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Hey Guys, on my 1957 Major Diesel what colour should the front grilles be and the exhaust? I've seen models with blue grilles, silver grilles and orange grilles. As for exhaust should this be silver or blue?

Please Help

Oh boy oh boy,

Here we go again

Everything was bleu. Including the grill and exhaust. Problem is the bleu exhaust will loose its paint rapidly.
I use heat resistance paint silver.

Thanks Henk, just wasn't 100% sure. The orange grilles look better but better stick with the original.

so only from the power major was the grilles in silver??

sandy

And Supers.

I wonder if some of the dealers didn't look at the ad with the orange grills, and go out and paint them orange to make them look like the ad, and make it stand out better. Anything to get something sold. The customer is always right. What do you fellows think? Or am I just spreading manure ... ... Dandy Dave!

Here is a link to an ebay item. It would seem that no one was to sure back then.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fordson-Major-Tra ... 25592f9746

My Father-In-Law can remember his grandfather had a brand new Major D iesel in 1957 and the grilles and exhaust were blue and his uncle got either a power or super major which had orange grilles.

Looking through magazines etc, it would seem that many restorers paint grilles orange as it loos better but I'll be painting mine blue.

Hi Craig im not too far across the watter from you.

You certainly aren't

Whereabouts in Ayrshire are you?

Live in Skelmorlie but from Gods Country(Rothesay) originally.

Never heard it called God's Country before

So who are you?

orange grilles are wrong. simple as........

sandy

I agree with Sandy orange grills are wrong....better silver or blue.Im Craig Douglas originally from Port Bannatyne many moons ago and im the proud owner of 2 6 cylinder Super Majors...1 of which is for sale.