Magnum Repaint

[VortecZ]

Thought I would share my latest project.  Just did a relatively quick repaint on my Case IH Magnum 7230.

 

This pic was taken just this past fall during harvest.  Very typical fading from setting out in the sun most of it's life.

 

[VortecZ]

And here is what it looks like now:

 

[VortecZ]

Getting new front tires today and whenever the weather cooperates, I'll take some good pics outside.

 

I tried a new-to-me paint this time.  Southern Polyurethane Inc..  I used their clear coat on a tractor I painted for a neighbor and really liked it.  They don't sell very many base coat colors at all but their "dark red" is a close to perfect match for the later model Internationals.  I was very impressed with it and plan to continue to use it.  It is a quarter of the price of the good stuff at my PPG dealer.

 

[Hydro70]

WOW Great job on that paint, it looks like it just rolled off the assembly line

[Delta88]

Did you put a cab kit in it as well? Looks great.

[Mountain Heritage]

On 1/17/2020 at 1:28 PM, VortecZ said:

And here is what it looks like now:

 

That's SWEET!

[sugarmaker]

MH,

Very nice! Its not the "old 7230" anymore!

Thanks for the tips on the paint and the nice pictures too. It looks like new!

 Regards,

 Chris

[VortecZ]

On 1/18/2020 at 5:11 PM, Delta88 said:

Did you put a cab kit in it as well? Looks great.

No, the parts you get in a cab kit have held up remarkably well.  It is kind of odd how good those panels look but I did have to replace three pieces of console.  It was almost $1k for those parts from Case IH but I did it anyway.  I was afraid junk yard parts would be brittle like mine were.  I am not very pleased about the colors of those new parts though.  I don't have any good pics but the shades of gray didn't match each other or the other originals.  So now I have several shades of gray but at least there are no more cracks.

I recovered the seat in red faux leather several years ago and made a little buddy seat for it several years ago.  I'm thinking about having it professionally done with real leather next time.

 

[VortecZ]

I also want to give everyone a warning out there about the Case IH decals.  They must be changing suppliers or something but my decals on the left and right don't match.  Both sides look good and everyone says you can't see both sides at the same time but some of us are very picky.  Look at the photos and see the difference in the silver/black fade.  The LH side fades exactly the same as my brother's all original 7220 so I'm sure that is the "correct" side.  The RH side is wrong.  These were both ordered at the local dealer and came in sealed CNH boxes so I don't think there is anything fishy with it.  Also the quality of both were the same and very good.

One more thing, if you look really close at the corners by the headlight, you can see the RH side is rounded and the LH is cut square and sharp.

I noticed the corners before I put them on but wasn't worried about it.  I didn't notice the fade difference until it was too late.

It's annoying to me.  I haven't decided if it bothers me enough to go very far with my complaint but thought you all should be aware.

I guess it serves me right for putting the wrong for my serial number "CASE IH" decals on instead of the "CASE INTERNATIONAL" like it is supposed to have.  Mine is a 1995 and they switched logos in 1996.

[806Jordy]

Thats a beautiful tractor and a very clean and Tidy Shop!

 

[VortecZ]

Finally got a decent sunny day to get the Magnum outside for some more pictures!

 

[WisIHCFarmer]

Looks great ? do you have any more pics of the buddy seat?

[VortecZ]

It's just a very simple bracket welded up and bolts in using two of the existing seat bolts.  The seat itself is just a board with a foam pad on it.  It gave me a nice place to add a drink holder too.

 

[B.B.]

I'll drop my 7130 off for the same treatment!  

 

Looks great! as does your 14!    Aren't you the one that weighted down that poor 55 gallon barrel painting weights? 

[VortecZ]

On 2/24/2020 at 2:20 PM, B.B. said:

Looks great! as does your 14!    Aren't you the one that weighted down that poor 55 gallon barrel painting weights? 

Thanks!    ...and yeah that was me.

[INTERNATIONAL 1466]

Looks really nice! I am with you on the decals. Would drive me crazy too, my boys would say "yep, Dad is going to do it over". No such thing as too picky when it comes to tractors, sigh......... close to perfect just has to do sometimes.

[IHplowboy]

Nice work.

[m.c.farmerboy]

nice paint job, looks better than factory 99% of a paint job is in the prep work, you did a fine job

[Farmallguy766]

On 2/24/2020 at 8:21 AM, VortecZ said:

Finally got a decent sunny day to get the Magnum outside for some more pictures!

 

then are some damn nice lookin ol girls

 

[from H to 80]

Had our 7240 repainted this winter I ordered the decals out of England and they look great ,we did the same thing with the case ih I just like the looks of those decals better

[Rick G.]

It's beautiful. You can be very proud. I wouldn't worry about the decals side to side.

There was a time when I got ridiculed for the Black Stripe decals being crooked on my restored 1466, and at first I was upset about it, and was I going to re-do them, but I never got around to it before I sold it. In retrospect now I guess it wasn't that big a deal. Most people didn't even notice it, including me, until it was brought to my attention. No one will notice  the fade pattern from side to side on your MAGNUM decals unless you point it out.

I love your 7230 in 2WD. I used to have a 7220 2WD.

[IH Mauler]

Hey what’s with red seat? You buy a leather one or have redone?

[Col Chuck]

VERY NICE PAINT JOB. Wish I lived closer I have a couple older ones I'd like to get repainted. 

[VortecZ]

On 1/6/2021 at 2:05 AM, IH Mauler said:

Hey what’s with red seat? You buy a leather one or have redone?

Just recovered the original seat in red vinyl.  I like it better than cloth but next time I do one, I'll probably try perforated vinyl just so it breathes a little more.

 

[IH FARMS]

Very nice. Good job.