Re: [MV] M-37 Frame Color

Skip Woods (swoods@samnet.net)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:36:14 -0500

Paul,
My 1954 M-37's frame is painted OD. I do not remember what the
original frame colors were when it was sand blasted. But I put a coating of
primer, rust proof and two coats of OD on it when I restored it. I hope
this helps.
Skip Woods
1954 M-37.

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> From: Paul Frederick <pfrederi@erols.com>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: [MV] M-37 Frame Color
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 8:59 PM
>
> List:
> In sand blasting the frame of my 1952 M-37 there seems to be three
> colors -- Gray which I assume is a primer, glossy black and OD green.
> ( I will skip the Civil Defense Yellow) My experience with MVs over
> the last 26 years was usually with vehicles with long service and they
> were solid OD (shade depended on what was in vogue at the time)
>
> My first unit has M-37s but they were gloss OD, white stars and
> bumper #s and we wiped them with diesel to get a good shine. (Quickly
> learning that motor pool dust sticks to diesel like glue!!)
>
> My units never got new vehicles only hand me downs. Thus the question
> were M-37 frames black? or should I go with OD????
>
> Paul f
>
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