"Cletrac Facts" on Ebay - someone here must get th

Started by Blake Malkamaki, March 15, 2006, 12:17:08 AM

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Blake Malkamaki

There are at least 6 different issues of "Cletrac Facts" on Ebay right now. I would love to have them, but they are way too much for me to buy. Here's the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

PLEASE! If you are the winner, please let me scan them in high resolution to put on the site so everyone can download them for printing.

Thanks,

Blake

ENDS MARCH 16TH
My gramps Howard van Driest was Experimental Engineer at Cletrac and Oliver Corporation. After the plant closed, he and my uncle started an excavating business, initially using Cletrac and Oliver Crawler tractors. Please help Support This Site and give your business exposure by buying a business card sized ad.

GaToy

#1
Has anyone else bought one of the "Ultimate Cletrac Photo Books" off E-bay? I just bought one a while back and i'm currently waiting it's arrival. All I have to say is, it better be worth $36.

~C.C.~
'48 TE-20 and '57 OC-4

walter hudson

#2
i have one called cletrac and oliver crawler photo archives. i think that is what you have bought. it has a lot of old black and white photos in it .that is the only book that i know of that is strictly cletrac.
                                                             walter

Blake Malkamaki

#3
I bought a copy of that book a while back and it is ok. I think it's a compilation of mostly factory photos, some of which I have already put on this site.

Blake
My gramps Howard van Driest was Experimental Engineer at Cletrac and Oliver Corporation. After the plant closed, he and my uncle started an excavating business, initially using Cletrac and Oliver Crawler tractors. Please help Support This Site and give your business exposure by buying a business card sized ad.

GaToy

#4
Yeah, it said that it was in black and white so that would be the one.

~C.C.~
'48 TE-20 and '57 OC-4

GaToy

#5
I was hoping that I could get enough out of it to figure out what year I have. Oh well, if nothing else it will be neat to look at the pictures. :?

~C.C.~
'48 TE-20 and '57 OC-4

Blake Malkamaki

#6
Quote from: "GaToy"I was hoping that I could get enough out of it to figure out what year I have. Oh well, if nothing else it will be neat to look at the pictures. :?

~C.C.~

Yes. It's not a bad deal at all for the book. Everyone should have one.
My gramps Howard van Driest was Experimental Engineer at Cletrac and Oliver Corporation. After the plant closed, he and my uncle started an excavating business, initially using Cletrac and Oliver Crawler tractors. Please help Support This Site and give your business exposure by buying a business card sized ad.

walter hudson

#7
if you need the model year give a little info and i am sure there are plenty of knowledgeable people on the site to figure it out.

GaToy

#8
Well, i'm making payments to the guy right now. As soon as I get it i'm going to take some pictures and see if ya'll can help me I.D. it.

~C.C.~
'48 TE-20 and '57 OC-4

John Schwiebert

#9
Stick with Walter's advice. One of my boys got one for me several years ago. Landis had pointed some of the items out before but a lot of those pictures are experiment tractors and things shown on some of the pictures never made it in production. The OC-9 shown and the OC4 with a 4 cylinder DIX diesel come to mind real quick, but it is good to look at.
John Schwiebert

Blake Malkamaki

#10
This guy keeps posting more "Cletrac Facts" brochures on ebay. They keep going too high though.

I wonder where he is getting them?
My gramps Howard van Driest was Experimental Engineer at Cletrac and Oliver Corporation. After the plant closed, he and my uncle started an excavating business, initially using Cletrac and Oliver Crawler tractors. Please help Support This Site and give your business exposure by buying a business card sized ad.

walter hudson

#11
I wish someone could of made a copy of these before the collection got broken apart on ebay . they would make an excellent addition to a Cletrac book .
                                                        Walter

GaToy

#12
So did anyone on here ever bid on these? I see they are back up for bid and the price has dropped. Only two people have made bids so far. And they bid on different books. I looked at them but it looks like its all early Cletrac and nothing concerning my model.

~C.C.~
'48 TE-20 and '57 OC-4