandpa&#039;s to help clean up from a storm that took down his old machine shed. We lifted the roof with his loader and pulled out all the machinery. The plan was to burn what was left and the left over contents of the shed, which was a 50&#039; Oliver 77 that grandpa bought new. He said the old girl had seen better days and hadn&#039;t run for years. Well dad was not going to let this happen and insisted on getting the 77 out from under that roof. It was tuff but we got it out and after a little new gas and a set of new plugs, we had it running and kind of forgot about the shed. Since then that 77 has been repainted twice and is still used(not much) on the farm. I&#039;ve been collecting implements since 1985 and in 1999 I inharited that 77 and have been collecting ever since. <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->