[AT] Tractor colors CAUTION

[Herbert Metz]

CAUTION - Opening this photo locked up my computer. I am not computer
fluent, so I am not faulting the photo. Herb

> [Original Message]
> From: Will Powell <william.neff.powell at comcast.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 12/11/2009 6:29:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor colors
>
> This is one of my favorite type of paint jobs... Can't remember if I saw
this one at a show, but something like this was titled "John Deere's Dream
Tractor". 
>
>
> http://www.davidkusel.com/farm/gif00/FarmallM1.jpg 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net> 
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:47:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com> 
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:17 PM 
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor colors 
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>
> > Just curious... How many here have a tractor that is painted non 
> > original colors and if so did you buy it like that or did you paint 
> > it? 
>
> Dad's Cockshutt 50 that I posted the picture of recently has seen a
couple 
> of paint jobs that I know of. When Dad bought it in 59 (as a 56 model)
the 
> tractor was "harvest gold", the colour scheme of the later 50s and the
newer 
> 560-570 line. We could see it had been re-decalled and later realized
that 
> the tractor had originally been red. I'm not sure but Dad may have 
> brightened up the harvest gold with a can of paint from the Cockshutt
dealer 
> some years later and then in 1975 he painted it red. Not Cockshutt red
but a 
> hardwre store variety red that looked ok combined with the now white
wheels. 
> If I ever get around to repainting I will likely go back to the original
red 
> that would be more correct for a 1953 model. 
>
> The Cockshutt 40 Dad bought in 67 was "rust red" at the time after
spending 
> most of its life outside in the sun. Dad soon got busy with the brush and
a 
> can of Cockshutt harvest gold to make it match the 50. A couple of
winters 
> ago I was looking to make a change so found a pretty straight hood and 
> grille off a red 40, complete with decals and installed it. 
> Now I guess I'll have to get a picture of it up here to show what I'm 
> talking about. Dont' get me wrong, its no showroom paint job, but they
say a 
> change is as good as a rest. And I like it. 
>
> Ralph in Sask. 
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