1953 Ford Jubilee

TDeal

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I just bought a 1953 Ford Jubilee and having looked at a few, I noticed that some are gray/red and some are gray/blue. The one I bought is engine red and sheet metal is gray/blue. I am going to repaint and would like to make it correct. What is the correct paint colors and then what is the correct paint codes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
I don't know the paint codes, but a Jubilee was
originally red and gray. Hood, fenders, and wheels
were gray, the rest was red.
 

I painted my Jubilee rims with Valspar "Ford Grey" polyurethane
and the color is a perfect match with the sheet metal that someone before me painted. The paint is retaining it's gloss.
I painted the rears in 2014 and the fronts last summer.

So you won't need paint codes if this is your choice.

T

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That is a beautiful tractor, but I would like to keep the blue. I have seen a few with that color scheme but never with the red engine. Truthfully, I would like to have it as original as possible.
 
You should have made it clear that you wanted to keep the sheet metal blue, which is NOT the original sheet metal color. I wouldn't have bothered posting.

As FordFarmer said, the original colors were light grey and red.

Back in the day, Ford tractor dealers offered tractor owners with factory red bellies /w grey metal, the option to paint their sheet metal blue in keeping with the newer Ford color scheme and many went for the repaint. . . so you probably have one of those.
 
Sorry, I had been under the impression that the Jubilee had a few different color schemes, I am very new to this. I would like it to be original and since the gray and red were original, that is the way I will go. I do appreciate any help and information I can get.
 
As the others have said, all Jubilees were red and gray when they left the factory, with the possible exception of some industrial yellow ones that might have been sold to municipalities on special orders. The first models to leave the factory with blue paint standard did so in 1963 and were the 2000, 4000 & 6000 series (And maybe 5000 Super Dexta's as well). A year or two later Ford advertised a program to bring your "old looking" red tractor to your local dealer to have it painted blue so that it looked like a newer tractor. While most that had this done were from the hundred and '01 series, there may have been a few Jubilees that were repainted under this program, so yours might have been repainted under the "official" program from Ford. At this point, unless you plan to restore it for shows, I would go with whatever color makes you happy.
 
If there was a "default" color for Ford
tractors it would be Blue. There were
probably more of them left the factory that
way than any other color.

Also, I still secretly believe Blue paint
makes them run better and have more power :)
 
Congrats on your new tractor. Take a look at John Smith's Old Ford Tractor site. It is excellent for information. Peruse the entire menu, especially the one on history of the Ford tractors. If you do a search here of the archives on the "Paint and Restoration" forum you'll find info on the paints codes. Hope you enjoy your tractor.
Old Fords
 
The theoretical "correct" colors would be Ford Vermillion Red and [b:8e42b8806b]Medium[/b:8e42b8806b] Gray.
Our host, YT, sells them both.
Here are the [b:8e42b8806b]red[/b:8e42b8806b] and [b:8e42b8806b]gray[/b:8e42b8806b] in gallon cans.
They turn out like these pictures, although obviously my tractor
has a 12V conversion, black starter, etc that are not original colors.
Because that's the way I wanted to paint it. :)
The rear outer rims were originally cadmium plated.
I used Rustoleum Hammered Steel paint to come close to that.

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By the way, I said "Ford Light" because of the Dark Greys of 9Ns and 2N's and Fergies and the Jubes are significantly lighter than those.
 
I wasn't trying to correct you Terry.
I know our local farm stores like TSC only carry light and dark.
They don't have a clue if you mention medium gray.
So I presume that many people are unaware that there even
was a "medium" gray since it is not available to them in stores.

It's a weird color to boot. Brownish in sunlight, greenish under
fluorescent light. Not sure why they even call it gray! :)

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No, I didn't think you were trying to correct me. :)

There's a lot of green in the mix.
Pretty inspired color I'd say . . . I quite like it as greys go.

The color that had no name. :D

T
 
(((Singin')))


Well I bin through the fields
On a color with no name
It was good to get out
with the grain
A Jubilee under the stars above
Now what was that color again :D
 
Royse,

Is that Crispy that I see?

If it is it's the eighth wonder of the world
Mr. T.
Deal

Resurrected from the dead she was
through fire
born again
in all her splendor

Saved
And Royse saw that it was good
:)
 
It's your tractor and $...so paint any way you want.

Here is one I did. It is for work, not show. Paint came from Just 8N's. Like the grey.

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Mr. Bean,

What a beauty!

That's one way to make the alternator belong even if they do "stick out"!

Make it "stand out" by chroming it!

Is that what you did?

terry
 

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