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Posted by PurdueAg on August 10, 2006 at 09:44:59 from (198.109.220.6):
I posted this on the Implement Alley, but this forum gets
a little more traffic, so I thought I'd post here as well. I am restoring a little genius No 8, 2-14, plow
on steel. When I got it, it was all rust brown
and has been out in the elements for
decades. I have it entirely disassembled now,
removing rust and dirt and grease. I am aware of decision no. 31 of the piant
committee in 1927, which says the plow is
red, white, and blue. And according to
Wendel's book (150 yrs of IH), they began
production in 1928. It seems then that ALL
little genius's would have been painted red,
white, and blue. Problem is that I keep finding what looks like
factory-original red paint in the most remote
places of my plow that are supposed to be
blue. For instance, the power-lift mechanism,
deep inside, and under all the bolts
associated with it and the axil, are coming up
red. The wheels are too rusted to see what
color they were, and I haven't taken apart the
hitch yet, so I don't know what I'll find there. I can't imagine somebody would have
restored this so thoroughly in the past -- what
would have been decades ago, to completely
disassemble and sand down to the metal and
paint the thing all red. I also find it hard to
believe someone would have special ordered
a plow that deviated from the set color
scheme. Has anybody heard of a factory produced /
painted Little Genius that was NOT red, white,
and (especially) blue? The number on the plow is
P.O.12572. Thanks, Tony
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