The 1600 Story

The story of how the 1600 came to live here.

[@66Oliver]

Now this and the other Oliver stories are awesome just to sit and listen to these relics go to work and have a happy family. lol

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+66Oliver Thanks man

[@banditfarmer1900]

Great story about your 1600, Now you see why I have 3 1550's and there big enough to do work and nimble enough to do small work and your comfortable doing both. Bandit

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Bandit farmer Only thing I would change about this tractor is I wish it was a diesel. Then it would be perfect!

[@banditfarmer1900]

Yup that would make it perfect for sure ! But she aint far from it now. Bandit

[@ericdaniel7069]

Loved my 1600 gas. Always ran hot but loved it as well

[@joetiller1031]

Great story on 1600 it is a handy size it like my jd 2640 not to big but small enough to get around in small places.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Joe Tiller Yep

[@jakeziegler599]

That's a good tractor was sure fun to drive at HCOP especially with the straight pipe!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Jake Ziegler Whad ya say sonny, I cant hear ya?????? lol

[@kls1724]

My ears are still ringing! Lol

[@jakeziegler599]

+Oliver66FarmBoy haha she was loud but it was good for a couple rounds!

[@redironacres]

Nice story. I remember reading this story in one of my HPOCA magazines

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Red Iron Acres Yep, that was just before we got the wide front for it.

[@jerrycarter1270]

We own a 1600 and 1650, both are really good tractors. When you rebuilt the 1600, did you install the bigger sleeves and pistons? Ours ran alittle warm but boy can she get work done in the field with a few more ponies. Love them Ollies.

[@wilsonfarms2017]

Well small world. We live about 15 minuets south of winamac IN, wife actually works in town there.

[@mikemercer8395]

I have a c1800 and my neighbor has a b1800 and there is a lot of things different even in the cab alone there's changes between them

[@mikemercer8395]

i be built quit a few of those cyl heads. Best thing to do to those heads is put SBC 3/8 exh valves in them int and exh make huge tourqe gains but uses same fuel amount

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Mike Mercer Something has been done to it besides just the big bore kit cause that thing has way more nuts than it has the right to. Hopefully gonna get it on the dyno this summer.

[@mikemercer8395]

+Oliver66FarmBoy post the numbers I'd like to see them. I got tooo many hrs porting my gas head with big vavles to only gain 10 hp and lose 23 ftlbs. one more of those back to the drawing board

[@bradducharme3628]

nice vids man, my uncle has quite a collection of old tractors, mostly two cylinders but we also have a super 77 gas. those 6 cylinders sure pur like a kitten

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Brad Ducharme Smooth 6 cylinder power

[@woolcreekfarm6157]

How is the Oliver gravity wagon restoration coming.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Jakobe Clevenger Patients young grasshopper. lol

[@billfjelland4943]

Well I got my 1/64 1600 diesel wide front finished. Started with a 1555 with the front axle like you have on the 1955. I changed the front axle to one like you have. Made model number decals to go on an 1800 set from Bossen. If you are interested in a couple pictures of it, check with Jake Ziegler. He has my e-mail address. I sent him a few Oliver pictures and took a few more this afternoon.

[@billfjelland4943]

That was fun too watch! I would like to do a 1/64 1600 if I could find decals. Just finished swapping front axles on 1950T and 1555. Posted pictures on TTT.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Bill Fjelland Seems like I saw a company at a farm toy show that had a bunch of 4 digit Oliver decal kits but now I cant remember who it was.

[@billfjelland4943]

+Oliver66FarmBoy If you do remember, please let me know.

[@michiganfarming1955]

Great story bud! do you think you might put the corn picker on the 1800

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Michigan Farming No, It wont work with 18.4 tires.

[@Fieldman12]

Sounds like you got her running good and you are making good use of her!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Fieldman12 Yea, even if it wasnt the original intended use. lol

[@michaelhadden3315]

oliver66farmboy you have a lot of nice oliver tractors.i alway say a man can never have to many tractor especially if they are nice olivers.

[@bradducharme3628]

wat part of Michigan u from again? I'm from sw Wisconsin.. u might get to use that snowblower from the sounds of it next week

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Brad Ducharme Southwest corner

[@sammeyer4103]

so you guys run a lot of the early row crops, and you run a lot of the thousand series, but what's your opinion on the hundred series like the 770, 880?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+sam meyer The three digits are good tractors. They arent a whole lot different from the supers and fleetlines. We just dont have one yet.

[@sammeyer4103]

+Oliver66FarmBoy I've always liked the slanted look that generation had. But you don't see as many of them compared to the thousand series

[@cjfarms2239]

cool story, do ya think you will put the picker on anything?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+C&J FARMS Mabey if I can find an 880 diesel. Have nowhere to it anymore though since I went to narrow rows.

[@cjfarms2239]

+Oliver66FarmBoy ahh, so are you on 30 inch or 36 loo like 38 or 36 but i cant tell

[@cjfarms2239]

oh i see, an 880 would be a cool tractor in it

[@nathangano8326]

Almost a year later and still doesn't have a loader on it lol

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Priorities do change..............

[@nathangano8326]

Oliver66FarmBoy yeah I understand. Love the videos keep up the good work. I wasn't meaning to be a smart ass one that sorry about that.

[@cowcamp87]

Typical crop farmer "waiting on mother nature" to go outside and do work lol! We put the loader on the 4430 in January when it was beyond cold years ago. Cool videos, i love the back stories!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+cowcamp87 Row crop farmers are a little more dependent on mother nature to begin with there cow puncher. lol

[@mrnate4280]

So what did you put the picker on?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

+Mr Nate On a skid in the barn. lol

[@mrnate4280]

+Oliver66FarmBoy Ha!!!

[@mikemercer8395]

rebuilt