About 15 years ago, I purchased an Oliver 66 on a farm sale. It wasn't in running condition and I considered it to be something to get running when I retire. Fast forward to about two years ago and out of the blue I get a call from a complete stranger. Him: Did you buy an Oliver 66 on what's-his-face's farm sale a dozen years ago? Me: Yes. Who are you? He goes on to explain that the 66 tractor that I bought was his dad's tractor and that his dad bought that tractor on a farm sale many years ago. The next day, the dad took (the present phone caller) to where this tractor was sold and dropped him off to drive it home. It was early in the morning, about 8:00-ish AM and the dad gave him a little gas money and told him to drive it home, even if it takes all day. This 10-year old kid (now the caller on the phone), said he drove it all day long in the heat, then an afternoon rain storm, and then finally got it home to dad about when it was getting dark. The dad never checked on him during the whole day. The kid driver is now about 60, so that had to have been about 50 years ago. He knew that his dad's tractor had been sold on a certain farm sale, contacted the guy who put on this farm sale (15 years ago) and just by chance, the guy remembered who purchased the old Oliver 66. So then the guy calls me and wants me to sell him HIS DAD'S TRACTOR. I haven't heard from him again. Probably the next time he'll call is when the overhaul is complete and he then wants it back and claims again that it's his. Anyway, the caller told me where he started off in the morning and where he got home at night. That was a long drive for an old gasoline-powered tractor. I also think it was borderline child abuse, but it wasn't for me to decide.
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