Would it pay to do it?

720 lyle · Mar 20, 2010

I have a 44 Special Massey I am going to sell. It is good mechanicly but the paint is faded. Would it be worth an extra $500 to put new paint on it?

msb · Mar 20, 2010

Probably not unless it is a very good paint job.A collector would probably rather buy it as is.Does it have live PTO? A Hitch All? Where are you located and how much? Might be interested.

sd pete · Mar 20, 2010

I agree. I am thinking the best that can be gotten is the money back.

Gary in da UP · Mar 20, 2010

No, a cheap paint job is just that and a turn off to an expreienced buyer. All it takes is once to buy a drive-by shooting, and your buyers may wonder what you were trying to cver up.

MN Scott · Mar 20, 2010

Myself, fresh paint jobs scare me. I wonder what are they trying to cover up. Most quick paint jobs paint over grease and rust, makes more work to strip off the cheap paint when doing it right. I like my tractors in their work cloths. I even prefer they haven't be pressure or steam cleaned.

paul · Mar 20, 2010

Many people feel like me, a fresh paint job is covering something up....

It's be good if you painted it & used it for a year, so it isn't so 'fresh' looking, but looks real nice and lightly used. Then I'd feel the machine is working, and looks nice - all good.

If I see a machine for sale & it has fresh overspray on the fan belt & no oil or dirt ever on the new paint, I think to myself this tractor sat in the shed for a couple years because it wasn't working well, and the guy threw paint on it without fixing anything to try to move it. Makes me suspicious.

Other people think differently, so you might get them to pay an extra $750 for the pretty paint, I donno? Just saying how I feel, not what will actually work.

--->Paul

Rick(MN) · Mar 20, 2010

It is a 50-50 proposition. I have bought and sold tractors for many years and lost a good many sales due no paint. It really depends on the type of buyer you expect. Like has been said before, a quick once over type job pretty much loses collectors as buyers. That said, there are a lot of people with a few acres wanting a tractor to play with that you just about cant GIVE a tractor without paint. Personally, I dont paint, but could sell a lot more tractors if I did.

rustred · Mar 20, 2010

not unless it ended up looking like the farmall C of bodid1988 in the farmall forum. AND you sure wont make it look like that with 500.00. nothing like original selling to collectors.

rrlund · Mar 20, 2010

Well,I was at the auction in Archbold Ohio quite a few years back and heard two dealers talking. One of'em said there's no bigger sucker for a paint job that a farmer.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 20, 2010

If the paint is just faded, buff it out and give a good wax job. I used to buy older/faded cars (red was my favorite for results). Couple hours and a bottle of scratch out (couple bucks) or polishing compound to get rid of the oxidization and a a good application of cheap paste wax (johnsons or turtle) and they looked like new. Heard you could wipe them down with diesel fuel also, but wouldn't do it just on principal.

Dave

Ray · Mar 20, 2010

Around here about all a 44 will bring is 500 to 900.Not much call for those old tractors.

David G · Mar 20, 2010

Sell it as is, it will cost you more to paint it correctly than you will get. A special will bring more than a 44.

Old Roy · Mar 20, 2010

I used to drive an old tri axle that the paint was faded -- V-190 international , and to make it look better I put a cup of kerosene in its bath water , Always hand washed cab this way .

Just had to do the windshield good with a good glass cleaner amnd use old newspaper to dry windows before using wipers

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