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white primer??

Postby Lawrence McGlohon » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:20 pm

Hello gang,
I have a question about primer used on a '49 cub. I got around to pressure washing it over the weekend and I see white paint on most of the castings where I blew the old red off. The s/n is 89665 and according to the listings I have seen here and elsewhere, it is a '49. Am I right to assume that it is white primer?? Thanks.
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Postby beaconlight » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:25 pm

Probably the tractor started out as a demonstrator. I heard they were painted white. A post a while back said no primer was used at the factory.
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Postby George Willer » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:55 pm

It's too early to be a demonstrator... at least a legitimate one. That doesn't mean that someone in the last 55 years didn't try to fake it.

Give or take a very few numbers the first demonstrator is believed to be #99536. There shouldn't be many (if any) castings with a casting code before very late 1949.

Bill is right... the factory didn't use primer, except for the glyptol sealer on many castings.
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Postby Mike Schmudlach » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:15 pm

IH never used primer until the 60s.
Someone probably just used primer at one time in it's 50+ years.
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Postby Jack Donovan » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:33 pm

I would do more resurch, and see if its white paint or primer. Casting codes have carried into the on comming year. and see whats under the white.. I;m assuming that the # you posted was a casting # and not sr #. and in the end it may more than likely be like Geo. W said. But worth looking farther

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Postby Mike Schmudlach » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:52 pm

If the tractor is a White demonstrator the casting codes will range between late 1949 (S) and early 1950 (T).

Most casting codes on a tractor should only have a range of about 6 months but of course there are some exceptions.

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Postby Daniel H. » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:33 am

It could be that the front casting with the serial number was changed due to damage somewhere along the line.
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Postby Mike Schmudlach » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:40 am

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Postby George Willer » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:44 am

Daniel H. wrote:It could be that the front casting with the serial number was changed due to damage somewhere along the line.


Of course that's true. If so, the casting codes on the other castings will confirm this. Given that this may the case, would anyone really to want to restore it as a demonstrator carrying an invalid serial number? I wouldn't.
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