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Macario escribió:Ford GPW 1945

Mark Tombleson escribió:David A. some time ago sent me a copy of the U.S. Navy Preventative Maintenance Program for Domestic Transportation Equipment (including jeeps) dated August 1944 he found at the museum in Port Hueneme, California.

In summary:

All U.S. Navy domestic transportation vehicles shall be painted medium gray #123.

How marked. - Lettering and numbers shall preferably be applied by Decalcomania transfers, otherwise with paint. Color of markings shall be black.

So, now we have hard documentation that the Navy painted jeeps gray during the WWII war period, from August 1944 until the end of the war. However, it is noted this was done only within the continental United States.

Interesting to note medium gray #123 is as set forth in Color Card Supplement (21 April 1943) of U.S. Army Specification No. 3-1. It is gloss color synthetic enamel and the detail specifications are covered in U.S. Army Specification No. 3-175A, 5 February 1944. Paint is grade II due to the critical supply of certain ingredients.

The Navy Preventative Maintenance program, NAVEXOS P 65 discusses undercoating on page 30. Basically, it suggests sandblasting/cleaning the running gear and under fender surfaces in localities with very extreme corrosion conditions and spraying the under surfaces with an asphalt emulsion. So, it appears that for the Navy, the undercoating was done at the local level.

There were also lots of overseas Navy jeeps painted one gray (grey) or another.

Here is one with grey, OD and black.




There are a lot of variations... basically at the base or ship commander's whim.

Mine was originally forest green; the first Navy grey repaint was a dark grey with white numbers, a white star on the hood, yellow on the passenger’s side door opening and the cowl. The second repaint was light grey and black numbers.

Mark Tombleson escribió:David A. some time ago sent me a copy of the U.S. Navy Preventative Maintenance Program for Domestic Transportation Equipment (including jeeps) dated August 1944 he found at the museum in Port Hueneme, California.

In summary:

All U.S. Navy domestic transportation vehicles shall be painted medium gray #123.

How marked. - Lettering and numbers shall preferably be applied by Decalcomania transfers, otherwise with paint. Color of markings shall be black.

So, now we have hard documentation that the Navy painted jeeps gray during the WWII war period, from August 1944 until the end of the war. However, it is noted this was done only within the continental United States.

Interesting to note medium gray #123 is as set forth in Color Card Supplement (21 April 1943) of U.S. Army Specification No. 3-1. It is gloss color synthetic enamel and the detail specifications are covered in U.S. Army Specification No. 3-175A, 5 February 1944. Paint is grade II due to the critical supply of certain ingredients.

The Navy Preventative Maintenance program, NAVEXOS P 65 discusses undercoating on page 30. Basically, it suggests sandblasting/cleaning the running gear and under fender surfaces in localities with very extreme corrosion conditions and spraying the under surfaces with an asphalt emulsion. So, it appears that for the Navy, the undercoating was done at the local level.

There were also lots of overseas Navy jeeps painted one gray (grey) or another.

Here is one with grey, OD and black.




There are a lot of variations... basically at the base or ship commander's whim.

Mine was originally forest green; the first Navy grey repaint was a dark grey with white numbers, a white star on the hood, yellow on the passenger’s side door opening and the cowl. The second repaint was light grey and black numbers.

m606paz escribió:Interesante forma en la que pintaron este jeep navy dejando sus partes originales verde oliba

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LEO GPW escribió:JAJAJAJA
Hay que tener "coraje" para animarse no?
Como siempre digo, el verde aunque se torne monótono verlo, quiero tener "mi verde".... después si dios quiere estaría muy bueno armar un U.S. Navy...un SAS o porque no un FOLLOW ME no???
Saludos!!!

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charlie s. escribió:Este se entusiasmó tanto con el O.D que le puso hasta el volante O.D al Slat Grill
Abrazo,