wrong color tractors

[randyrenfro7]

No one mentioned Grandpa Love's purple Cub. She likes it and I do too.

 

[spacechem]

The post below got about the Farmall H got me wondering about your opinion on Tractors being painted the wrong color. I have seen 2,8, and 9N's painted every color of the rainbow. Case tractors have been several colors over the last 100 years from the factory and have seen Cases painted the newer Case color ( SC painted desert sunset and flambeau. I own it so I will do what I want with it, or out of respect for the Jerome, Henry, Cyrus or John, I will paint it the color it came from the factory., What is your opinion? Thanks, Bill

For me it kinda depends on the tractor. Some dime-a-dozen unit like that H or any old N or 60 I don't really care how you wanna paint it; I'll just roll eyes and walk on by. Same for the 'never were' mechanical creations like HTAs, Standard Tread 530s, underslung or double Bs, and the like- meh. I would, however, stop to admire something that took real engineering to achieve, like the 60s of TimS.

I guess the bottom line is this: It's your tractor; you can paint it any color you like. It just shows you're not a real tractor guy- maybe you don't want to be a 'tractor guy'. People will compliment your work. Just always remember that those compliments are from folks who know nothing about tractors. The real tractor guys are gonna pass right on by...

 

[MM-TX]

No one mentioned Grandpa Love's purple Cub. She likes it and I do too.

Ask @grandpa Love about the yellow and black Farmall Bee he just sold. Looks very nice!

 

[da.bees]

For the most part original colors look best to me but giving old solid grey Fergusons and Fords a red belly looks real good. Painting a Ford hundred or n blue is disgusting.

 

[Non-farmer]

For the most part original colors look best to me but giving old solid grey Fergusons and Fords a red belly looks real good. Painting a Ford hundred or n blue is disgusting.

I have a red belly 2N. If I knew how to paint, I might change it to something different, but I'd need help picking the color(s) because I'm partly colorblind. But I don't know how to paint, so it stays a red belly.

 

[grandpa Love]

Well ....I LOVE IH Red.....but if you take one of these to a tractor show with 25-30 red tractors , guess what everyone will remember and talk about ( especially the kids)

 

[Dan in Ohio]

When the twenty series two cylinder John Deeres came out in 1956 it was fairly popular and looked like an upgrade that could easily be made on one of the older two cylinders and I have one, a John Deere 70 diesel standard painted to look like a 720, and NO I did not paint it that way. Someone that really knows the two cylinder Deere will know it is a 70 and not a 720 despite the paint job.

 

[caterpillar guy]

I think I've seen quite a few variations over the years and several at the bridge drive. An H painted Deere green And Pink tractors for some cancer deal and other things. The H looked uniquely different with John Deere green on it. Is suppose Charlene would have liked it. Cat has to be Yellow though I like the old yellow of the 30'to the 50's before they painted them caution or safety yellow or what ever that is.

 

[Rich'sToys]

On the tractors I have painted, I tried to get the colors right -or close to it- and the decals in the right place. Other things (the right bolts holding the hood on, etc.) not so much. There are a number of things on my tractors that the "correct police" would probably not approve of.

I'm not a fan of the "correct police" who just go around looking for and pointing out things that are not right. Over the years I've pretty much learned what's "correct" and what isn't, and can usually spot those things when looking at other tractors. But I usually keep it to myself, unless I am asked.

With that said, I think Grandpa Love's tractors are really cool. I've also seen a number of pink tractors for breast cancer that were very nicely done. Whatever any individual wants to do with their own tractor is entirely up to them. At least they're not being scrapped out.

 

[Mike Fitz]

For what it's worth, I think most tractors look good in their factory colors, but some of the custom paint jobs can look pretty good too as long as it is not trying to be passed off as a rare factory option . A tractor that has been well kept and can do its job well is much more appealing than something that has been run to death and given a garden hose paint job and called restored no matter the correctness of the job is underwhelming to me.

 

[560Dennis]

Ford jubilee got best of show painted Ohio state colors at the county fair . painted was laid down pretty nice.

 

[used2bmike]

Doesn't matter much to me. Biggest issue I have is when someone paints a piece of equipment the wrong color. I've seen AC rake painted Ford blue and a NI flail type manure spreader painted JD colors in for sale ads. As long as the owners told potential buyers the actual maker, no problem.

 

[JohnRowehl]

I would have preferred that Oliver kept the yellow grill for the 440 and 660 models instead of changing to white. I know why they did it but in my opinion they are, and I am an Oliver guy, ugly.

 

[Gwalk]

Neighbor had u Minneapolis Moline with g engine painted purple with pink elephant decals. I can't find my picture of it

 

[Factotum]

Almost any color is nice. As long as it doesn't represent another make. Rust is nice too. I painted the 8n in what I think looks nice. Not correct but kind of goes with the age. I didn't mind the rusty look. A buddy of mine who grew up working in his dad's body shop insisted we paint it up once it was running good. I think it's nice, wrong color but at least it isn't orange or green.

 

[JohnRowehl]

Don't forget Oliver had factory painted Purple tractors at one time in their history!!

For a sales promotion for their plows; The Color Blind Plow. i.e. The best plow for any color tractor. After the sales campaign ended they were repainted the normal color and sold as used tractors. No records were made/kept as to which tractors were used for this.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Well ....I LOVE IH Red.....but if you take one of these to a tractor show with 25-30 red tractors , guess what everyone will remember and talk about ( especially the kids)

What they're saying:

 

[300jk]

The post below got about the Farmall H got me wondering about your opinion on Tractors being painted the wrong color. I have seen 2,8, and 9N's painted every color of the rainbow. Case tractors have been several colors over the last 100 years from the factory and have seen Cases painted the newer Case color ( SC painted desert sunset and flambeau. I own it so I will do what I want with it, or out of respect for the Jerome, Henry, Cyrus or John, I will paint it the color it came from the factory., What is your opinion? Thanks, Bill

We have a 1750 Oliver. When we bought it it was painted an emerald green metallic. Color wasn’t bad, but in poor shape. Tractor came from factory Cockshutt red. Easy to tell as the red paint was showing everywhere. We repainted it Oliver green. So it is the wrong color because it came red from the factory, but is also correct because it is Oliver green. Doesn’t really bother me if something is painted different. Breaks up the boring same old same old.

 

[Hobo,NC]

Almost any color is nice. As long as it doesn't represent another make. Rust is nice too. I painted the 8n in what I think looks nice. Not correct but kind of goes with the age. I didn't mind the rusty look. A buddy of mine who grew up working in his dad's body shop insisted we paint it up once it was running good. I think it's nice, wrong color but at least it isn't orange or green.

The original grey did have a touch of green are olive to it. I never cared for the original vermillion red I paint all of mine IH 2150 Rouge red. Yours Looks great to me. .

 

[560Dennis]

Any brown tractors? Don’t recall seeing