[Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color

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What wouldn't some of us give for that pile of brand new hoods and grilles!







Todd Markle
Spring Mills, Pa.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Becker <jim.becker at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:45 pm
Subject: Re: [Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color



Try these:
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050094/0305001737-l.jpg
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050094/0305001736-l.jpg
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050084/0305001543-l.jpg
http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050084/0305001545-l.jpg

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roberto Rivero" <rj.rivero at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color


> 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 l
ast. 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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