1965 Cockshutt 1550 Wheatland 1965 Cockshutt 1550 Wheatland Even if we don’t know the term, we’ve all seen badge engineering at work. Take a vehicle platform of one brand […] Jim Allen February 02, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
VINTAGE SMOKE OLIVER POWER UNITS Like most Tractor manufacturers, the Oliver Corporation looked for other venues in which to sell diesel engines. One that kept them pretty […] Jim Allen July 02, 2020 Diesel Tractors
Jimmy Screamin’ at Ollie: 1963 Oliver 1900 GM 4x4 The start of the ‘60s was when the passenger car horsepower races got hot and heavy, but not many car guys know the same thing […] Jim Allen May 01, 2017 Diesel Tractors
The Hundred Series: 1958 Oliver 770 Diesel Tractor By the late 1950s, Oliver was still a major player in the tractor market, but more and more, bigger players were overshadowing the manufacturer. Oliver […] Jim Allen April 19, 2016 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Sheppard SD3: The Best Tractor You've Never Heard Of In the late ’40s and early ’50s, diesel-powered tractors were just starting to increase their market share against gasoline and distillate (kerosene) power tractors. It […] Jim Allen March 11, 2016 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
The 1961 Canadian Cockshutt 570 Super Canada isn’t generally known for her tractors, but one Canadian tractor manufacturer made a mark on the world: Cockshutt. The company started in 1882, when […] Jim Allen March 08, 2016 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
1959 Porsche-Diesel Standard Model: The Schlepper Project Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951) had his hands into just about everything with an engine. By the time he started his own engineering firm in 1931, Dr. […] Jim Allen February 27, 2016 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
The First WD-40: 1935 McCormick-Deering WD-40 You’re forgiven if “WD-40” brought something else to mind. Before that incredibly useful product was invented, there was an equally useful product with the same […] Jim Allen February 11, 2016 Diesel Tractors