Chassis colour black on some military 80"
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Originally Posted by
chazza
The link only works for members Bob. What does it say?
Cheers Charlie
Hi Charlie,
Here's an abridged compilation from a discussion on British Military 80" specifications and LRSOC members contributions.
From Reply #7
"I have a 1951 built 1952 model"
From Reply #30 – info on above vehicle from Military records:
“the basic specification for vehicals built under contract number 6/veh/7711 ,this is a truck 1/4 ton 4x4 general service rover mk2 and was supplied with mos (MOD?) brass data plate, rear seats and grab handles, hood with roll-up sides, trailor socket and dummy socket on rear crossmember o/s, trafficators, jerrycan holder behind front seats in rear body, spare wheel carrier on bonnet, pyrene fire extinguisher and bracket, bridge plate, wd number plates, jack and handle wheelbrace and starting handle .”
“details also state that the chassis was black now i found bronze green paint on the chassis, which is correct?”
There are a couple of typos in this quote that I have not corrected. The (MOD?) is my addition and may be wrong.
Reply #33
“The only black 80 chassis that I've ever seen was a replacement one.
The Army 80s were basically in the standard civvy colour scheme - green body & chassis, black axles, springs etc. As David says, the Army often repainted everything green. They also often completely stripped vehicles down before painting, so absolutely everything is green, even on normally unseen bits.”
If you go to the home page of the forum: Land Rover Series One Club
it's easy to register, you don't have to be a member of the Series One Club to use the forum.
Bob
