alymcleod

It does look a very similar colour to the olive drab on a 1944 GPW rear axle that I am restoring.

 

Regards

John

Hi John,

Strangely enough I just rubbed through several layers of paint on the bonnet and the bottom coat next to the redox' is this colour too.

Unfortunately after reassembling the jeep, I filled the tank and some petrol slopped over the week old paint and it reacted with it - wrinkles all over :mad:

Did you give the paint a really good mix? The heavy pigment can settle in the can but matching olive drab is near impossible as everyone has their own opinion as to what is correct. Paint fades over time aswell as I'm finding with my dodge as I have the paint we used 5 years ago and the 'newly applied' paint is much greener than the 5 year old weathered paint.

 

Steve

Hi Steve, thanks for that. I did give the paint a good stir

Hi chaps,

Just opened a tin of what I was sold as "WW2 Light Olive Drab" from a major supplier. To me it looks like light green rather than Olive Drab. Have I been sold the wrong paint? New tank strap, old body paint and freshly painted "Light Olive Drab" ???

Just dug this out from storage. dad brought it back from Hamburg about 1949. Most likely made up from gerry aeroplanes, smelted down, cast and tastefully machined into a Jeep ! Love the sticker inside "Made in Germany - U.S. Zone".

Thanks - its obviously a bit of a Heinz. That all checks out, MB chassis, GPW bodied at some time

:undecided: Anybody coma across this before? I have just bought a Ford GPW. Its wartime all right with all the right bits, bulkhead cut-out, 9 section hinge etc etc.

It is fitted with alloy pedals which has me scratching my old bonce as Ive never seen these before. It was restored in the 1970's and left. After getting it home I rubbed through the green paint on the rear bumperette very carefully and found 82AB 307E. The bonnet has been painted several times but the serial there is illegible. It has stars without rings under the green paint on the back. star with ring on the front.

I put a post on some re-enacters forum and got lots of abuse saying its not original, wrong this, wrong that - I suppose they might know better than I. The numbers on the back of the pedals reads 83925 A. Has anybody come across this before ? Perhaps they are French ? Or maybe some 1950's japanese Rodders pedals ?

Hi all,

Just logged in. Had some stuff back in '82 - 85, Ford GPW, Dodge Short wheelbase 6x6 tin top, Harley WLA45 and a Scammel Explorer.