nashmach Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 That is exactly it - there was no New Holland 7840 with white roofs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 very nice mate marcus i have seen a white topped 7840 badged nh down here,used by the local water board contractors,will try and get a pic for you Ours is badged Ford (M reg) must be a bit newer than that then Sean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 That is exactly it - there was no New Holland 7840 with white roofs. Yes there is/was I have seen them for sure. I'll get a pics to show u next time i see her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 ya im not sure about it either, i think there mite have been some too, theres a guy near me who had a 7840 and im pretty certain it had ford new holland written on it, they have since painted it though the blue colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Very nice, Very tasteful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 In theory there was no nh with white roofs but the roofs on them were fairly easy to breakages and cracks so I suppose a lot of replacments were just gotten off earlier examples in breakers yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 ACTUALLY IN THEORY THERE WERE NO NH AS THEY REALLY WERE FORDS BOUGHT BY NH SO THE DESIGN WAS FORD NOT NH RANT OVER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Not quiet true as NH had bought Ford about 1989 so the 40's had a few years being developed under NH's wing before they were introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 BUT THEY HAD FORDBADGES AS NH HADN'T GAINED FULL CONTROL YET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 well i saw a white topped nh 7840 today,like i said used by the local water board contractors,nemt to get a pic but the traffic lights changed and she had moved by the time i got back,but down there agin tommorrow,so camera will be on and ready this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 muhahahaha ha ha,,, ha ha ha flower star u are amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 i spose another therory could be that when NH cane in on the scene , all the parts were used up before the blue foof was released , you can find examples of this with david brown into case & case into case-international many of the early case tractors were sporting the old DB orange chassis when they should have been black & many case-ih had been released with the new red & black colour scheme , but were sporting the older case decals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 DO U WANT A GLASS OF WATER NOW?? THAT MUSTA TOOK SOME EFFORT?? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 what makes you say that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 i spose another therory could be that when NH cane in on the scene , all the parts were used up before the blue foof was released , you can find examples of this with david brown into case & case into case-international many of the early case tractors were sporting the old DB orange chassis when they should have been black & many case-ih had been released with the new red & black colour scheme , but were sporting the older case decals vica VERSA aswell marcusmore people would respray there magpie cases to CASEIH colours and just not bother to change the decals to see if they could earn an extra buck or two the second pic is awfull tell its before a case varsion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNHIR Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 ACTUALLY IN THEORY THERE WERE NO NH AS THEY REALLY WERE FORDS BOUGHT BY NH SO THE DESIGN WAS FORD NOT NH RANT OVER! Not quiet true as NH had bought Ford about 1989 so the 40's had a few years being developed under NH's wing before they were introduced. The Ford Motor Company bought New Holland from Sperry in 1987, and then the tractor operations of Ford was bought by Fiat in 1990. When the Fiat and Ford tractor lines were merged it was decided to put the New Holland name on them. This was the first ever instance of a tractor being badged as a New Holland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Someone has been reading Stuart Gibbard's book lately Wish that was the only books I had to study at college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNHIR Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Someone has been reading Stuart Gibbard's book lately Wish that was the only books I had to study at college. Haven't read it in a while actually, my brother took the two of them (parts 1 & 2) into school because there's some read-a-thon going on and everybody had to bring in three books (the third one was Fever Pitch). I'm hoping to do my Final Year Project next year on the legal implications of the CIH/NH merger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 The Ford Motor Company bought New Holland from Sperry in 1987, and then the tractor operations of Ford was bought by Fiat in 1990. When the Fiat and Ford tractor lines were merged it was decided to put the New Holland name on them. This was the first ever instance of a tractor being badged as a New Holland STOP SPOILING MY FUN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 muhahahaha ha ha,,, ha ha ha flower star u are amazing Thanks Ricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 [the second pic is awfull tell its before a case varsion that second pic is simply vulgar, thats not even a case , it's a pre 1982 david brown 1490, the man needs a slow hanging . having said that a neighbour bought a DB 1490 4wd that had been resprayed in the red CASE -IH colours it was done to a professional finish , but it was still a 1490 at the end of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Like the detail Richo - the grab rails with lights look very nice and can I see a rear window frame aswell? You ought to paint the foot throttle orange though. As Sparrowlegs said, he made me one too which has a different floor plan and he took the plastic cover off the front wieghts too. As everyone else has said NH 7840's came out in 96. On an M plate she should be stickered up as a Ford really but this doesn't take away from the nice little details you have added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 The 40 series originally came out in 1991, with Ford oval on front of bonnet, Ford decals, blue chassis and white cab roof. In 1994-ish, the cab changed to blue, chassis to grey and the Ford oval to the NH leaf, but the Ford decals remained until about early 1996, when they were replaced by New Holland ones, with Ford being written in small letters under the number yep, our 7740's were made late'94 with all blue, with grey chassis(Fiat 4wd front axle) and were the last fords down the bonnet sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richo Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 Like the detail Richo - the grab rails with lights look very nice and can I see a rear window frame aswell? You ought to paint the foot throttle orange though. As Sparrowlegs said, he made me one too which has a different floor plan and he took the plastic cover off the front wieghts too. As everyone else has said NH 7840's came out in 96. On an M plate she should be stickered up as a Ford really but this doesn't take away from the nice little details you have added. Yes there is a rear window frame made out of brass rod. Have just removed the cover from the front weights and need to paint the weights underneath now but it looks much better. Am also going to try to make some ford decals to correct the tractor. If i can't manage to make decent looking decals is there anyone who would make some for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I think Dave Towse should already have decals for that tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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