From: 1942 GPW (1942GPW@dslextreme.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 10:53:57 PDT
In response to a post from Skip Woods, John Seidts wrote:
*Another point. After WWII, most flight line vehicles were painted very
bright yellow. It made them much easier to see and prevented jets from
taxiing over them. I think this was done *also in the latter part of
WWII, as I have a Ford GTB which was sold surplus in 1946 and was
painted bright yellow. The color fades to look like a very flat yellow,
almost a greenish *yellow. I theorize that this yellow color was the
same as that used to paint all WWII USN training aircraft, which as a
rule were painted yellow during WWII (this is why you will
*sometimes hear the Stearman biplane called the "Yellow Peril"). I have
yet to see a restored WWII vehicle painted this way, and would really
like to see one...
I have often wondered why my '42 GPW was so thoroughly painted yellow.
The gentleman I
purchased it from told me that their family had used it as a hunting
vehicle in Idaho and that was a
requirement. I could never understand why anyone would go to the trouble
of painting the inner
fender wells, under the dash, under the hood, etc. for a brush beater.
Perhaps doing a yellow
Jeep is in the cards for this one. See
http://www.dslextreme.com/users/1942gpw.
Pat
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