whynot20001

Just purchased a 1950 Ford 8n painted BLUE never have I seen a BLUE 8n, have started a clean up program. Can find no evidence of this tractor ever being painted RED. The tractor was purchased from a one owner and he stated, when his father purchased the tractor from the dealer it was BLUE. So, to the question: DID A 8N TRACTOR EVER COME PAINTED BLUE FROM THE FACTORY OR DEALER?:spinsmile

MFreund

Did you do a search of past posts? I recall there was some discussion recently.

whynot20001

Hello MFreund,
Yes I did check out other posts on this subject, but was not satisfied with the answers. One person stated that Ford never ever painted a 8n tractor Blue, well mabe he is right and is the final word on the subject if this is a fact then my quest is over. But let's step back and ask ourselves why are there now (2) two persons asking the same question about a Blue 8N Tractor. Next why would anyone take the time to clean every small and big area on a tractor just to make others think they bought a Blue tractor that was at one time RED. Second thing as stated on my first post, the Blue 8N I purchase was a one family tractor and the son remembers that his father purchased the Blue 8n from a dealer in Florida. Now only two things could be going on, 1st both the father and son are color blind or 2 they are crazy. The family has been envolved with my family for many/many years and I have no reason to doubt that this was a Blue 8n tractor. Also, I have stripped this tractor to bare metal and have not found any area with RED PAINT. This is not the end of this story somewhere out in Tractor land the answer will be stated. So, until this happens I will continue my quest WHY DO I HAVE A BLUE 8N TRACTOR, OH, FORGOT NOW THERE ARE TWO

MFreund

One thing I know is the "experts" were not on the assembly line every day the tractors were made. My guess is they were made special for a customer and the customer backed out and ford sold them.

Have you contacted the other blue owner to see if the serial numbers are near each other? I would try to find a link between yours and the other blue one. That may help to fill in the blanks.

Full disclosure: I am NOT an expert at anything!!

whynot20001

Hello MFreund,
Question, new to this site not informed of what can be done,

A. When I find the other person with the Blue Tractor can I send our posts to him like forward of a email ?

:spinsmile

MFreund

I had to look to see myself! When you find a post by him, click on profile near the bottom of post and there will be a link to e-mail him.

whynot20001

Thanks MFreund, has been nice speaking with you. This being my first time on a forum. You have made it interesting take care and hope to speak again.:spinsmile

whynot20001

Hey MFreund found the other person with a blue 8n and he lives in Florida, strange that both blue 8n's are in Florida. He is Blackwidow on the 8n forum, sent him a post asking for more information on his tractor. We will just need to sit back and wait for his reply hope he checks his posts often...............

MFreund

I suspect they were made for some one down there!!! You are starting to get the pirces together!!

Morgan

http://www.8ntractors.com/ford_8n_tractor_paint_216_ctg.htm

All Paint listed for 8N is Red and Grey

http://www.8ntractors.com/ford_9n_tractor_paint_289_ctg.htm

All Paint listed for 9N is Grey

http://www.8ntractors.com/ford_2n_tractor_paint_457_ctg.htm

All Paint listed for 2N is Grey

And a little bit more information for you
Identifying Old Ford Tractors

More information
Note the Color Chart

Im not saying that it didnt happen, but Im saying that according to everything you find on the 8N, the Colors are Red and Grey, Blue didnt come into the picture until the 60's

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1965 John Deere 4020
John Deere 1209 Mower Conditioner
Woods MD 315 Batwing Bushhog
1952 8N Ford Tractor
1990 Yazoo 60" Deck with a 20 HP Wisconsin.
I work on a 1000 acre sod farm.

Chuck in Idaho

I'm gonna run with it being dealer paint. My fraNken N is 8N engine bolted to 9N rear. It's blue and grey and we found it in south/west Washington

1951 8N PA

No Ford 8N ever came painted blue from the factory, PERIOD. They were all red and gray. If it is blue, someone painted it that color.

Fordfarm

I gotta go with "1951 8N PA" on this one!

There have been SEVERAL blue 8N's spotted over the years, from all over the country. It's a safe bet that NONE came off the assembly plant that color. During the early 1960's, during the switch to blue paint, there was an effort by dealers to re-paint older tarctors on their lots, in order to present them as "new".

I know of a Ford 800 that is GREEN - and, it too, shows no evidence of ever being red.

Think about it - in a huge tractor factory, with thousands of gallons of red paint - WHY would Ford paint anything blue? They wouldn't even have it on hand.

There has NEVER been ONE SHRED of evidence any 8n left the plant blue - even the men who worked at the plant at the time have atested to this.

This is akin to the "Great White M Demonstrator" debate on IH boards - only this one has been proven.

What you have is a Repainted 8N - done by a dealer.

I GARAUNTEE you - you 'restore" your tractor - and paint it blue, then show up at a tractor show with the claim that it came from the factory that way, there will be several people set you straight.

My advice would be to return it to the proper factory red and you'll be ok.

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lwblumjr

Spinsmile,

Here's your answer.



Who knows, maybe some dealers went farther than just steam cleaning.

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lalongcarabine

My 8n is blue. It may have always been that way or may have been repainted. Either way she is blue.



I will gladly check her serial number. If I remeber correctly, she was made in the last year they produced the 8N line. Maybe they ran out of red and gray?


LLC aka Ron

HeyBob

If there is no sign of red paint, then someone at the dealer did an amazing job sand blasting that tractor.

Fordfarm

This has been hashed out before.
Dealer repaint.

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1951 8N PA

What is so hard to understand about "All Ford 8N tractors came painted red and gray from the factory"?

Chas49

Hi
I've just joined the forum, If this helps, my son in Devon UK has just bought a Ford 6710 which is blue and looks same as the colours in this post.
I would have to ask him for details, he hasn't joined the forum yet. I could only find two posts on the 6710 which I e-mailed him. He also has a David Brown 996 and 880.

Regards
Chas49

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lalongcarabine

I have a 1999 Ford Ranger that has a 2000 wiring harness. I am sure somebody would tell me that all 1999 Ford Rangers came with a 1999 wiring harness. Yet somehow I have a 1999 Ranger with a 2000 wiring harness.

Who knows may be the same guy that put the 2000 wiring harness on my 1999 Ford Ranger at the factory, put the Blue on my tractor at the factory.

LLC aka Ron