8N paint color

[baughmama]

Ok it's me again with another bothersome question. My '52 has pretty worn and tattered paint, the typical red belly and light gray fenders/hood. However, where the paint is flaking I can see there was once a layer of a darker blue-gray color. Was that an original color? Surely they wouldn't have gone through the trouble of making a blue primer right?

As I've stated elsewhere, I'm just the caretaker of this heirloom and the family wants me to keep the patina right now but maybe one day it'll get a new paint job.

 

[Ed S.]

My '50 was painted blue and white when I bought it in 2001. When I stripped it, there were as many as five layers of paint, most of which was house paint. There were more than a few used Ns that were repainted blue and white when Ford changed their tractor livery starting with the 'thousand series,' possibly to make them look like a newer model.

 

[thelonepatriot]

When I was about 7 years old my dad bought a blue and gray 8N. I spent 100's of hours plowing, discing, mowing, raking, cleaning corrals and many other chores. I still have the Ferguson mower and John Deere rake. I hope to find that tractor someday. Dad also had a blue and gray 860 with a red Dearborn loader.

 

[Jim WI]

I had a blue and gray 2N. An older friend at work who had worked at a Ford tractor dealership said it was not unusual as Ford had offered a repainting deal when the newer paint scheme came out.

 

[Leroy]

I had a blue and gray 2N. An older friend at work who had worked at a Ford tractor dealership said it was not unusual as Ford had offered a repainting deal when the newer paint scheme came out.

And they never did look right, Orignal 9-2N was called battle ship grey, same paint as the ships of WW2 were painted. I have orignal sales kit on them in collor but not going to dig it out and the 8N was a lighter grey, don't know correct name for it but the red was vermilion. I would rather see rust than Farmall red on them. And I don't rember any difference incolor of the red on the 8N and NAA models. I am 81 years old now.

 

[Hobo,NC]

And they never did look right, Orignal 9-2N was called battle ship grey, same paint as the ships of WW2 were painted. I have orignal sales kit on them in collor but not going to dig it out and the 8N was a lighter grey, don't know correct name for it but the red was vermilion. I would rather see rust than Farmall red on them. And I don't rember any difference incolor of the red on the 8N and NAA models. I am 81 years old now.

Before I wasted my money on Ford Vermilion red I would just go ahead and paint it ORANGE and get it over with : )