[Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color

[Jim Becker]

Harvester did quite a lot of dip painting but I don't think they did it to 
whole tractors.  Once in a while you can find a puddle of original paint in 
corners of various implement parts.

This WHS picture is suggestive of a tractor coming up out of a dip tank. 
But if you look at the conveyor chain, you can see that it is just starting 
to go up.
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050084/0305001533-l.jpg
Here is a picture of a Cub being painted.
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050084/0305001537-l.jpg
Here is some dip painting.
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050016/0305000381-l.jpg

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DBigdog" <DBigdog at columbus.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color


>I think some of the smaller parts may have been dipped but the tractors 
>were
> sprayed.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mike Sloane
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color
>
>
> I could be wrong about the dipping - it wouldn't be the first time, nor
> the last. But I got that impression from something I read somewhere (a
> mind is a terrible thing to lose). I am sure that Guy Fay, Ken Updike,
> or Jim Becker could answer one way or the other.
>
> Al Jones wrote:
>> Do what??
>>
>> Never heard of them dipping Cubs.  Pics from the archives indicate spray
>> painting.  Now you are correct about just about everything being red.
>> They
>> masked gauges, magnetos and distributors, headlight lenses, etc.
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Date: 2/8/2009 6:14:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color
>>>
>>> Just a point of interest: Cubs of that vintage were not spray painted -
>>> they were dipped in a vat of red paint. Except for the tires and rear
>>> rims, almost everything else was red. Exceptions were a few parts that
>>> were added afterwards - electrical pieces like distributor cap, meters,
>>> cloth seat pan, battery, head/tail light lenses, etc. If you have any
>>> doubts about the color of an early Cub, paint it red. And, IH did not
>>> use any primer before the paint bath. I have a picture of the process in
>>> one of my books, so I am not making this up. :-)
>>>
>>> Mike
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