Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
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Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
Evidence for late production Air Force Blue M38 jeeps from the factory found on a BOM (Bill Of Materials) factory record.
It also lists Marine Corps Green.
Much effort in time and cost was expended to provide this information.
Not promoting my own site, but it is easier to list the link here to the thread than to repost everything here.
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules. ... c&start=75
It also lists Marine Corps Green.
Much effort in time and cost was expended to provide this information.
Not promoting my own site, but it is easier to list the link here to the thread than to repost everything here.
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules. ... c&start=75
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
That's great to hear, Ryan, it finally confirms old eyewitness reports from the 50's of factory blue at Dow Field. We bought a practically new M-38 that was OEM USMC Green from Boston Navy Base back in 1958. It was in my family until the mid 80's.
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
mine had hood numbers but no hood star. i sanded it slowly but found only the one set of numbers and no evidence of a star. was this done factory or did it have a replacement hood?
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
There is little evidence of Strata Blue combat vehicles with a star, the Jeep was "Plain Jane" from the factory, just the registration.
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
I have M-38 Bow Brackets removed from M-38 at Dow Field in early 1953, they are USAF Yellow and are original Strata Blu on the side bolted to the body.
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
The Strata Blue on these brackets is Gloss.
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
This makes me curious, the steering column in my m38 shows red primer, blue, yellow then green. The hood shows red primer, yellow, green then what ever. There is evidence of yellow on the frame and suspension on top of the green. Does this mean anything or nothing ?
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
It had a number of color changes.
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Re: Factory Air Force Blue M38 Evidence Found!
Most Yellow M-38's I have encountered are Strata Blue underneath the Yellow and came with 2430 Instrument mounting plates. many OD USAF M-Jeeps were painted Yellow afterwards.
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