Die Restaurierung soll übrigens bei einen Jeep-Verkäufer/Sammler/Schrauber im Schwarzwald bei Zell am Harmersbach stattgefunden haben, der diese Farbe als Navy-Originalfarbe verwendet haben soll, nachdem der Wagen 50 Jahre lang olivgrün durch die Lande fuhr.
Hier noch etwas geschichtliches dazu:
The Paint Colors used on standard WWII Army Jeeps
* Blue Drab : The Hood #'s were originally painted on at the factories in a Blue Drab. Blue Drab looks whitish in B&W photos.
* Flat White :
o Front & Rear unit markings on Front Bumper and Rear Bumperettes;
o Stars - Hood, Front Bumper, Left and Right rear 1/4 panel, and Rear panel on early jeeps without a Gas Can Rack.
+ With exceptions being;
# a short period from the end of 1941 to the first months of 1942 when White star with Blue or Red Ball in center was in use.
# Also, a yellow star was authorized early in 1942.
# Also, sometimes the "Gas / Blister Agent Detecting paint was applied to the Star on the hood.
o Flat white paint was also used in the field for hood numbers on jeeps;
+ 1) If the jeep was rebuilt overseas, with a different or new replacement hood being put on.
+ 2) If all hood markings had been covered over with OD paint to better camouflage the jeep for some covert mission. Once the mission was completed, the hood #'s were painted back on the hood in flat white.
+ 3) Vehicles transferred to and from other branches of the service. (USA -->> USMC).
+ 4) Stolen vehicles. A new or fictitious number would be painted on the newly 'acquired' vehicle.
* Olive Drab : Jeep Body, Body Parts, Frame, Wheels, Mechanical Components, Willys MB Jeep Engine (Ford GPW Engines were Gray)
* Olive Drab OR Black, Glossy : Air Cleaner Crossover Tube, Carb Elbow, Radiator, Radiator Hose Tubes, Radiator Fan Blades, Oil Dipstick & Oil Filler Tube, Oil Filter Mounting Bracket, Coil
* Black, Glossy : Air Cleaner, Oil Filter Housing & Rings, Generator & Starter, Horn, Distributor Housing,
* Black Wrinkle (also called 'Japan' finish) : Voltage Regulator
* Gray, Semi-Gloss : Ford GPW Engine (Willys MB Engines were OD)
* Unpainted : Fuel Filter (or OD), Carburetor, Fuel Pump
NAVY vehicles
The first jeeps owned by the Navy and by the Marines were painted Lusterless Olive Drab. These were Ford GP's built on Navy and Marine contracts in 1941.
No Navy jeeps were delivered painted Gray. All Navy GPW's were delivered in Lusterless Olive Drab. MB's were delivered in Lusterless Olive Drab and also in USMC "Forest Green". Gray painted Navy jeeps occasionally were repainted that color in the field by individuals in the Navy.
There were a few vehicles (Jeeps are not included on the list) that were delivered in Gray. One example is the Ford GTB bomb trucks. One Navy contract was delivered painted "Ocean Gray". Also, Navy Ford station wagons were delivered painted Black.
What color did the Navy paint vehicles in combat areas? Forest Green, Olive Drab or camouflage.
USMC Vehicles
Did the Marine Corps paint their vehicles Marine Corps Green or Olive Drab?
USMC vehicles were painted Forest Green.
All Ford GPW Jeeps diverted to the Marines were delivered in Lusterless Olive Drab.
Willys MB Jeeps produced under contract were painted either Lusterless Olive Drab with a fog coat of Forest Green, or delivered in Forest Green.
This was a Lusterless (meaning flat) green.
USMC jeeps on Iwo Jima, and other places in WWII were painted a camouflage scheme. They were painted that way in the field and were not delivered painted that way.
Canadian Jeeps
In 1942 Canada acquired it's first jeeps from Willys. These Willys 'MB' Jeeps were made to specific Canadian contracts and varied from the US Army Jeeps and US Marine Corps Jeeps. They were unique vehicles. These Canadian MB's were not painted US olive drab, but a darker, browner 'Khaki No.3'. Canada later purchased both the standard model Willys MB and the standard model Ford GPW. Both came in the standard American Olive Drab color, a color that Canada adopted for all Canadian military vehicles in mid 1944. For more on WWII Canadian Jeeps.
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