White mudflaps ?

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Originally Posted by drfish

My GS was unpainted on the gal and radiator grill, and black on the chassis, bumper, black out lights etc when I got it. I read somewhere on REMLR that there were some military vehicles that were coloured like this, I just assumed mine was one of these, but I guess the painted gal could have been stripped and redone at some point. Interestingly there was no drab evident as I sanded back the paint on the chassis either, and no evidence of previous drab covering on the gal. I think the gal colour looks quite good against the olive drab, so I’m getting those bits freshly dipped before it all goes back together [emoji106]. Cheers, Matt

I think some went into service in olive green as per civilian vehicles with black chassis, steering/suspension components, unpainted grill and all galvanised parts unpainted. Then the Army painted them so you see a black chassis with olive drab on parts easily accessed with a spray gun
I purchased one from an ex army guy and he explained that every time the 'top brass' visited the equipment was re-painted. This explains the many, many coats of olive drab on my Series IIa.

Both of mine are as they came from auction.
Series III in camo (olive drab, matt black & matt tan). Grille painted matt black, all galvanised parts painted.

Series IIa olive drab all over including exposed parts of door seals ! White corners on front bumper, middle of scone cutters & rear diff.

I don't think the Army would have bothered to mask off galvanised parts plus there is a possibility they could reflect sunlight (like the Series III grille). I've also seen vehicles where people have painted the gal parts in matt black, again would the army have bothered to do this ?

I guess that different divisions may have had different paint regimes.

Colin