JD Industrial Paint

[fryguy]

Does anyone know if the yellow paint used on the JD Industrial tractors is the same JD yellow paint that is available today? Same shade or different?

[Lavoy]

From Deere there are two different shades, one before 198?, and one after. The one for before seems to be right, but if you look at pictures of the old industrial tractors, they seem more "yellow" to me. I have heard of guys using "Cat" yellow on them.
Lavoy

[fryguy]

Lavoy
This tractor was a Navy tractor, a 1956 420W and was repainted JD green prior to 1969. It is somewhat difficult to tell the shade because of age, and because there is JD green, on top of JD inductrial yellow, on top of JD yellow undercoat. I will try to match when I restore it. I use this tractor almost weekly in the spring to fall for mowing.

fryguy