155 Restoration - Paint - Decals

The Desert Sunset paint is still available at your local Case/IH dealer and some Case/New Holland dealers. Case has discontinued offering Flambeau paint.

Van Sickle produces good quality paint and can supply you with the Flambeau if you are doing a true restoration and want to be accurate with the paint. However, Power Red is very close in tone to the Flambeau and stands up to the environment much better. Power Red can be bought from the Case dealers. Use the hardener that Case supplies.

Decals are availabe from Tony Giletto
Maple-Hunter Lawn & Garden Tractor Decals
P.O. Box 9891
College Station, TX 77842
Phone & Fax: 979-693-3619
www.pullmapa.com/maplehunter_lawn_.htm

Thanks for the quick response.

Some of the info I have read said that Flambeau Red was known for fading, I didn't know if maybe some of the aftermarket paints had corrected this problem or not.

I'm hoping to get all of the sunset parts painted, I"ll stop by the local Case dealer later this week.

My dad is helping me restore this tractor and he wants to do a quick restore to it (leave the motor in it, paint what you can see) , however I'm more particular and want to take it down to the frame and do it the right way. We'll see who is more stubborn.

cudakid67 said:

Thanks for the quick response.

Some of the info I have read said that Flambeau Red was known for fading, I didn't know if maybe some of the aftermarket paints had corrected this problem or not.

I'm hoping to get all of the sunset parts painted, I"ll stop by the local Case dealer later this week.

My dad is helping me restore this tractor and he wants to do a quick restore to it (leave the motor in it, paint what you can see) , however I'm more particular and want to take it down to the frame and do it the right way. We'll see who is more stubborn.

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Tell you dad that if something is worth doing, then it's worth doing right.

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Case isn't a paint manufacturer. They allow companies to bid on supplying paint to them in drums, gallons, quarts and rattle cans under the Case brand. Case controls the design of the labels and the paint is made to a certain spec. I don't know if Case has used different paint manufacturers over the years but when you consider that Flambeau Red was used from 1939 to 1969 and Power Red and Power White has been in use since 1970 to the present, it's certainly a reasonable assumption.

However, the final paint colour has to be very exact. A friend of mine has a sign shop and was doing some work for Coca -Cola. He had to submit finished samples of his work to them prior to getting final approval. Coke made sure that the red was THEIR red and that everything else was true to form. Many companies have trademarked every aspect of their brand, including the colour/s used in their logos.

Can you imagine what customers would say if John Deere tractors began showing up at the dealers painted a green that was several shades lighter than the traditional Deere green?

So to answer your question, OEM is OEM because the OEM's are very fussy about what's supplied to them.

I did find the desert sunset marked case but the flambeau red was paint bought at TSC looks ok now I hope it lasts.

The 155 has the 12" rear rims as opposed to the 16" rear rims of the 195. Pretty hard to miss that difference in overall wheel height. As for engines, both used Kohlers with the start/gen. Only difference.... 10 horse in the 155 and 12 in the 195.

Another striking difference is the rear fenders. The 155's are flat top but the 195's are flared on a 45... top and sides.

Here's a shot of a 195



and here's a photo of a 155




Can you tell the difference? :bannana: