[Farmall] 1950 Farmall Cub grill color

[Roberto Rivero]

Thanks Jim, this images are part of    human hystory
2009/2/9 Jim Becker <jim.becker at verizon.net>

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