Ford 8n Paint Job

The 1951 ford model 8n tractor in this edition was purchased in 1969 from a tractor dealer in gilroy for 1 000 or about 7 000 in today s dollars.

Ford 8n paint job.

Since my tractor has only original paint 1949 8n performed a spectrum color analysis of several areas on the tractor. N series com page john smith s gm dupont centari c8508 flame red recipe ppg omni bright red tisco ih red tp 110lf gray paints. Feb 11 2014 new holland 8n boomer. Please subscribe for future videos of this r.

Since air born material can easily ruin the paint job. Clyde davidson and his wife mary grace own. Helping my father in law with his 1952 not 1954 ford 8n tractor with sherman transmission. Step by step photos of repairs to my 1952 ford 8n tractor.

This is a short video of some of the shop supplies that i ve been using for my 1952 ford 8n tractor restoration. Eastwood company makes automotive supplies and they have a silver cad paint that may work as well. The most noticeable differences between the 8n ford tractor and 2n and 9n other then the new two color paint job was the inclusion of a 4 speed transmission instead of a 3 speed in the 2n and 9n and an increase in both power take off pto and drawbar horsepower some other noticeable differences from the 9n 2n was the change in lugs from six to eight in the rear wheels the scripted ford. For most working tractor paint jos my advice is to skip hardeners and other paint additives.

If using an air compressor and spray gun one quart of primer and one quart of each color is enough to do the 8n red belly paint scheme with two coats of the finish colors. B martin senour 6019 ford ferguson gray available at napa. 8n504089 everyone works at a different pace and every project has different challenges so there is no way to estimate how long it might take to do a job like this. If you want more coats or shoot much thicker coats get two quarts of each color.

He picked it up about 2 years ago we ve finally got the time to. It really depends on your schedule mission creep and how perfect you want the final result to be.