1950 White Demonstrator Farmall CUB | CubOlina Cubfest

This is a near perfect example of a 1950 White Demonstrator Farmall Cub . International Harvester used a lot of advertising campaigns to sell their tractors to the public, but one of the most talked about in the collector community is the Mid-Century White Farmall Demonstrator Tractor campaign. There is no known documentation on which specific tractors were painted white.
The "Mid-Century Sales Promotion" were made in the first three months during 1950. For this campaign demonstration tractors were painted white instead of the usual Harvester Red color. IH hoped that the white tractors would stand out, and draw customers into dealerships. The slogan was to paint them White stay in the Black and sell them RED.

[@louismitchell1982]

Very informative, I learned a lot about demos. Thank you 👍

[@CarlHargreavesRustyRelicsUK]

Interesting. I enjoyed that video. Thanks 👍🏻

[@doubleafarm]

Great video! Very informative on the demonstrator. Love the white Farmalls.

[@farmall51]

@@doubleafarm thanks

[@jessecrabtree7953]

After watching this I had to check out my 1950 cub tractor I purchased for a parts tractor. It was made in November. I hate to use it for a parts tractor... it fires right up and runs strong. I'm restoring my dad's 1949 tractor and could some minor parts. I saw this beauty in Sanford last week. Good gracious was it hot that day. lol

[@farmall51]

@@jessecrabtree7953 it was cold compared to Denton Saturday 😆

[@kennethmoles4643]

I have a '50 that I was hoping was a former Demo, but it didn't fit in the serial number range. Just bought some more parts for it Friday. Hoping to have it serviceable for next year.

[@farmall51]

@@kennethmoles4643 yeah it was just those numbers that fell into January through March of 50. There was some that were red in between but not many that I'm aware of.

[@nickblanton1127]

Good looking cub. Are y’all going to be at the tobacco farm life museum this year?

[@farmall51]

@@nickblanton1127 we haven't scheduled a time yet but looking for sometime in the fall.

[@nickblanton1127]

@@farmall51 sound good let me know if y’all when y’all do.

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Great video Matt! Have you ever seen a Farmall MCH?

[@farmall51]

@@MarkWYoung-ky4uc it's a neat little piece of history that not many people know about. It was a important time in IH history. They were trying new things and seeing what worked.

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

@@farmall51 They had one at Denton this year, the first I ever saw.

[@brycewiborg8095]

I heard somewhere that certain models of the Super C came white ?

[@farmall51]

@@brycewiborg8095 as a promotional thing for the fast Hitch they painted the entire fast Hitch white but this wasn't wide spread or on a big number of tractors.

[@johndeere8429]

Ive got cub demonstrator #99959

[@farmall51]

@@johndeere8429 yes that is in the range

[@johndeere8429]

I was debating on restoring mine but have decided to leave it original with the original white paint showing.

[@farmall51]

@@johndeere8429 Yes that will probably be the best . Its only Original once and once you restore it that's it . I've seen people clear coat it and that's a good way preserve it .