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Super 88 Paint Scheme One More Time

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Ed (KS)

09-16-2004 20:33:58




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I'm pretty confused! I've read everything I can find on the Super 88 Paint Scheme. Nearly everyone in the forums says the front grill should be yellow. The grill paint on my unrestored S-88 is white. Ten out of ten pictures I see in the photo archives of old unrestored Super-88s have white grills. Two old magazine ads I have seen have white grills. Yet, most every -restored- Super 88 has a yellow grill. Appreciate someone shedding light on this. Does anyone have an original ad or a pic of an unrestored S-88 with a yellow grill? Ed

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Stu

09-19-2004 18:19:16




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 Re: Super 88 Paint Scheme One More Time in reply to Ed (KS), 09-16-2004 20:33:58  
One more explanation for the unrestored grill looking white is the the yellow paint has faded.



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Stu

09-19-2004 18:18:34




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 Re: Super 88 Paint Scheme One More Time in reply to Ed (KS), 09-16-2004 20:33:58  
One more explanation for the unrestored grill looking white is the the yellow paint has faded.



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Nathan in MN

09-17-2004 14:20:07




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 Re: Super 88 Paint Scheme One More Time in reply to Ed (KS), 09-16-2004 20:33:58  
The reason you see so many Supers with white grills, is that when Oliver went to the 3-digit series, the grills and wheels became white instead of yellow and green/red, respectively. So, sometimes people would repaint them or have them repainted with white, to make them look like a newer tractor. Some people who restore them like that look better, and so they do that.

However, yellow is correct for the Supers, and the wheels should be green for Supers "54-"56 and red for "57s. I like that look a lot better than the white, but to each his own.

Nathan in MN

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B A Star

09-16-2004 21:20:08




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 Re: Super 88 Paint Scheme One More Time in reply to Ed (KS), 09-16-2004 20:33:58  
Part of the cost of Advertisements that were printed in the magazines were based on the number of colors that was used. Most of the ads that were placed in magazines in that period of time were "two color" ads, Green and black (black with a variance of grey tones) and of course if ink was not used in an area, it appears as white. To control cost, they chose not to use an additional color (yellow), thus the grill appears white in the ads. Grills were painted yellow on the Super series tractors. The brochures show the grill as yellow. In the Super series, there is a brochure for the Super 66 that has a yellow grill and one that has a white grill, again cost entered into the printing. There is also a Super 44 brochure with a white grill.

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