Fordson 1937 Model N Colour?

ihbf · Jan 12, 2016

I have a Fordson Model N late 1937 manufacture, possibly around changeover period. Has hi compression head, 9" steel wheels with spikes and handi aircleaner. The wheels were orange (faded paint on wheels). However, the body colour is what I'm trying to establish. Previous owner started 'restoring' by painting over everything with the dark fordson blue. However, the original paint looks like it may have been a light blue/green. Not as blue as the Fordson 'Morning Blue', not as green as the Fordson 'Spanish Green' colours. End of 1937 they were painted all orange (body & wheels) but not this one... at some stage it is believed the factory mixed blue and white paint to use up stores of white, maybe mine is one of these? Anyone help please?

richardinnz · Jan 12, 2016

If you are in the U.S., the Fordson was a different spec to the home market and blue
Fordsons had the Handy air cleaner by late '36, also straight front axle and petrol
manifold, but retained the two compartment fuel tank.
Home market, High comp head, 9" rears, Handy air cleaner and ladder radiator blind latching
came in November '37 and should have been orange, but the U.S. market may have been
different, and you can bet they would have not dumped perfectly good blue paint they had in
stock at the time!
I think the blue is a 'darkish' blue, but not as dark as the blue on later E27N Major
tractors, blue with orange wheels because that is the traditional colours for farm carts
used in the county of Essex where the Tractors were built.

cdmn · Jan 12, 2016

My tractor is Serial Number 810,834. It has yellow orange wheels and blue elsewhere under the grease and dust. It still has the water bath air cleaner, and Bosch magneto. I don't think
it has High Compression.

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