(Super A) Not a showroom restoration, but nice cleanup!

[havoc1482]

After my '48 Super A was sitting out in the open enduring New England summers, winters, rain and snow for 5 years, she wasn't looking too hot. After I made sure everything was mechanically sound (oils/grease, points/condenser, carb cleaning, ect) I gave her the old rattle can razzle-dazzle restoration! (I don't have the time, patience, tools, or money for a premium paint job). I think its turning out pretty good!

 

[Bob McCarty]

Looks nice! Your wife doesn't like pink?

 

[havoc1482]

Looks nice! Your wife doesn't like pink?

Thank you!

My wife's the one that encouraged me to get my tractor back when the opportunity finally arrived all these years later. She knew part of my soul lives in this old piece of iron. She and her friends humorously refer to the Super A as "the other woman" lmao. They're both keepers!

 

[Board shortener Tom]

It looks nice! My 140 was painted with rattle cans by the previous owner. It's no show queen but it looks pretty good. I use it for lots of things where it gets dirty and scratched up. It would be much harder to get things done if it had a premium paint job on it because I would always be trying not to mess it up.

 

[Don McCombs]

Looking good!

 

[staninlowerAL]

.....................She and her friends humorously refer to the Super A as "the other woman"...............

That's about the same reaction from my wife's friends when she tells them that I'm out with "Miss Allis"...........

 

[havoc1482]

It looks nice! My 140 was painted with rattle cans by the previous owner. It's no show queen but it looks pretty good. I use it for lots of things where it gets dirty and scratched up. It would be much harder to get things done if it had a premium paint job on it because I would always be trying not to mess it up.

That's another reason for the rattle can treatment. Battle damage doesn't hurt as much lol

That's about the same reaction from my wife's friends when she tells them that I'm out with "Miss Allis"...........

Beautiful tractor my dude. Orange is my favorite color so my inner child has always loved ACs. Too bad they're pretty scarce in my neck of the woods. Although I remember seeing what I believed was a D21 sputtering around Suffield, CT once when I was working tobacco.

 

[Jonathan]

After my '48 Super A was sitting out in the open enduring New England summers, winters, rain and snow for 5 years, she wasn't looking too hot. After I made sure everything was mechanically sound (oils/grease, points/condenser, carb cleaning, ect) I gave her the old rattle can razzle-dazzle restoration! (I don't have the time, patience, tools, or money for a premium paint job). I think its turning out pretty good!

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Reguler a decals not super a decals ??

 

[Jim Becker]

Reguler a decals not super a decals ??

No, that decal says "SUPER".

 

[Jonathan]

No, that decal says "SUPER".

I am not used to those decals all the super a decals I have ever seen were big letters super a with nothing else on the decal

 

[Super A]

I am not used to those decals all the super a decals I have ever seen were big letters super a with nothing else on the decal

This style decal was used from the beginning through at least 1951. Originals are not common now because so many tractors have been repainted multiple times.

 

[Jonathan]

This style decal was used from the beginning through at least 1951. Originals are not common now because so many tractors have been repainted multiple times.
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Okay I learned something thank you can you still get originals or repoporarions of that decal ??

 

[Super A]

Okay I learned something thank you can you still get originals or repoporarions of that decal ??

Yes but the culti-vision part will be black instead of white and the SUPER letters will also be black instead of red.

Al

 

[Jonathan]

Yes but the culti-vision part will be black instead of white and the SUPER letters will also be black instead of red.

Al

Okay I got it

 

[havoc1482]

Yes but the culti-vision part will be black instead of white and the SUPER letters will also be black instead of red.

Al

Yep, I actually learned this from a previous post of yours Al. Is there a reason why they use black instead of the original style? I can't see a reason why it couldn't be done.

I think the other thing I learned was that my tractor being a 48 should say McCormick-Deering because it was before they dropped the "Deering" part? I can't remember, I just know the Super A existed within an odd transitional time for IH's lineups.

 

[staninlowerAL]

Yep, I actually learned this from a previous post of yours Al. Is there a reason why they use black instead of the original style? I can't see a reason why it couldn't be done.

I think the other thing I learned was that my tractor being a 48 should say McCormick-Deering because it was before they dropped the "Deering" part? I can't remember, I just know the Super A existed within an odd transitional time for IH's lineups.

FYI, SN by year. Stan

 

[havoc1482]

Yep. FAA 259383. Puts me right about in the middle area of the '48 range.

 

[Super A]

Yep, I actually learned this from a previous post of yours Al. Is there a reason why they use black instead of the original style? I can't see a reason why it couldn't be done.

I think the other thing I learned was that my tractor being a 48 should say McCormick-Deering because it was before they dropped the "Deering" part? I can't remember, I just know the Super A existed within an odd transitional time for IH's lineups.

Long story short, the decal makers in the late 90s-early 2000s screwed up.

Yes, a '48 should be McCormick-Deering. Officially they dropped Deering in 1949, but appears that they used the old decals until they ran out. I had a '50 model that was almost a white demo that was original and had McCormick-Deering decals still.

Al