here are some pics of a Holt 36 I found on google
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i8/dgwparfitt/images/Holt75_Casterton05_1b.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i8/dgwparfitt/images/Holt75_Casterton05_1a.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/Holt%20Model%2036%20combine/MTfarmer/Marks%20Junk/DSCF0073.jpg
Hi I may have a parts manual at home I will have a look tonight
cheers
Chester
Tim - I have a parts book for No. D-2545 up, but it doesn't answer your questions. The only thing it shows are block letters down the radiator side plates THIRTY SIX. You need an advertising brochure, I have no recollection of the color of the angle and channel pieces of the structure. Depending on the year of your machine there would probably be a wiggley Caterpillar in several locations.
It seems to me I have some 36A combine parts books (approx. 1930s big fat manuals I would part with) but I think they are John Deere. Funny thing is, if they are John Deere, they have cat engines. The manuals do not say they use CAT engines but I know they do. I have two of the engines (would love to get rid of them). I am wondering if we are talking about the same type combine. Did both CAT and John Deere make 36 combines at the same time?