missouri massey man said:
That WILL be a project, I'm sure. Wasn't the 1250's engine made in Italy by Fiat ?? I thought I'd read somewhere where all the '50' series tractors had Fiat in them.
If that's right, maybe that's why parts are hard to find. Keep us posted.
only the utility tractors where fiat, fiat built and many different tractor companies sold the small utility tractors, (Oliver, Moline, White, Heston, Allis Chalmers,)the oliver 1250,1355,1365 utility series are all fiat, the row crops starting at the 1550,1555 are all us built oliver designs
there are good fiats and bad ones the 1250 gassers with the 4 cylinders are junk, if you find one for sale figure scrap value and that is about it,
here is a great resource for the fiat tractors and an honest opinion on the different models
http://www.importtractorparts.net/buyersguide.html
this 42 year old 1355 has over 10000 hours and the only thing that has been replaced is 1 clutch and a set of thrust washers in the front end,
it has been used hard but not abused, and that is the key to long life in any tractor, it pulls the 3x14s with ease and is very stingy on fuel