[Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color

[Roberto Rivero]

Nice photos,    i would like to see a big tractor while painting in
factory.....

2009/2/8 Jim Becker <jim.becker at verizon.net>

> 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>
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>  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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