I agree neither JD green looks right. The classic seens to be the accepted color for the old 2 bangers though.We have a 44B, its the same age as I am. When I was about 7 years old, my dad had a spreader jack knife and rolled the tractor. My dad came out of it with a badly brused sholder. He is still moving around today at age 91, but not as fast as he used to. The little B didn't do as well as the exhause and intake pipes were wrapped around the hood. It must have done at least a 270. It was the only tractor we had at the time and my dad faithfully restored to back to working orded. He also restored its looks. Other than welds on the throttle and the casting that holds the instrument pannel, its hard to tell that the tractor had a misshap. He also verry skillfully tapped bent of the front grill work and hood to where one has to look close to tell that it had been damaged. Anyhow back to the color. At age 7, I remember fealing bad for the little tractor. I also rember delight as peice by peice retruning to normal. But then came the paint. It was the wrong color. way to yellow green. The original green was much closer to a primary green ( but not as primary green as Oliver ). Perhaps the shift in color came because the 44B was a war time built tractor. Perhaps paint formulas had to be adjusted to accomodate shortages. Perhaps formulas canged over time to accomodate newer paint technology. I dont know. Any other opinions about this? For what its worth ( and no more ) D.D.Post
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