The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Sounds like you should get her a bike Andy

Many thanks for the guidance , need to strip off old hand paint if im to get any result with this one!, think I will see the chap down the road who does blasting, by the way Rick on the subject of some of the older folk pushing bikes around Dads friend Ben was always seen to be pushing his old bike ...

Likewise, although not always with Tractol, absolute cleanliness (Ihave used Hammerite Kurust where blast cleaning not an option, then primer) and grease / oil removal is more important, I always spoil it due to impatience and either too thick a coat or not enough time between coats

Used Red Oxide myself with good results and have also used grey primer again with good results.

Hi, purchased some Tractol Empire blue enamel paint, temped to use a standard red oxide primer , thinned as nec for spray application, has ...

... the sound of a Johnny Popper (or Field Marshall) in harness that old Blue can't quite cut. I've been busy chasing rustholes around my broken mudguard ... up on keeping the linseeded off farm finish in favour of primer and Empire Blue to preserve, it'll fade nicely over the next 60 years - also ...

... Ransomes TS59 J a lick of paint. I bought a 1 litre can of Ransomes blue and it looks suspiciously like Fordson Empire blue which I already have 5 litres of.

... the paint for Fords and will still mix it from their old records. The blue was not Empire Blue either on the New Performance tractors and again, it was not the same blue that ...

... comment on the colours? I'm still confused about the right shades of blue and grey. I resprayed my wheels to preserve them, but I'm pretty sure ... of the tractor in the ad also has me wondering about what a new coat of Empire blue looks like. You'll notice that I have bonnet and nose cowl from ...

... endless posts on grill colours. :curse: :run: ) The Major was totally Empire Blue on EVERYTHING, hoses, exhaust, wiring, fanbelt and in the early days, grills! They were ...

November 1959 Power Major with Fordson Major wheels.

Colour should be Empire Blue with Orange Wheels. Silver grills.

... the original suppliers no longer exist. If you go to New Holland the blue they sell is a mix of old and new that is nowhere close to the original, and none of the empire blue I have found over here in the US is close ether. A few years ago I took some ...

... Does anyone here think that the farmer was worried that his shade of Empire Blue was 1/10th different than his neighbors??? They were thinking about getting the job at ...

... Does anyone here think that the farmer was worried that his shade of Empire Blue was 1/10th different than his neighbors??? They were thinking about getting the job at ...

... handy right now but will get the color and number if you need it. The blue is there genuine Blue (Acrylic Type) 63/00 year as well if that helps ... get on a match to the original for this tractor model as painted here. Empire blue is not around, and ford dealers have no clue what it is when ...

... that the paint used on NP Fordsons was slighly lighter in colour that Empire Blue, in reality I haven't found anything else other than empire blue for this. Colour differed ...

it is not empire blue but ford blue, the new performance was painted :D Their selling fordson grey at agralines and the empire ...

... of £1000 inc vat IIRC, including phosphate, priming and painting in Empire Blue. Not cheap, but my tractor was in v poor condition and it's a skilled job, and it helps ...

... rear lights which might suit very well with the application of some Empire Blue!. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8344/8207205859_ee7a2fc7cb_z.jpg DSCF0003 by CraigWales ...

... wheel), and at some time has been hand painted (except the bonnet) in a blue somewhat darker than Empire Blue. Since getting the tractor I have refinished the rusty bits and the front radiator ...

hi, one paint solution i know is to use FORD-4000 blue paint as this is darker than empire blue. this might be one option of colour to use ?

Could anyone tell me what the correct shades of blue and grey are for a New Performance Super Major? I believe the blue was slightly different from the Empire blue used on previous models.

Any idea who stocks these paints?

Many thanks

Adrian

The last of the Super Majors from 1963 were painted Super Major Blue, not Empire Blue and had grey wheels and grey wings. They had increased the HP to 54.5 and changed ...

... 1953 Major Diesel now has a refurbished seat painted the right shade of Empire Blue and identified as the "de luxe" seat option, which has a plain rubber pad, easily renewed ...

I've started using T&R Williamson empire blue, get a good finish with it, slightly deeper than agrilines empire blue.

Kev