New Idea hay loader colors

mile0001 · Jun 26, 2010

I'm looking to restore an old New Idea hay loader that currently is in just one color (rust), and I"m trying to find out what colors it would have had originally. And which parts are which colors. This is going to be a restoration project with my father in law who used to use it.

I've heard that Oliver green is pretty close to New Idea green? And I'm guessing it might have had orange and light grey/off white as well?

Any info or photos would be great.

thanks all.

andrew

JD Seller · Jun 26, 2010

Oliver green with a dash of blue to darken it just a little. That is what I did when painting a New Idea pull type picker. The orange I used was an Allis Chalmers with a little extra black to darken it up. The New Idea colors that I found where not quite right so I mixed then to match. I had some original sheet metal to use as a guide.

New Idea hay loader colors

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