Re: 1936 F-20 Color

Posted by Bill Smith on September 12, 2001 at 21:18:04 from (128.242.4.59):

In Reply to: 1936 F-20 Color posted by Sam in Houston on September 11, 2001 at 10:23:13:

It seems most re-posts are referring you to the gray to red paint color change that took place in the fall time span of 1936. I have a later 1936 red one. I take it you are contemplating wheather your steering wheel was originally painted black. I also presume you have a (non-rubber gripped) caste iron steering wheel. Let me ask you this. Was the rest of the tractor originally red or gray? Gray may be easily mistaken for black for a number of reasons. Could of been repainted wrong color, could of had black primer, a dark gray could appear black after 60+ years, who knows how many other possabilities. If the tractor was originally painted red, I would say steering wheel was highly unlikely to have originally been painted black. Farmall was really proud of their tractors coming off the assembly line and their appearance was important. Painting steering wheel's different colors would of looked tacky and I doubt Farmall would let someone keep their job if they were flubbing up the paint jobs. That would be real obvious and most likely corrected before tractor was shipped if it were to have been painted black and the rest of the tractor a different color. Look at the underneath, inside area's of air cleaner, shields, and stuff like that. That may give you a better hint of original color than items like steering wheel, gas tank, and hood. My guess is that it was probably originally painted a darker gray and for some reason or another it appears darker now than originally. Otherwise it has been tampered with.

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