Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by Fat Albert » Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:24 am

Man Rodney! What a difference a year makes! You have done an awesome job... I've got a lot of reading through your post to do to catch up. Looking forward to seeing more!

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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by thidisbogus » Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:58 pm

Thanks Dutch!

Great to see you are posting again. I hope what I posted helps you on your restoration. That is what is really rewarding.

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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by Ralph » Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:45 pm

Rodney,
You've done a very fine piece of work. The before & afters are just neat...the photos of the lighting was cool and something very different.Have followed your thread from day one.....congrats.
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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by thidisbogus » Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:00 pm

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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by Ralph » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:04 am

Adding the bolt-ons is a fun part of the 503 picture isn't it? Are these the 'before' pictures?
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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by thidisbogus » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:17 pm

Hi Ralph! Yes they are definitely the "before" pictures. I am wondering if I should paint the axe handle and the shovel handle OD or oil the wood.

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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by Fat Albert » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:26 pm

thidisbogus wrote:Hi Ralph! Yes they are definitely the "before" pictures. I am wondering if I should paint the axe handle and the shovel handle OD or oil the wood.
I vote for oil! But what do I know?! :D I just love old wood!
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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by Chuck Lutz » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:58 am

Hard to tell from the pics....is the wood already VARNISHED? Has it been sanded and had Linseed Oil or Boiled Linseed Oil rubbed into it? Were they just sanded and had a stain applied to them?

I painted the steel a flat black and then sanded mine and put on BLO on the wood and they look great. If they are really dinged up, have black stains or otherwise look bad then you can probably just paint them OD or OD with flat black on the steel.

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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by thidisbogus » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:03 pm

Good ideas Chuck. I will have to take a closer look. Thanks for the input!

I am assuming that they made it into the field both painted and non-painted?

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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by Chuck Lutz » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:20 pm

I believe they made it to the field with BLO on them and once in the motorpool, they would be treated by the book, how the Colonel wished or, depending on what was available to use.
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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:51 pm

If one browses thru enough SNL's it will be discovered that the 41A-1277 Axe will be described as having plain or painted handles. These Axes were universal to the WWII Army for not only mounting on wheeled and tracked vehicles, they were issued as equipment issued for use with all branches.
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Re: Motorpool Restoration 1943 GPW 124269

Post by lawcdw » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:05 pm

Hi Rodney,very nice work on your project. I would just like to say this is an amazing thread,and you are a great inspiration to the G503 group. Claude


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