[Farmall] Cultivator Colors

john hall jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sun Jan 8 10:42:33 PST 2012


I was thinking that there were 4 whites but wasn't for certain, thanks for 
clarifying.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <farmallgray at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors


> Actually if you include the new Cub Cadets there are at least four 
> different whites. There were three used by IH and then CCC came out with a 
> new one (along with a new yellow) in 1990. I don't know if there were any 
> more after that.
>
>
> Todd Markle
>
> Spring Mills, Pa.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jan 7, 2012 5:06 am
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors
>
>
> Kevin, I agree with you leaving the rims as is. I doubt it but who knows,
> aybe the dealer decided to paint the rims before it was sold? On a family
> ractor, I'm all for keeping it like it was. You are more about keeping it
> ike everyone in the family remembers it than anything else.
> One thing I have noticed following this thread, it still takes quite a bit
> f educated guessing/detective work to decide what to paint some of the old
> H equipment. Just go to any tractor show with a bunch of OLD IH and see 
> the
> ifferent shades of gray paint! Just recently I found out that there are 3
> ifferent whites used on Cub Cadets (including the new ones).
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> rom: "Kevin Weinstock" <knbshn at mosaicmobile.net>
> o: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> ent: Friday, January 06, 2012 6:14 PM
> ubject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors
>
> Well I believe that you guys know of what you speak, so I'll just leave it
> at that was just what my Father-in-law chose to do and that's the way it
> will stay until the next generation decides to change it.
> thanks to all for the collective info !
>
> Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Becker" <jim.becker at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 3:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors
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>
>> Except that is white and the question was about cream.  Product
>> Identification Committee Decision 37 (9/7/56) is the one that said to
>> start
>> using a trim color on tractors.  It is the same one that eliminated the
>> color cream.
>> http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/ihc/paint/display.asp?pageurl=I037_01.gif
>>
>> IH generally stayed with silver rims although they might have been bolted
>> to
>> a red, white or yellow disk.  When the wheel (rim and center) were a
>> single
>> piece, the whole thing would have been a single color.  They were often
>> white, for example your 184 and the Cub Cadets.  I think there may have
>> been
>> a few bolt-on white rims, but if so they were probably on captive
>> imports.
>> I think some of the captive imports had silver disks even with a bolt-on
>> rim.
>> Jim Becker
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Mike Sloane
>> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 2:48 PM
>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors
>>
>> I am reluctant to correct Jim Becker, who know just about everything
>> there is to know about IH tractors, but I know that my 184 came with "IH
>> White" rims front and back. But, of course, the 184 isn't a real "farm"
>> tractor, even though most of the running gear comes from the Farmall Cub.
>>
>> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/international_184/184_painted1.html>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 1/6/2012 12:55 PM, Jim Becker wrote:
>>> Cream was used on a variety of implement rims along with other implement
>>> parts.  That color was never used on tractor rims.  The original
>>> application
>>> of the cream color is called out in earlier decisions.
>>> Jim Becker
>>>
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