[Farmall] F-12 Paint Color

[Andy glines]

Bob has explained the time line a paint codes pretty
well.  I think that you should look on your tractor to
see what color it was originally.  No matter how rusty
it is there will still be some paint on it somewhere. 
I good place to look is under greasy spots.  The
grease tends to preserve the paint under it.  Scrape
through the paint to see if it was repainted at some
point.  My 1935 F-20 is red and always has been.  I
restored it myself and found no traces of gray paint. 
I know that according to the time line it should be
gray.  Given that I found no gray I painted it red.  I
have explaine the red color to several observant
collectors and have actually found the color makes it
a bit of a conversation piece.  Bottom line..... its
your tractor and you should paint however you want. 
BTW I wouldn't have had any problem painting the
tractor gray.  I think that the old dark gray color
looks pretty good on F series tractors.
--- Bob Currie <tractors at foothill.net> wrote:

> Johnny,
> It is pretty widely accepted, and backed by company
> documents that Farmall 
> tractors were painted "Tractor Gray", with
> "Harvester Red" wheels through 
> November 1, 1936, and then basically starting with
> the 37 year models they 
> were painted entirely "Harvester Red". There are
> probably some variances 
> with this, as dealers would probably paint your
> Farmall F-12 whatever color 
> you wanted, depending on special needs, and if you
> were willing to pay 
> extra. There are those in the hobby who will say
> otherwise, but I'll stick 
> to the facts presented by the IH Paint Decision
> Committe memos and hard 
> evidence which has been found on some of the
> original tractors that have 
> been well preserved, and uncovered by collectors. If
> you want to be 
> accurate, I'd recommend the following formulas.
> 
> Tractor Gray, Dupont #27625 or PPG #DAR-32565
> Harvester Red,  IH#2150, Dupont #7410, or PPG#71310
> 
> These formulas are for acrylic enamel, except the
> Case-IH #2150 which is a 
> synthetic enamel I believe. You can find it at the
> dealers, but I've been 
> told it is getting harder and harder to come by.
> 
> The 1936 F-12 used a IH model F-4 magneto. It was
> used on many other 
> models, and they are fairly easy to find.
> 
> bobcurrie
> 
>   At 07:38 PM 12/29/04, you wrote:
> >I am trying to restore a 1936 F-12 and don't know
> the correct color.  I've 
> >seen plenty of pictures, but some are red and some
> are gray.  Does anyone 
> >know where I can find the correct color and what
> the paint color codes 
> >are?  Also, this tractor has a Fairbanks-Morris mag
> on it and I'm 
> >wondering if this was the original.  I'm new at
> this, so any help will be 
> >appreciated.  Thanks, Johnny
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Andy Glines
Evansville, IN


	
		
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