Here's some stuff I picked up on the 127 Yard Sale Thursday and yesterday. You just about have to be an Oliver toy collector to understand the significance of this 1800.
The first few years of production they made what was called the Checkerboard decal A series. The toys had the checkerboard decal instead of the more familiar spear emblem like the one on this toy has. The checkerboard toys had a narrow drawbar and the fenders were held on with screws. The drawbar was prone to breakage,so when Oliver came out with the B series with the spear emblem on the hood,Ertl updated the casting to a wider drawbar and the fenders were riveted to a plate that slid on from behind. The casting had a small hole in it and a tab on that fender plate slid in and locked in to it.
This one has the A series checkerboard casting with the B series spear decal. I don't know how rare that makes it,but condition alone makes this thing an amazing find. I'm 100% sure it's original paint from the yellowing of the decals and the rust on the fender brackets and around the rivets. I came so darned close to missing it.
We had gone to where I was going to turn around and head back and I was talking to a guy who had some beautiful new in the box toys from the 50s. I told him he disappointed me because he didn't have any Oliver toys. All he had was Deere and IH. He said he collected too and wanted to keep his Olivers. He told me though,that half a mile back up the road from where we came,there was an Oliver on a shelf in the garage,or at least there had been the day before. He said it was an estate sale so everything had to go. We stopped back there and I went out in the garage. It was dark,but I could see some toys on a shelf on one wall. There were two guys standing in front of them,but I managed to spot this when my eyes adjusted to the dark. When I took it down,I wasn't all that thrilled. It looked too immaculate to be original,and I already have an 1800 that I got for Christmas in 1965. When I saw the drawbar though,it had my attention. I'm still pinching myself over it. They had $75 and I didn't even try to talk them down.
I found the remains of an Oliver OC6 crawler in Van Wert Ohio at a flea market that same morning. I got that for $5. I bought the combine in Sherwood Ohio for $8 and got the White 2-155 over by Wilshire for $15. Best haul of toys I ever brought home from the 127.
The first few years of production they made what was called the Checkerboard decal A series. The toys had the checkerboard decal instead of the more familiar spear emblem like the one on this toy has. The checkerboard toys had a narrow drawbar and the fenders were held on with screws. The drawbar was prone to breakage,so when Oliver came out with the B series with the spear emblem on the hood,Ertl updated the casting to a wider drawbar and the fenders were riveted to a plate that slid on from behind. The casting had a small hole in it and a tab on that fender plate slid in and locked in to it.
This one has the A series checkerboard casting with the B series spear decal. I don't know how rare that makes it,but condition alone makes this thing an amazing find. I'm 100% sure it's original paint from the yellowing of the decals and the rust on the fender brackets and around the rivets. I came so darned close to missing it.
We had gone to where I was going to turn around and head back and I was talking to a guy who had some beautiful new in the box toys from the 50s. I told him he disappointed me because he didn't have any Oliver toys. All he had was Deere and IH. He said he collected too and wanted to keep his Olivers. He told me though,that half a mile back up the road from where we came,there was an Oliver on a shelf in the garage,or at least there had been the day before. He said it was an estate sale so everything had to go. We stopped back there and I went out in the garage. It was dark,but I could see some toys on a shelf on one wall. There were two guys standing in front of them,but I managed to spot this when my eyes adjusted to the dark. When I took it down,I wasn't all that thrilled. It looked too immaculate to be original,and I already have an 1800 that I got for Christmas in 1965. When I saw the drawbar though,it had my attention. I'm still pinching myself over it. They had $75 and I didn't even try to talk them down.
I found the remains of an Oliver OC6 crawler in Van Wert Ohio at a flea market that same morning. I got that for $5. I bought the combine in Sherwood Ohio for $8 and got the White 2-155 over by Wilshire for $15. Best haul of toys I ever brought home from the 127.
