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Posted by PurdueAg on August 10, 2006 at 09:44:59 from (198.109.220.6):
I posted this on the Implement Alley, but this forum gets a little more traffic, so I thought I'd post here as well. I am restoring a little genius No 8, 2-14, plow on steel. When I got it, it was all rust brown and has been out in the elements for decades. I have it entirely disassembled now, removing rust and dirt and grease. I am aware of decision no. 31 of the piant committee in 1927, which says the plow is red, white, and blue. And according to Wendel's book (150 yrs of IH), they began production in 1928. It seems then that ALL little genius's would have been painted red, white, and blue. Problem is that I keep finding what looks like factory-original red paint in the most remote places of my plow that are supposed to be blue. For instance, the power-lift mechanism, deep inside, and under all the bolts associated with it and the axil, are coming up red. The wheels are too rusted to see what color they were, and I haven't taken apart the hitch yet, so I don't know what I'll find there. I can't imagine somebody would have restored this so thoroughly in the past -- what would have been decades ago, to completely disassemble and sand down to the metal and paint the thing all red. I also find it hard to believe someone would have special ordered a plow that deviated from the set color scheme. Has anybody heard of a factory produced / painted Little Genius that was NOT red, white, and (especially) blue? The number on the plow is P.O.12572. Thanks, Tony
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