Super C seat

Damon K.

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Can anyone please tell me what the original seat
cushion color was on a 1951 super c? They sell
black and grey ones. Thank you!
 
By 1951, silver. The early C's were black, some question about that, though. Never heard of gray.
 
There were three new Cs in our area when they came out in 48 and i never did see a black seat they were the silver gray like the Bs had never did see where the black seats deal came from.
 
They were silver canvas but you will find a lot of after market in red & white, and black. You can also find them in canvas or vinyl covered.
 
There have been pictures of a bunch of C's (SC's?)on this site at the factory with black seats. On the tractors my dad had in the 40's and 50's I don't remember black. Otherwise I would say black never existed. Perhaps those were the only black ones or IH used them occasionally.
 
Thats a very old pic i have seen it and without a doubt those were the new ones fresh out starting production as you sure would not have had that many just setting around at any one time. That pic would have been many weeks of production and you wouldnt have that many weeks of production just setting around tieing up the yrds at the rail head. I was by the tractor works during that time and there were lots of new Hs and Ms but not nearly that many as the pic showing those Cs and like i said the new models in our area didnt have black seats. Early adds showing a moulded seat black on an A or B but the first B i seen in 40 didnt have one but sure did have the silver gray one.
 
The first SC I set down on was a brand new '53 and it had a silver, canvas seat. Some SC's did have a flip-seat but they were rare. We put a galvanized tub over our seat at night.
 
I have a flip back seat on my 1954 Super C with the IH part number painted in old style stencil across the back of it, so it must have been a factory or dealer replacement and it has never been altered and it is a smooth black leather type material.
 

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