When three new Oliver Hart-Parr tractors were introduced in 1930, the Oliver name was in little letters and the Hart-Parr name was in big letters on the top tank of the radiator.

Ken Aschenbrenner of Dysart, Iowa, poses with his family's 1959 Oliver 880 tractor Tuesday, April 13, 2010. The tractor, a rare mist green model, has been featured in a classic tractor calendar.

George would overhaul the tractors, sand blast them and put decals on them. I helped him do a lot of the work. We have an Oliver tractor here, and I did a lot of hand painting on it.