I&#039;m not a collector (yet), but Olivers are dear to my heart.  I grew up on a farm in central Nebraska and my dad owned a Super 66 and a Super 88, both of which ran circles around every other tractor in the neighborhood.

A few years ago I had the opportunity to talk to a former Olver dealer from Iowa.  He told me the following story.

At a plowing contest in Iowa, Oliver was demonstrating it&#039;s new line of FWD tractors.  The plowing contest started and a John Deere became stuck in the gumbo.  A FWD Oliver was right behind him so the operator turned out (leaving his plow in the ground) and cut in front of the JD.  After hitching a chain to the JD, the FWD Oliver proceeded to pull the JD out, with BOTH the Oliver and JD plows still in the ground.

The head of national sales for Oliver was present and ran to his car to grab his 8mm movie camera.  He turned it on and in his excitement immediately tripped, all the while with the camera running.  He got some great film of the Oliver pulling the JD which was shown for years at Oliver dealer meetings, complete with the view of the camera hitting the ground.

Would anyone know anything about this film?

Mike