[AT] Green Farmall Cub, etc

[HERBERT METZ]

Half dozen years ago the Cumming, GA (CAPA) show had two John Deere tractors from Ohio that were red. Story was some municipality was probably preferring IHC. Also had an industrial John Deere. This 'early November' show normally includes a misc small parts supplier and/or tractor exhibitor on their way south for the winter.
A neighbor antique tractor enthusiast worked for GA. Power for many years; they specified their 'off white' on all tractors, backhoes, trucks and interested suppliers had no choice but to honor that spec. Herb(GA)  


On March 2, 2020 at 8:51 PM szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
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> Seen the pink ones myself, always with a lady driver. The husband was usually there too, with his equivalent red version.
> 
> I know the color chart you’re taking about, the colors were always a version of red (differences between paint suppliers for the different years)
> 
> I also know that some commercial Farmalls were painted yellow, and I believe the USN versions were either gray or blue (???). The US Army just stayed with red from what I’ve seen in pictures. Believe the USAF also had yellow.
> 
> The green paint job on my Cub wasn’t done with a mop, definitely sprayed. The first red coat also sprayed with the second red coat mostly sprayed, but some brush work.
> 
> Just never saw one JD green, and I can’t believe Farmall would paint any of their tractors green or any other color just to fill an order. Always considered colors and color schemes for tractors to be a trademark of the maker.
> 
> 
> Carl
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> From: Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Green Farmall Cub
> 
> In recent years I have been seeing a number of pink tractors (and no I
> don't drink) many of them very nicely done including decals etc.
> One of the two McCormick 10-20's my father bought after WW-II was painted
> green, maybe with a mop.  :-) During the depression and WW-II proper paint
> was often not affordable or unavailable and people used leftover stuff to
> paint machinery etc. That 10-20 may have matched his house or maybe he
> might have wanted it to look like a John Deere D.  :-)  In the 1940's and
> early 1950's even cars and trucks were often brush painted. Some looked
> quite nice... and some didn't.  :-)
> When Case IH came to be I recall someone displaying a Case SC Painted IHC
> colors (wasn't very tidy) at the Indiana State Fair.
>