[Farmall] IH 22-36

[Bob Currie]

Andy, The 22-36 was the updated 15-30, and came out in early 1929 from what 
I can find. Our friend Karl Olmstead has one of the earliest ones I know 
of, with a serial number of 1002xx (if I remember right) If the serial tag 
is missing, there is a number on a flat machined area just below the spark 
plugs or you can crawl under the tractor and find a casting date on the 
bottom of the transmission casing. On Karl's , that date is December, 1928. 
So I'll make an assumption they started rolling off the line in January, 
1929 as '29 models. As for the correct paint color, there will always be 
some discussion on that. Most research from original tractors (not faded), 
and other documentation show the widely accepted correct color to be that 
darker grey with red wheels. Sometimes called Tractor Gray or Farmall Gray 
or Machine Gray. Available through your local automotive paint dealer. PPG 
#DAR32565, and there is a Dupont formuala but I don't have it here right now.

bob currie
greenwood, CA

>I have also posted this to the AT list.
>
> > I have a friend who is restoring a 1928 22-36.  I
> > was at his shop this week
> > and he asked me about the proper paint color for
> > this tractor.  We know that
> > it should be gray but IH used a lighter gray (like
> > fordson) and a much
> > darker gray.  I think that the lighter color was
> > used on older tractors and
> > that they progressed to the darker shade before
> > going to red in 1936.  what
> > do you think?
>
>
>Andy Glines
>Evansville, IN
>
>
>
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