John deere green color code serial number#
John deere green color code series#

They are referred to today by collectors as the Patio series. The marketing people at Horicon felt that not everyone wanted a green and yellow garden tractor.

John deere green color code series#

(My personal feeling is that they saw the business they were losing to their competitors.) The 1969 model of the custom color series was painted entirely Dogwood White except for the hood and seat. I seem to recall that 'John Deere Green' is a custom spot color (Just like 'Coca Cola Red') so all you will ever do is get 'close. The customer would choose a color from Patio Red, Sunset Orange, Spruce Blue or April Yellow. The dealer would then attach the hood and seat in the color they had selected.ĭeere quickly found that painting the entire body Dogwood White was not practical for several reasons. For one, it required a separate paint line to do all the parts in the Patio line and for another, the white engines tended to stain and discolor. When the 1970 model was released, several parts–including the engine, fuel tank and mower attachments linkages ( but not the air cleaner cover on the 140)– were painted black. On the 1969 models, there is no distinction in the type codes to indicate which units were green and which were custom color. In 1970, they began giving the custom color tractors a different type number so they could be easily identified. Sales of the custom color tractors were poor and Deere ended production after the 1971 line.

Company officials realized that the guys who bleed green and buy John Deere were not interested in a red, blue, yellow or orange garden tractor. Many dealers had to paint their remaining units green to even sell them.

John deere green color code serial number#

JOHN DEERE GREEN PAINT CODE PPG SERIAL NUMBERĬheck your serial number to see what your model originally was! Often during a restoration today, collectors will discover there is white paint under the green on their 1971 (or even 1970) garden tractor. The most common question I get about the Patios is, “Where can I get an original seat?” The answer is, ”That’s a GOOD question!” They rarely show up on Ebay anymore. Occasionally, someone tells me they find one or two NOS (new old stock) in a dusty back corner at a dealership. Sometimes a dealer or former employee will have used a set of the four seats as bar stools, but even those are disappearing as word of the hobby spreads. To my knowledge, no one (including HAPCO) is currently manufacturing replacements. If you DO find one, don’t expect to get it cheap. They are usually the priciest part of the restoration! Check the classifieds in Green Magazine or LGT News. We rarely get ads for a NOS Patio seat, but sometimes see good, used ones come up for sale or trade. If the seat you do have is in fairly good condition, you might be able to paint it, dye it or have it recovered. The second question I get is, “How can I tell a yellow Patio seat from a regular yellow seat?” The answer to that one is easy. The Patio line seats had a very distinctive texture on the seat base or back side of the seat. JOHN DEERE GREEN PAINT CODE PPG SERIAL NUMBER.