Rare Farmall C Painted White

Rare Farmall C Painted White TRACTORS Miscellaneous 28-6-19 "The white color really makes it stand out," says Fred Vergin, Loretto, Minn., about his rare 1950 Farmall C "demonstrator" tractor. He displayed it at the recent Albany, Minn., Pioneer Power Days show. "There are a few similar white colored Farmall C's around, but not many," says Vergin. "IH only made the white Farmalls, Cubs, and Super A's for a couple months in 1950. Worldwide, about 4,000 Farmall C's were painted white, It was part of a sales promotion in which they gave one tractor to each dealer for use as a demonstrator. After the sales promotion was over, the dealers were supposed to paint the tractors red and sell them. However, the red paint often didn't stay on very well and partially rubbed off, so the white color would show through." Vergin bought his demonstrator six years ago. "It had been painted over red, but the white color showed through in several places and parts of the tractor never did get painted red. The owner I bought it from didn't find the fenders until two years after I bought it, so I mounted red fenders off a conventional Farmall C which actually makes the tractor look better. At shows I display the original fenders by laying them up against the front wheel," he notes. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Fred Vergin, 23795 County Road 10, Loretto, Minn. 55357 (ph 763 498-8852).

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