Military paint differences
Post by binfordm715 on Jun 27, 2006, 11:03am
Okay, I haven't seen a whole lot of M715's original paint, but of the several I have seen, none have been either 24087 or 24052. What up?
In the picture below you see the inside of my door panel showing the stock paint that has been protected from the elements by virtue of being inside the door. The same color is found on the back of my data plate panel and in the under-bed storage compartment and is the same color I've ever seen on a stock M715. It appears closer to the ammo can color, which has been in the weather for God knows how long. But even that color doesn't really match it.
I thought for a while that my truck might have been painted USMC green (24052), but I found stars on the door and tailgate and "ARMY" on the tailgate.
The jerry can holder is original color (picked up at a yard sale, complete with strap) and it matches the hard-hat I painted with Rapco rattlecan 24087. The gauge panel I painted with Rapco rattlecan 24052 and doesn't seem to match any of the others.
So anyone know what color this original paint is? I thought the basic colors of the 1967-69 era were 24087 or 24052. So what's the story, anyone know?