correct paint color

[andre#4]

is there somewhere on the web where we can see the color samples to compare them?

I have read that there were several colors of white and several colors of yellow. (depending on the year or serial # of the tractor)

I have seen many people restoring old ih cub cadets with the new paint from the cub cadet dealer, and the color seems much to yellow for what I am used to.

(it seems to me that the older models like my old 124 didn't have such a dark/orangey yellow as the newer ones)

I don't know if this is because I am used to faded paint, or because the new color is different. But I don't think it is all fade, because I remember what my tractors looked like when they were only 5 years old, and they were always stored inside. So they couldn't have faded that much.


If I could see the samples next to each other, I could compare them and decide which color to order.

I'd rather not have my paint quite as orange as the new cub cadet paint if possible. But I don't want it too pale either. I remember some pale yellow where the battery acid spilled, and that wasn't as pretty.

There is a picture of a restored 122 on this site, posted by administrator wild bill, and I wonder what paint code this was?, and also, is it technically correct?

This looks right to me. for an old cub, from what I remember of the way they were when they were almost new when I used them as a kid.

(I am trying to recreate what I had when I was a kid...I can't afford to buy the house we lived in, as the current owners want $5,000,000 for it and the real estate taxes are $100,000 a year. So the tractor will have to do.)