Yet another paint code question 8N….Sorry!

[65Camp]

Guys I’ve read and researched and there are many opinions about which color is correct. I had decided on PPG 32675 single stage acrylic urethane. However, discussing this with a few different people I’m told it’s to beige/almond. So I’m sanding my hats and when I get through the top layer of paint the color appears to have a beige tint? What do you think?

 

[Hobo,NC]

Guys I’ve read and researched and there are many opinions about which color is correct. I had decided on PPG 32675 single stage acrylic urethane. However, discussing this with a few different people I’m told it’s to beige/almond. So I’m sanding my hats and when I get through the top layer of paint the color appears to have a beige tint? What do you think?

Do you have a I&T FO4 manual the light green tint on the cover is the correct color. I don't have the code in the house. I found it M2J957

A post with your code "YUK" its to gray.

M

Thread 'Martin Senour Grey'

Jun 23, 2021

I saw some posts around here saying that M2J945 martin senour
paint from Napa was perfect match. So i went to Napa and got a gallon, got home popped top and it looks to me to be way way to dark. It looks almost army jeep green sort of. I have a new powder coated headlight and the M2J945 color is just completely different. The color does have the olive tint to it just very dark, I may just go with it dont know yet. Then i searched around internet some more and found another code Grey 99L 3732 martin senour. Is anyone here experienced in these two codes? Is the 99L 3732 a closer lighter...

• mrgreen73
• Replies: 10
• Forum: Paint and Bodywork

Its hard to find a photo that highlights the correct color. This is one I painted the gray shows up to light in the photo.

https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=nboard&th=621713

Look at the headlight in the first pix that's what you are looking for. John Smith was the man I would not doubt what he had to say.

M

Thread '8N paint color dilema'

Jun 20, 2022

Well I'm finally getting around to paint the 8N .I was able to able to get the rims the right color, but the PPG 32675 grey doesn't seem like the color I'm looking for. Is the 326575 [wheel] close to the original color or is the color of the headlight closer? I seems I see a few 8N's painted closer to the headlight color. I'd be interested in any input from you guys. I'd like to make a decision on the correct color before I paint all the tin and wheels.

• montidale
• Replies: 16
• Forum: Ford 9N, 2N & 8N

Center rim a match

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Thread 'grey/green 8n paint'

Sep 4, 2013

I need to try to match paint for a front wheel and the grey used on my 8n has a greenish tint to it. does anyone know who's 8n grey paint has this tint to it?
recall a while back reading a post about paints and one had this greenish tint to the gray but cant find it now.

• Dave in De
• Replies: 8
• Forum: Ford 9N, 2N & 8N

I don't like Fords Red it may turn into a pumpkin. Ford did not use a red I like so I use IH 2150 Red rouge

How did I find this I googled


martin senour ford 8n paint code site:forums.yesterdaystractors.com

Read and make up your own mind

 

[65Camp]

Decided on PPG Omni 31657 single stage acrylic urethane. When he opened the can looks like a perfect match.

 

[showcrop]

8Ns were the same as Jubilees and were the same as hundreds. It didn't change until late '57 for the XX1 models, which is where the "beige almond, gray green, light green, etc. came in. Here is the underside of the unmolested hood center from my 960, sitting on my 961, that is 9 6 1. You will probably be happy with the more modern color. The acrylic urethane will hold up well for you.

 

[Tall T]

Guys I’ve read and researched and there are many opinions about which color is correct. I had decided on PPG 32675 single stage acrylic urethane. However,

I took the hood to the auto parts store to have the paint digitally analyzed and the software recognized it as Ford Grey.
The color is perfect and after three spray gun coats the paint has depth, looks rich and shiny -- and importantly is nice and hard. I used hardener too of course. The rim insides are red oxide primer with marine enamel blue over.

VALSPAR
852 SS Polyurethane (A)
852-145056 NF
TERRAIN

2013 FORD USA (VA-7290)

My Hat box rims were widened for wider tires.

 

[Tall T]

The left shot shows the greenish tinge.
Hard to capture the actual color; they al look different.

 

[Hobo,NC]

The left shot shows the greenish tinge.
Hard to capture the actual color; they al look different.

Yep for some reason that color does not show up well in a pix. That rim is the correct color, I love that color looking good. Fords Vermillion red I don't like its my tractor I paint the red IHC 2150 Rouge red it stays red and don't turn into a pumpkin.

 

[Tall T]

Hobo,
That's funny and exactly what I do with mine for the same reasons.
I used IHC for my red running boards.
Can't remember what Valspar red I used for my seat assembly . . . . anything but Vermillion.

 

[showcrop]

"Ford gray" is a fairly new designation. I don't know who started using it before it spread to other paint manufacturers, Probably CNH. The first Fords, the 9N, were the same "battleship gray" as the Fordsons. The 8Ns were painted a much lighter gray which was called surprisingly "light gray". this same shade was kept through the NAAs and the hundreds, all the way up to Sept. 1957 when they started painting the XX1s. Since they already had a light gray which was a lot lighter than the original gray they called this one "medium gray" it has the off tint which people call all kinds of different tints such as olive, almond, tan, beige, even green. This went on until 1964 when the gray became nearly white to go with the blue. The can says gris. This lasted until somewhere around fifteen years ago, when Fiat decided that no one would notice if they dropped the "light gray" and try to get everyone to be happy with what they decided to call Ford gray. For the most part it has worked. Most owners of 8Ns through 100s don't really care about the shade of gray that they use.

 

[Tall T]

Yep for some reason that color does not show up well in a pix. That rim is the correct color, I love that color looking good. Fords Vermillion red I don't like its my tractor I paint the red IHC 2150 Rouge red it stays red and don't turn into a pumpkin.

Actually my rim in the photo is exactly the same shade as my centers but one pic was taken in the shop and the rim shot was out in the sunlight.