GPW Tool Box Locks - what color should they be?
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GPW Tool Box Locks - what color should they be?
What color should the early keyed locks on tool boxes of the GPW be when they were installed at the factory? Plated or painted olive drab?
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Re: GPW Tool Box Locks - what color should they be?
Cadmium plated I believe.
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Re: GPW Tool Box Locks - what color should they be?
Hi Van,
GPWs with Ford made bodies would have had tool box locks with an OD painted face and the rest of the lock natural or plated.
GPWs with ACM 1 or ACM2 type bodies would have had unpainted locks in natural or plated finish.
I am listing natural / plated finish due to at this time I am not sure which finish is correct. It would have been one or the other and not either.
The answer would be " yes ' based on the DoD of the GPW.What color should the early keyed locks on tool boxes of the GPW be when they were installed at the factory? Plated or painted olive drab?
GPWs with Ford made bodies would have had tool box locks with an OD painted face and the rest of the lock natural or plated.
GPWs with ACM 1 or ACM2 type bodies would have had unpainted locks in natural or plated finish.
I am listing natural / plated finish due to at this time I am not sure which finish is correct. It would have been one or the other and not either.
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