[AT] Case VAH color

[dean at vinsonfarm.net]

> > I am going to show my ignorance, what color is the Case 
> > supposed to be, seems I have seen several that were this 
> > color of green.

> The color of the VA series tractors is Flambeau Red 
> all over with the usual accessories painted black. 
> Steering wheel black and wheels were originally galvanized 
> zinc, so painted a dark silver.

Hi Paul.  Gene of course is correct.  My recently-reacquired VAH is green because, well, that's the color that occurred to my dad one summer 20-some years ago when he decided the old girl needed a paint job.  I dearly wish he'd left it original, and he now does also, but it is what it is.  I hope to someday restore it.

Dad's the best guy in the world but funny sometimes.  He loves old tractors but also loves buying and selling them, always with expectations of making money and always with the reality turning out somewhat different.  :-)   Meanwhile, he had this wonderful old high-crop Case for years, and sold it in the late 80s for exactly what he'd paid for it in the 60s:  $250.   (It cost me a little more than that to buy it back, but I still think I got a good deal at $1250).

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net