[Farmall] Farmall A Hood Emblem and Decals

[Mike Sloane]

There is a book called "Farmall Letter Series Tractors", which is an 
Originality Guide written by Guy Fay and Andy Kraushaar. I highly 
recommend this book to anyone restoring an early Farmall tractor. It has 
photographs and diagrams of all the various emblems and decals and shows 
where IH put them at the factory, as well as all the date codes and 
where to find them, which accessories and equipment came with the 
machines, etc. The book was published by Motorbooks International and is 
ISBN No. 0-7603-0438-6. I gather that the book is now out of print, but 
a quick Google search turned up quite a few copies, both new and used. I 
would consider it an excellent suggestion for anyone looking for a 
Christmas gift for someone restoring a letter series Farmall tractor.

Getting back to your questions. If the emblem you are referring to is 
the one above the grill, the word "Farmall", the horizontal "grill" at 
the bottom, and the rim surrounding the emblem are supposed to be bright 
"chrome", and the rest filled in with flat or low luster black. This is 
are relatively easy job to accomplish with a small brush and a rag.

As far as I could determine from reading the chapter on the A and C, the 
"cultivision" wording was always there, as this was a big selling point 
for those tractors.

Mike

On 11/11/2010 8:43 PM, Ben Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My 1945 Farmall will probably be restored next spring, and I was
> wondering two things.
>
> First, the hood emblem currently on the tractor is completely silver-
> not a lick of black paint on it.  Is this the way the hood emblem is
> supposed to be, or is it supposed to be black with silver highlights and
> lettering?
>
> Second, what kind of decals would a '45 A need?  "Cultivision A" or the
> regular "A" name decal?  Is there a year where the "Cultivision A" decal
> was stopped being used?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Wagner
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