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[henhawk1969]

Farmall super a hydraulic levers quadrant color. Is it solid rd or metal color.

 

[IH fan]

(quoted from post at 18:29:44 01/13/15) Farmall super a hydraulic levers quadrant color. Is it solid rd or metal color.

Can't say about the Super A, but on the C and SC, the sides were bare and the "frame" or support parts were red. I'd think the SA would be similar. Sides were bare because the adjustment stops needed to be locked in place and [u:4b255bc602]if[/u:4b255bc602] they were painted, the stop thumbscrew would soon wear it off.

 

[Rick Remmert]

I agree with IH Fan. I didn't leave my guides bare, I wire brushed them and put a thin coat of clear on them so they would not rust.

 

[CNKS]

All red. I don't think IH thought about the damage. Mine is all red with little damage.

 

[Dennis K (WA)]

I agree with CNKS. IH just painted tractors without much detail

 

[gab]

I was going to call IH fan on his post. I've got a lot of Super C colored adds from old magazines and 2 nice Super C books like would have come from a dealer, one for a fasthitch and one without, about 25 pages in each book, spent half an hour finding the stuff and looking through it. There are a few pictures showing those outer quadrant rails either unpainted or silver, I thought they were all red.

 

[CGID]

I have a '48 SA which was repainted in the '60's. The sectors were left bare. The sectors appear in several illustrations throughout the original owners manual. The illustrations on pages 5, 18 and 55 are especially clear and although they are in black and white, the sectors are shown with a shiny surface unlike the adjacent parts that are painted without question. IH pamphlet CR-407-A, Farmall SUPER - A TRACTOR and Touch-Control Implements, shows an SA on its cover. The cover appears to be hand-colored. The tractor is red and the sectors are bare. On the inside cover is another colored illustration. The smallest corner of a sector is visible and it was left bare. Page 6 shows the touch-control assembly all red but the sectors are a lighter shinier shade of red. On page 18 is a colored, full-page side view of the tractor, cut away to show the drive-train. The ends of the sectors are visible and they are bare. The SA chapter in Letourneau's FARMALL SUPER SERIES PHOTO ARCHIVE, although in black and white again, has clear photos with enough contrast on pages 8,14,15,16, and 27 to show the sectors bare. Fay and Kraushaar's FARMALL LETTER SERIES TRACTORS mentions that the color of the sectors is a grey area, but that archival photos usually show them bare.

 

[Jim Becker]

I have never seen red paint on the quadrants/sectors unless the tractor had been repainted. Here is a picture (a production tractor from about '50 or '51) from the WHS Archives:

 

[IH fan]

Reason I was pretty sure the sides of the quadrant were unpainted is that Dad bought a new C in '49 and a new carry-over Super C in '56. [u:91336bdcba]New[/u:91336bdcba] meaning there was no way either tractor had been re-painted... they were the way they came from IH. Spent many hours on both tractors, especially the Super as a kid.

 

[mkirsch]

Can't argue with vintage factory photograpy...

I'm surprised IH went through the trouble of installing those guides after the tractor was painted.

 

[CNKS]

Right, but according to Jim Beckers photo I withdraw my previous statement.

 

[Dennis K (WA)]

Me too

 

[Super51]

(reply to post at 22:10:12 01/13/15)

have to agree with Jim Becker on this,I have my dad's 54 Super-C half torn down now but slowly going back together! The quadrant's were not painted on this one either,spent quite a few hour's on this old tractor,it had never been touched until I decided to tear it down for hot low oil pressure!It's getting new paint but not the quadrant's!