[Farmall] Cultivator Colors

[Kevin Weinstock]

Hi Folks !

I've been following this discussion on correct colors and even went and read 
those pages listed below from the Wisconsin history site. In those pages was 
a reference to "cream colored rims".

My, now deceased, Father-in-law had purchased a brand new 1948 Farmall H. 
When I first saw it in 1970, you couldn't tell what color anything on it was 
originally. About 8 years ago he kind of fixed it up and kind of painted it 
up. It looks fine, not show room fine, but I'm not embarrassed by it(I 
inherited it). But it always puzzled me as to why he painted the rims a 
cream color. I looked through more pages on that site and found a few 
mentions of cream rims but never found anything about silver rims. Yet I've 
never seen a restored tractor with cream rims. Does anyone know if cream was 
the color for rims in 1948 and/or when and why does everybody paint their 
tractor rims silver?

Thanks for any thoughts

Kevin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Wagner" <supera1948 at gmail.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors


> This seems to be the most relevant decision, from March 1945.  I guess 
> this
> would still apply in September of 1945.
>
> http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/ihc/paint/display.asp?pageurl=164_01.gif
>
> I was sent a picture of a blue cultivator with black shanks, also a red
> cultivator with black shoes.  Are the shoes normally black, or once again
> is this a "painter's interpretation?"  If I would choose right now by
> looks, I like the way the blue/black looks.  However, I do have a gallon 
> of
> extra Farmall red paint that needs a place to stick.
>
> Has any compared how accurate the color chart is on this link?
>
> http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=6218&formatNumber=9999001304
>
> Ben Wagner
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Jim Becker <jim.becker at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> There are several relevant decisions.  WWII pigment shortages resulted in
>> several color changes.  Original colors depend on which year you pick.
>>
>> Use a cheap machinery paint.  It will look decent and you can touch up or
>> repaint damage from use.
>> Jim Becker
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: john hall
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:59 PM
>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors
>>
>> Ben, you may want to check if WHS has any paint committee decisions 
>> posted
>> on these. Over the years cultivators used blue, black, white, and 
>> possibly
>> red for different components.
>>
>> As far as painting the actual cultivator sweeps, using them at all will
>> ruin
>> the paint. Now, depending on your soil type, paint on the faces of the
>> cultivator sweeps may cause the soil to stick. We had a discussion on 
>> here
>> years ago about a product IH made called till-coat to paint over the 
>> faces
>> of cultivators sweeps and plow moldboards so they would not rust yet 
>> scour
>> clean as soon as they were taken out of storage and put back into 
>> service.
>> In my area there is no need to put protective coatings on tillage tools.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ben Wagner" <supera1948 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 8:22 AM
>> Subject: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors
>>
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am considering painting my Farmall A cultivators for a show this
>> summer.
>> > I have seen at other shows quite a few different colors for the
>> > cultivators, and unfortunately since my set sat in a barn for the past 
>> > 20
>> > some years, there is no original paint left for me to compare.  What
>> color
>> > were the cultivators originally?  I have seen blue on Cub implements, 
>> > and
>> > a
>> > mix of red and blue on C fast hitch implements.
>> >
>> > What kind of paint would I need to use?  I imagine that if I decided to
>> > use
>> > the cultivators (and if I was given an opportunity, I would) the paint
>> > would wear off.  I'm sure some of you have experience in what paint 
>> > lasts
>> > the longest on implements.
>> >
>> > I also have a plow for the Lift-All that I may paint at some point.  If
>> > anyone knows the colors for that, I would appreciate hearing your 
>> > answer!
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Ben Wagner
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