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CATERPILLAR COLORBy Dan SteinhoffNew Ashford, Massachusetts 01237 Every time a group of old Cat skinners get together, the color of old Caterpillar tractors becomes a topic of serious discussion. I have also received several letters inquiring about the color of early Holt and Best tractors. Contrary to the belief of the young fellows, Caterpillars were not always painted what is now known as "Caterpillar Yellow." In my short sketch of Caterpillar history I stated Caterpillar went to the now-famous yellow in 1933. Caterpillar of Peoria reviewed this and stated it was about this time although there was some plus or minus variation of this date, also from my own experience and memory, this is about right. First, all the old Holt Caterpillars were painted grey. I would like to back track here and bring in the fact that Holt registered Caterpillar as their trade name in 1910. No other... 813 of 3450 characters shown.
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