Originally Posted by
Dordie
I was going to paint the chassis black, but it left Army service in green, so I'll return it to this configuration. I painted a small test area and it's amazing what a lick of paint does to improve the look of the item.
I think that they were supplied by LRA with a black chassis but the army re-painted the vehicles multiple times in service with olive drab.
This meant that parts of the chassis are green over black.
My IIa came from someone who was ex-army. He told me that if the 'top brass' were visiting then all the vehicles were repainted. This explains the multiple layers of paint peeling off the bodywork.
Problem is do your restore to 'as supplied' or 'as it ended up in service' ??
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
'58 Series II (sold)
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C
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