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Topic: Is this the right shade for AC blue?
Posted By: olivetroad
Subject: Is this the right shade for AC blue?
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2017 at 9:17pm
We are lettering a old semi truck we repainted. We thought it would be fun to match it up with the logos from a 1940's Allis Chalmers advertising book. Is this the right shade of blue?






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Posted By: Michael Crowe
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2017 at 10:01pm
David, the idea is great and it looks good but I think the blue was more navy blue; as pictured it looks as if it has too much royal blue in it.

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Posted By: VAfarmboy
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2017 at 10:40pm
Yeah it was a darker blue, almost black.  My neighbor has an old All Crop drill that is all original with the blue decals and they look just like this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Blue-Diamond-6-Decal-NEW-FREE-SHIPPING-/311561861771?hash=item488a88ba8b:m:mT2y8xPhx9xTRLplhHvGX1A" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Blue-Diamond-6-Decal-NEW-FREE-SHIPPING-/311561861771?hash=item488a88ba8b:m:mT2y8xPhx9xTRLplhHvGX1A




Posted By: shameless (ne)
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2017 at 11:04pm
the color blue you have Olive....looks better I think....prolly not the right color, but would look nicer on the truck


Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2017 at 11:21pm
Originally posted by VAfarmboy VAfarmboy wrote:

Yeah it was a darker blue, almost black.  My neighbor has an old All Crop drill that is all original with the blue decals and they look just like this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Blue-Diamond-6-Decal-NEW-FREE-SHIPPING-/311561861771?hash=item488a88ba8b:m:mT2y8xPhx9xTRLplhHvGX1A" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Blue-Diamond-6-Decal-NEW-FREE-SHIPPING-/311561861771?hash=item488a88ba8b:m:mT2y8xPhx9xTRLplhHvGX1A


x2.

Also...olivetroad...I'm a member of the "correct police"....you're missing the hyphen between "Allis" and "Chalmers". Lol


Posted By: JayIN
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 5:19am
Looks perfect to me. Really, really cool! Next time I go to Lake of the Ozarks I will have to stop to see itin person! Kingdom City is where I get off the interstate. Thanks for sharing!

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Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 5:34am
Sure looks very close to me.  Great idea.

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Posted By: olivetroad
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:05am
Originally posted by Michael Crowe Michael Crowe wrote:

David, the idea is great and it looks good but I think the blue was more navy blue; as pictured it looks as if it has too much royal blue in it.



Hi Michael - I'll see if they have a more navy shade - thanks!


Posted By: olivetroad
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:06am
Originally posted by CrestonM CrestonM wrote:


Originally posted by VAfarmboy VAfarmboy wrote:


Yeah it was a darker blue, almost black.  My neighbor has an old All Crop drill that is all original with the blue decals and they look just like this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Blue-Diamond-6-Decal-NEW-FREE-SHIPPING-/311561861771?hash=item488a88ba8b:m:mT2y8xPhx9xTRLplhHvGX1A" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Blue-Diamond-6-Decal-NEW-FREE-SHIPPING-/311561861771?hash=item488a88ba8b:m:mT2y8xPhx9xTRLplhHvGX1A




x2.

Also...olivetroad...I'm a member of the "correct police"....you're missing the hyphen between "Allis" and "Chalmers". Lol


Thanks Creston, I'll have him add that - good catch!


Posted By: Larry in NC
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:11am
This is an original AC sign showing the blue.  Your sign is close.




Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:29am
Yep...ya gotta be careful showing colors on computer screens, cause it may depend on how their screen is adjusted. 

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Posted By: olivetroad
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:38am
Originally posted by JayIN JayIN wrote:

Looks perfect to me. Really, really cool! Next time I go to Lake of the Ozarks I will have to stop to see itin person! Kingdom City is where I get off the interstate. Thanks for sharing!

Stop in any time!  We like visitors - We have lots of old Allis pictures hanging on the walls to look at.


Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:50am
Looks good to me and the original paint is almost impossible to replicate because the original paint was lead paint.


Posted By: olivetroad
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:09am
We had to do something to spruce up this old truck.  We just use it in the fall pulling a hopper bottom between farms and back to the bins.  But now it might haul a tractor to a show or two?

Poor old Paystar, it was ugly even when it was new.  Whoever the former owner was that installed a new crate engine from Cummins in it in 2004 must not have done the math on the economics of paystar resale value!






Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:17am
Originally posted by FloydKS FloydKS wrote:

Yep...ya gotta be careful showing colors on computer screens, cause it may depend on how their screen is adjusted. 
x2! That is a lot of it! 


Posted By: Dan73
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:22am
I am thinking the correct police won't like that international no mater what you do with the decals..... lol. To each his own but I think those IH trucks look better red or white.


Posted By: olivetroad
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:32am
Originally posted by Dan73 Dan73 wrote:

I am thinking the correct police won't like that international no mater what you do with the decals..... lol. To each his own but I think those IH trucks look better red or white.

This is true!

But its mine so its going to be a Allis-Chalmers truck from now on!


Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 9:00am
I think the truck looks awesome!


Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 11:15am
You could always get an Allis Chalmers strip off something like a D15 to replace the IH one.


Posted By: olivetroad
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 12:19pm
Originally posted by Gary Burnett Gary Burnett wrote:

You could always get an Allis Chalmers strip off something like a D15 to replace the IH one.

Thats a good idea, Ill go check our junkyard for the strip....


Posted By: BenGiBoy
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 12:53pm
Or just add the A-C strip under the International one....  
IMHO  (or, ....on my screen) the blue color that you were looking at looks really nice ,even if it isn't quite the original A-C color. 

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Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:05pm
Yea, They might be considered ugly. To me they look like and old, wild bull, ready to tear something up.

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Posted By: Dan73
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:51pm
Originally posted by olivetroad olivetroad wrote:


Originally posted by Dan73 Dan73 wrote:

I am thinking the correct police won't like that international no mater what you do with the decals..... lol. To each his own but I think those IH trucks look better red or white.


This is true!

But its mine so its going to be a Allis-Chalmers truck from now on!

I was just trying to figure out where to put the cream on it. Maybe the grill... but some nice cream highlights would help with the ac look.... I have nothing against what you are doing with it just found the decal color question funny.


Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:12pm
Don't know if the colour is correct but it looks awesome. So does the old paystar!!!! LOL. That truck with the Cummins will last forever unlike the new stuff that runs 2 days and then spends 2 weeks in shop. And 1 visit to shop will cost more than that complete truck. You will look good coming to shows etc. And everyone will recognize you a mile away. :-)  
And like Creston said don't forget the hyphen. LOL.


Posted By: olivetroad
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 9:58pm
Originally posted by Dan73 Dan73 wrote:

Originally posted by olivetroad olivetroad wrote:


Originally posted by Dan73 Dan73 wrote:

I am thinking the correct police won't like that international no mater what you do with the decals..... lol. To each his own but I think those IH trucks look better red or white.


This is true!

But its mine so its going to be a Allis-Chalmers truck from now on!

I was just trying to figure out where to put the cream on it. Maybe the grill... but some nice cream highlights would help with the ac look.... I have nothing against what you are doing with it just found the decal color question funny.



We actually originally painted the wheels/hubs cream and it really looked bad. For some reason, it just didn't look right. I'm wondering now about painting the grill blue to match the letters? Or cream pinstripes?


Posted By: Dan73
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 10:10pm
I am not surprised the wheels looked wrong cream. It would be kind of wimpy on a tuff truck. I tried to picture the fenders cream but can't see it working. I like the pin striping idea and maybe the black outline around the grill. The grill looks big to be cream bit then I thought that on my d15 until after I got it painted and liked it. The grill only behind the black in cream might look good sort of like the black bars on some of the d serries.



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