1955 Ferguson TO35

Burl C

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I'm on the downhill side of refurbishing my TO35, looking good with a lot of parts replaced. The latest issue is coming up with the correct paint for the rear wheel rims. I've gone to NAPA and CarQuest with the paint codes from the Ford Enthusiasts web site, but they are unable to cross any of the codes to some3thing they can mix. So any guidance here? Close match would be good, this is not a restoration, but would like it to be corect colors at least. I will say the metallic green body looks good! Used Van Sickel paint for that. Thanks for any help!!
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Looking good!
I also have an early 1955 green belly.

I painted the hubs green so they contrast with the gray wheels. Looks best that way to me.

My brother bought one off a guy who painted the hubs the same as the wheels and it looks less good.

There is a website a guy shows pictures from a museum that has one of the first production green bellies never worked and never restored, just the way it left the factory. Find that series if you want to be certain.

There are a few vintage dealer videos and brochure covers that show factory original too. It would be more work for the factory to paint the hubs different than the body.

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I have looked at pictures of that TO35 at Wenger's. Very good reference of what it should look like. I have painted the hubs also. The
Ferguson Enthusiasts website has a chart for what parts should be painted what color. I emailed Van Sickel paint this afternoon and they
replied that the old paint code for Silver Mist is no longer used, but they will mix using the replacement code. Going to order a quart
tomorrow. Thanks for responding!
 
I would, butt too many folks would point out the mistake I made. This is a tractor that was donated to the Maine Antique Tractor Club, so I volunteered to redo it over the winter (my nickel, volunteer work). The club is keeping it, so I'd like to keep things pretty close to correct. Thanks for your input, Tom.
 
I got the codes from the FENA site, got feedback from Van Sickel yesterday, their paint code for Silver Mist listed on the FENA chart has is an old unused number. So they sent me the updated paint code, which I ordered last night. The FENA chart shows the wheel hubs are metallic green, so I'm going with that. Thanks for your input!
 
I used the codes from FENA also, NAPA matched all except for the Silver Mist for the rear rims. Van Sickel had that paint code, so ordered from them. I'll post some pics once the rear wheels are done and mounted.Question for you, on the lower front of the hood, there are threaded holes on each side, are these to mount some sort of bracked to stop the hood travel when lifting the hood all the way? My parts manual doesn't show anything. Thanks!
 

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