Flyguy30263
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Hello all. Been on this forum for years but this maybe my first post. I've often wondered and don't remember ever hearing a reasonable explanation. If you watch the Ford Jubilee promotional video's from back in 1953 the brand new tractors look orange. Very Orange, not much room for debate.
I've gotten started on a restoration of my tractor and while pressure washing I've found lots of Orange under the Red paint. Today if you google Ford Jubilee you'll see mostly red tractors. I was looking at pictures of a beautifully restored Jubilee that sold for 35K in May. It was Red and Olive grey. Not one picture or the videos did that tractor look orange. I would think to bring 35K a whole lot of people must have thought it was properly restored and not the wrong color.
You can find Vermillion red listed as the proper color all over the internet. I own a 1995 Ford F150 Lightning in Vermillion Red, never once regardless of light or angle has it looked orange. It's just RED. I'm sure some with say the 1953 videos were black and white and when they added the color its just looks orange but I've got orange paint on my tractor and I'm about 99% certain that's the original paint.
So my question is when/ why how did the widely accepted color for a Jubilee go from Orange to Red? There must be a story or something?
Now that Gray, Olive, Beige sheetmetal color is all over the place too. You can probably tell I'm really trying to decide on what color paints to buy.
This post was edited by Flyguy30263 on 08/01/2021 at 12:14 pm.
I've gotten started on a restoration of my tractor and while pressure washing I've found lots of Orange under the Red paint. Today if you google Ford Jubilee you'll see mostly red tractors. I was looking at pictures of a beautifully restored Jubilee that sold for 35K in May. It was Red and Olive grey. Not one picture or the videos did that tractor look orange. I would think to bring 35K a whole lot of people must have thought it was properly restored and not the wrong color.
You can find Vermillion red listed as the proper color all over the internet. I own a 1995 Ford F150 Lightning in Vermillion Red, never once regardless of light or angle has it looked orange. It's just RED. I'm sure some with say the 1953 videos were black and white and when they added the color its just looks orange but I've got orange paint on my tractor and I'm about 99% certain that's the original paint.
So my question is when/ why how did the widely accepted color for a Jubilee go from Orange to Red? There must be a story or something?
Now that Gray, Olive, Beige sheetmetal color is all over the place too. You can probably tell I'm really trying to decide on what color paints to buy.
This post was edited by Flyguy30263 on 08/01/2021 at 12:14 pm.