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olivetroad 
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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: 07 Mar 2017 at 10:01pm |
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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: 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
Edited by VAfarmboy - 07 Mar 2017 at 10:41pm
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Posted: 07 Mar 2017 at 11:04pm |
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the color blue you have Olive....looks better I think....prolly not the right color, but would look nicer on the truck
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Posted: 07 Mar 2017 at 11:21pm |
x2.
Also...olivetroad...I'm a member of the "correct police"....you're missing the hyphen between "Allis" and "Chalmers". Lol
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 5:19am |
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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: 08 Mar 2017 at 5:34am |
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Sure looks very close to me. Great idea.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:05am |
 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!
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:06am |
CrestonM wrote:
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!
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:11am |
This is an original AC sign showing the blue. Your sign is close.
Edited by Larry in NC - 08 Mar 2017 at 6:25am
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:29am |
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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: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:38am |
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.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:50am |
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Looks good to me and the original paint is almost impossible to replicate because the original paint was lead paint.
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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!
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:17am |
FloydKS wrote:
Yep...ya gotta be careful showing colors on computer screens, cause it may depend on how their screen is adjusted.
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x2! That is a lot of it!
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:22am |
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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.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:32am |
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!
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 9:00am |
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I think the truck looks awesome!
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 11:15am |
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You could always get an Allis Chalmers strip off something like a D15 to replace the IH one.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 12:19pm |
Gary Burnett wrote:
You could always get an Allis Chalmers strip off something like a D15 to replace the IH one.
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Thats a good idea, Ill go check our junkyard for the strip....
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 12:53pm |
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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: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:05pm |
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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: 08 Mar 2017 at 7:51pm |
olivetroad wrote:
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. 
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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.
Edited by Ed (Ont) - 08 Mar 2017 at 8:14pm
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 9:58pm |
Dan73 wrote:
olivetroad wrote:
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?
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 10:10pm |
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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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