Thread: Gav's 101.

Originally Posted by BreakingBad

Perhaps the difference in colour is from a particular date?

More like dottering old farts with too much time on their hands wanting various bits stand out on their vehicles - the same people also paint their grease nibbles and oil filler and drains red.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

More like dottering old farts with too much time on their hands wanting various bits stand out on their vehicles - the same people also paint their grease nibbles and oil filler and drains red.

Garry

. That was one of my thoughts, as in England there are some super clean examples with the gal strips on the side showing for contrast. While these look good, I don't want to go own that track. I just want a clean, original look.

Cheers - Gav

I cannot speak for Brit 101s but Aussie Army 101s had a mix of exposed gal capping or painted capping - mine was all painted but I have in service pics of 101s with them exposed.



I think here is an owner with too much time on his hands - even the hub caps are red.

Interesting.


The Gal ain't exposed now.


Also there is now a rubber flare on the front wheel arch.
I'd say the b&w photo was taken before it actually entered service. There may have been a few mods done to them before they were assigned. Maybe painting the gal capping was one of them.
Just guessing there.

Maybe but I don't think so - more like they came into service with exposed gal when time came to freshen up the paint they soon realised what a pain it was to mask the the gal and just painted over it.

Here is another in service pic with gal exposed on a well used 101 and another that looks like it has just been painted with gal painted.

Oh dear - I have become a Rivet Counter - all your fault Mick. Oh notice none of the pics have the rubber under the doors so that must have been an in service up upgrade though the trials 101s (Misguided 2) had them on from the start.

Garry

PS - I know how to ad pics as thumb nails and how to put pics in the post via photobucket etc but how to you have pics as thumb nails and in the post as one process?

Re the red bits.... When I first got mine in the UK 15+ yrs ago the front NATO hitch, the rear NATO hitch, the fuel filler cap and the half shaft bolts were all red... When I re sprayed it there were several layers of red on all these bits.... Not up on the military spec but there were/are a lot running around the UK with these red bits...

Originally Posted by garrycol

PS - I know how to ad pics as thumb nails and how to put pics in the post via photobucket etc but how to you have pics as thumb nails and in the post as one process?

Open your thumbnail by clicking on it, copy the URL off the address bar, return to your post, set the cursor where you want the pic, click the "insert image" button above the post window and paste the address into the text box and click OK.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

You told me it was quiet!!!!

Yes, the Silverstones are quite noisy. They make the hybrid sound rather quiet.
In a relative way.

I'll be asking my tyreman for a set of Michies and a set of bar treads.

Yours is quieter,,, (something about a noisy starter motor waking me in the morning,, )