Paint Color Exhaust

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The hood details and decals suggest an MF - but things get changed by owners at various times.

The problem is the Serial Number - this is definitely an FE Serial Number (the first MF was 74656).

Try scraping a little paint off the engine (it should have gold underneath the current grey).

You could also try Bob in the UK - he posts on this forum from time to time; his email is:

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Regards
Scott

The Serial Number says that you have an early 1957 Standard Chassis with Standard Motors 23c diesel engine and dual clutch (live PTO).

According to:

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and

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it should be Grey (tinwork) and Gold (engine, gearbox, transmission, axels.

Good photo at:

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However, a search on Google will throw up pictures of FE35s with Red and Grey (they mostly appear to actually be MF35s).

If yours is a UK-built Ferguson (which the serial number suggests) it should be Grey and Gold - if it is a Massey Ferguson it should be Red and Grey.

Regarding the exhaust:

I have an FE35 handbook that shows the exhaust going vertically down from the manifold and turning at right-angles towards the rear of the tractor and running along the underside of the right-hand footplate - ending just beyond the rear axle. Some photos on the 'net show FE35s with vertical exhausts (perhaps these are later modifications).

In terms of colour:

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says that for, Detroit-built, 35s the exhaust was the same colour as the engine - although some brochures showed them with aluminium (silver) paint.

Maybe the best thing is to scrape a bit of paint off here and there to see what the original colours were.

Regards
Scott