38TH ANNUAL MID MICHIGAN OLD GAS TRACTOR SHOW
AUGUST 17-18-19, 2012

Each year, the members of the Mid Michigan Old Gas Tractor Association select a certain brand or category of tractors and machinery to be highlighted in the Featured Brand Corner of our showgrounds. It is common for those in and around the antique tractor hobby to have rather strongly held opinions about the relative merits of their favorite brand/color, and the friendly rivalry that arises from those varying opinions provides fodder for many an animated discussion during our events. All in good fun, of course, but to keep things fair, we try to give all of the various factions their own moment in the Oakley sun.

For 2012, we have decided that the Featured Brand spotlight will shine brightly and directly on the ever-popular Oliver and Hart Parr family of equipment. This was an easy choice in this area, where the brand was marketed in years past by one of our long-time member families (Bob Horton and sons in Owosso), and the current consumers continue to be served by Card Bros. Equipment in Chesaning. Quality dealers, providing quality equipment to loyal customers, has led to a very dedicated local fan base of folks who grew up on Oliver tractors, and continue to collect and restore them today. The fact that the design and characteristics of classic era Oliver tractors makes them very competitive in the arena of antique tractor pulling certainly serves to broaden their appeal in this area, as well. ( We do a little pulling here in Oakley….)

As always, special considerations will be afforded those who display as part of the Featured Brand group, and, in keeping with the theme, the 2012 Raffle Tractor will be a beautifully restored Oliver Super 55 ! Visitors will be able to see the history trail of the corporation from the Hart-Parr tractors that were the beginnings of the line, all the way up to the current Agco products that are the most recent successors in a nearly 100 year history of farm equipment.

We hope you all can join us as we celebrate 38 years of fun in the sun in Oakley MI, August 17th-19th, 2012.

2012 Raffle Tractor

2012 Raffle Prizes:
1st: Restored Oliver Super 55, new tires, live pto and hyd, new gauges
2nd: Handmade Quilt
3rd: $500 cash
4th: Collector's Toy Tractor

Tickets: $1.00 each Drawing held in September
For tickets, contact raffle@mmogta.org or call Don at 989-845-7221

Click here to see the 2012

SHOW BOOK

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