McCormick paint schemes

Usually things were red or white or blue or black depending on what they were and when they are made. During the war years some colors were hard to get and the paint colors depended on what was available. Some times the cultivators/sweeps were laquored with clear. I also read where they were painting "Texas Sweeps" an Orange color and after a vote were allowed to continue with the orange. Also saw where the sweeps were a gold color.

Post some more on what your painting.

Link below will carry you to the Wisconsin IH Site. Lots of info if you care to research your implement.

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Thats a lot of stuff to cover...! You need to do lots of research if you want to be accurate. I dont think you will ever find everything out for certain and sometimes you will just have to go with whats your best guess.

I know more about Super A's and have restored a 1948 model that was my fathers. I added the cultivators and during that process had to do some research on the colors. Some/most people show the lift arms as red but on mine I could see they were blue. On the gang members they are black or blue. On the sweeps they were usually black. I say "usually" because I have seen where they were also just laquored, painted orange (Texas Sweeps), and also painted gold.

By 1949 I think most of the colors had gone back to the origional pre-war colors.

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