Super 55 before and........during

rrlund · Aug 21, 2013

I got the wheels and grille painted on the wife's Super 55. I'll get around to painting the rest of it eventually. I know,the center grille strip is supposed to be green,but on the red wheeled "Improved Super",I just think red looks better and I'm the one who has to look at it. I hope I got the yellow about right. I had a quart of Deere yellow. I started adding Oliver red wheel paint and stirring it in until it didn't look like deer urine anymore.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 21, 2013

looks good Randy. What year is it? Looks like the quivilent to neighbors MF 65.

rrlund · Aug 21, 2013

It's a 1957.

James Howell · Aug 21, 2013

Nice looking tractor; good work.

Especially like the color of the grill.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

Royse · Aug 21, 2013

Looks good to me!

counterclockwise · Aug 21, 2013

I like the formula for the yellow paint!

641Dave · Aug 21, 2013

Purdy!

MI AC Parsons · Aug 21, 2013

rrlund, I think you are in MI, how does your open shed work for you? Does it face east? Thinkin' about building one for haybine, rake, and disk, but very low...maybe 6' open side facing east because of prevailing west wind.

MI AC Parsons · Aug 21, 2013

sorry, meant to comment on how I liked the red center, great ongoing paint job.

rrlund · Aug 21, 2013

That's open to the south for cattle. I've got two like that. The sun shines in it in the winter and it shades them when the sun is higher in the summer.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 21, 2013

They had a restored 1962 Oliver 550 at the Hart-Parr show up for raffle. I was really hoping to win that - and I would have kept it and put it to work.

RayP(MI) · Aug 21, 2013

Gonna show her at Blanchard this weekend?

Rick Kr · Aug 21, 2013

Looking great. Besides painting the rims, did you change the rear tires, tread pattern looks a little different?

Rick

rrlund · Aug 22, 2013

I changed one. The darned thing started to bulge out at the rim and the wires in the bead were rusted away. Lucky it didn't blow.

rrlund · Aug 22, 2013

No. Maybe when I get the rest of the paint on it.

Tequila · Aug 22, 2013

Good looking 55, I restored a 550 and really like it. Oliver put out some good equipment. It runs my 7 ft. Brush hog just fine, and much more maneuverable than my Ford 4000. Does the Super 55 have the duel range trans.??

J.Wondergem · Aug 22, 2013

Wow Randy, that's makes her perk up. Looks good to me. I think you should bring her up to Blanchard. I think there are more than me that like to look at tractors that aren't finished. I like the ones in there work clothes, and the ones drug out of the fence row. Always something different to look at that way.
Also MI AC Parsons asked about an open faced shed. Mine faces East and it catches all the East wind with snow and rain. I think on facing South would be better, like Randy's.

J.Wondergem · Aug 22, 2013

Randy, I'll come by the thrasher to see if your there Friday.
RayP(MI) are you going to be there Friday. If so I'll look for ya. Probably be wearing my straw cowboy hat, it's supposed to be sunny.

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