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Oliver, Model 80 Standard

USA, 1942

In 1930 the Oliver Farm Equipment Co. became an amalgam of several companies, notably the venerable Hart Parr tractor works of Charles City, Iowa.

Despite the Great Depression, Oliver quickly introduced new models that incorporated unit frame construction including the popular Model 80 Standard. Oliver was a tractor mainstay until it became part of the White Motor
Corporation in the 1960s.

The powerful-looking Model 80 used an Oliver/Waukesha four-cylinder motor and a three-speed transmission. It was available on steel wheels or pneumatic tyres with optional electric starters and lights. Oliver favoured utility over style, but the 80 was pleasing to the eye in its Oliver Green hue and red wheels.

The 80 was rated as a three-plough tractor and accomplished that with ease. A well-placed belt pulley also made it a fine threshing outfit, especially when belted to one of Oliver's famous Red River Special threshing machines.

An Oliver 80 can still do a good day's work and then take a break at the local tractor show.

Some 12,000 Model 80s were built in Charles City, Iowa. They were sold under the Cockshutt Plow Co. name in Canada and came to Britain under the Lend-Lease programme early in the Second World War. Some were imported into Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Power & Size: 40hp; weight: 1905kg (4200lb),
length: 310cm (122in), width 155cm(61in), height: 142cm (56in).

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