[Farmall] F-12 Paint Color

Johnny and Bobbie Walton waltonb2 at cableone.net
Tue Jan 4 21:03:17 PST 2005


Thanks, Andy.  Since I wrote I have taken the gas tank off and found a touch 
of gray under one of the straps.  I kind of like that color, too.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy glines" <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] F-12 Paint Color


> 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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