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Matthew,
I don't know. I didn't pay much attention to the colors, in part maybe because of the coating of red dust over much of it. But looking at it again and remembering photos of other machines of similar vintage, I think the thing was repainted at least once in its lifetime. Look at the right edge of the nameplate. At the factory, the bed would have been painted before the nameplate was attached. And there is light gray paint on the plate. AFAIK, based on "before" photos of a lot of machines, the original color before about 1958 would have been dark machinery gray. The light machinery gray seems to turn up on the 12" so-called Commercial machines, like mine from 1980. But your belt cover is lighter than mine.
Robert D.
I don't know. I didn't pay much attention to the colors, in part maybe because of the coating of red dust over much of it. But looking at it again and remembering photos of other machines of similar vintage, I think the thing was repainted at least once in its lifetime. Look at the right edge of the nameplate. At the factory, the bed would have been painted before the nameplate was attached. And there is light gray paint on the plate. AFAIK, based on "before" photos of a lot of machines, the original color before about 1958 would have been dark machinery gray. The light machinery gray seems to turn up on the 12" so-called Commercial machines, like mine from 1980. But your belt cover is lighter than mine.
Robert D.
