Guy’s dad collected old tractors, keeping them in a grove on the farm. Most of them were sold after his death (at age 48) in 1970, but Guy’s mother kept the old Fordson. Guy’s brother Vey, 14 years younger, who has lived in Indiana for decades, hauled it back to Indiana and is restoring it.
Another tractor that survived the sale was an old Oliver 60 which Vey got running again. It stays on the farm near Glidden where they grew up and where their step-father still lives.
The Oliver 60 was introduced in 1940 as a less expensive alternative to the Oliver 70. Those were row crop tractors built by the Oliver Farm Equipment Company in Charles City, Iowa.
Guy has been unable to attend the Glidden school reunions lately, but Vey still returns for it. The weekend includes a parade and Vey, a Hospice chaplain, has enjoyed being part of the parade driving the Oliver.
