[Farmall] Finding the Original IHC Tractor Gray

[Mike Schmudlach]

I think this is the guy who tried to scam the archives a few times.
Why would any one think that 60 year old paint would still be the correct
color?
Go to your local hardware store or even your basement and check out a 3 year
old can of paint.
Is it a little seperated etc.....
I have some NOS IH truck paint  that is only 40 years old and I tried to use
it to get a color match.
Never could get it to mix up very well.  Check out how IH filled the paint
cans and tell me the color at the top of the barrel matched the paint in the
bottom of the barrel.
http://wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=8900&qstring=http%3A%2F%2Fwisconsinhistory%2Eorg%2Fwhi%2Fresults%2Easp%3Fsearch%5Ftype%3Dbasic%26keyword1%3DTruck%2Bpaint
  Also remember IH always used a few sources for everything and bought paint
in 55 gallon drums.  I have 3 originals trucks that are all painted Whitecap
White and non of them are the same color. LOL
My 3 cents worth,
Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Weber" <jweber77 at charter.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Finding the Original IHC Tractor Gray


> I know a little about this guy, and I think Mike has an opinion (as
> usual :-D ).......
>
> Jim Becker wrote:
>
> >And he thought that was expensive?  Maybe he is working things up for the
> >price for a copy of his formula?
> >
> >Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Justin Weber" <jweber77 at charter.net>
> >To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:10 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Farmall] Finding the Original IHC Tractor Gray
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>The paint he used came from ebay..  Unfortunately I forgot to bid on
> >>them, and the cans went for $9.99/ea...
> >>
> >>Mike Sloane wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>[For the rest of this interesting story, and other good
> >>>McCormick-Deering stuff,  go to
> >>><http://www.mccormick-deering.com/welcome.html>
> >>>Mike]
> >>>
> >>>Finding the Original IHC Tractor Gray
> >>>Told by Kevin Stephenson
> >>>To McCormick-Deering.Com
> >>>A few years ago, I came across an item for sale that caused my pulse
> >>>to quicken and my spine to tingle. Someone had discovered two gallons
> >>>of International Harvester Company Tractor Gray Paint, stock #1063
> >>>and offered them up to the highest bidder on eBay! I thought to
> >>>myself, "My wife is gonna kill me, but I have got to have this
> >>>paint." After all, I have been looking for it for the past thirty
> >>>years.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
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